Effect of superoxide dismutase on the autoxidation of substituted hydro- and semi-naphthoquinones

Chemico-biological Interactions
K OllingerE Cadenas

Abstract

The effect of superoxide dismutase on the autoxidation of hydro- and semi-1,4-naphthoquinones with different substitution pattern and covering a one-electron reduction potential range from -95 to -415 mV was examined. The naphthoquinone derivatives were reduced via one or two electrons by purified NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase or DT-diaphorase, respectively. Superoxide dismutase did not alter or slightly enhance the initial rates of enzymic reduction, whereas it affected in a different manner the following autoxidation of the semi- and hydroquinones formed. Autoxidation was assessed as NADPH oxidation in excess to the amounts required to reduce the quinone present, H2O2 formation, and the redox state of the quinones. Superoxide dismutase enhanced 2--8-fold the autoxidation of 1,4-naphthosemiquinones, following the reduction of the oxidized counterpart by NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase, except for the glutathionyl-substituted naphthosemiquinones, whose autoxidation was not affected by superoxide dismutase. Superoxide dismutase exerted two distinct effects on the autoxidation of naphthohydroquinones formed during DT-diaphorase catalysis: on the one hand, it enhanced slightly the autoxidation of 1,4-naphthohydroquinones with ...Continue Reading

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