GLUTATHIONE-DEPENDENT PROTECTION BY RAT-LIVER MICROSOMAL PROTEIN AGAINST LIPID-PEROXIDATION
GLUTATHIONE-DEPENDENT PROTECTION BY RAT-LIVER MICROSOMAL PROTEIN AGAINST LIPID-PEROXIDATION
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DOI:
10.1016/0304-4165(83)90148-4
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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BURK, RF
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BURK, RF
GSH [glutathione] is an important cellular defense against oxidant injury. Its effect in the rat liver microsomal lipid peroxidation system was examined. Incubation of fresh rat liver microsomes with ascorbic acid and ADP-chelated Fe leads to the peroxidation of microsomal lipids (production of thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances and destruction of polyunsaturated fatty acids) following a 2-5 min lag. Addition of 0.1 mM GSH to the system lengthened the lag period by 5-15 min without affecting the rate or the extent of lipid peroxidation. GSH could not be replaced in prolonging the lag by cysteine, mercaptoethanol, dithiothreitol, propylthiouracil or GSSG [reduced glutathione]. The GSH effect on the lag was abolished by heating or trypsin digestion of the microsomes, indicating that microsomal protein is required for its expression. Progressively longer lags were observed as the GSH concentration was increased from 0.1-5 mM, but there was no evidence of GSH oxidation as a consequence of the protection against lipid peroxidation. GSH protected against heat inactivation of the microsomal protein responsible for the GSH effect. Experiments with an O2 electrode revealed that the GSH protection did not alter the ratio of O2 consumed to thiobarbituric acid-reactive substances produced. This implicated free radical scavenging as the mechanism of protection. The existence of a GSH-dependent rat liver microsomal protein which scavenges free radicals is indicated. This protein may be an important defense against free radical injury to the microsomal membrane.