ROLE OF IRON IN TOXICITIES AND PATHOLOGIES

我们认为铁催化自由基氧化 导致氧化还原循环毒性的生物分子 化学物质、辐射损伤和铁超载。 的铁 催化这些毒性或病理必须是低分子量的 重螯合铁，通常存在于非常低的 浓度或以其他方式不催化氧化 组织大分子 当铁超载或暴露于 化学品或条件，促进铁的释放， 铁蛋白，释放的铁具有潜在的毒性。 我们 假设这种毒性至少可以通过 血浆铜蓝蛋白催化铁的氧化和螯合， 铁蛋白 拟议研究的长期目标是 研究铁蛋白和血浆铜蓝蛋白的能力 螯合铁以设计有效的治疗系统。 我们建议确定是否有一些氧化还原循环化学品或 辐射引起铁蛋白在体内释放铁， 组织数量，并确定铜蓝蛋白和铁蛋白 可能会对这种铁的毒性提供保护。 我们 提议研究百草枯、敌草快、四氯化碳 阿霉素、四氧嘧啶和γ射线在各自靶点的作用 组织中 我们建议研究 血浆铜蓝蛋白和血清铁蛋白，三种异铁蛋白， 最近描述的脂质相关铁蛋白。

We propose that iron catalyzes the free radical oxidation of biomolecules that results in the toxicity of redox cycling chemicals, irradiation damage and iron overload. The iron that catalyzes these toxicities or pathologies must be a low molecular weight chelate of iron which normally exists in very low concentration or otherwise does not catalyze the oxidation of tissue macromolecules. Upon iron overload or the exposure to chemicals or conditions which promote the release of iron from ferritin, the released iron has the potential to be toxic. We hypothesize that this toxicity may be at least minimized by ceruloplasmin catalyzed oxidation and sequestration of the iron in ferritin. The long-term objective of the proposed research is to study ferritin and ceruloplasmin with regards to their ability to sequester iron in order to devise an effective therapeutic system. We propose to determine if a number of redox cycling chemicals or irradiation cause the release of iron from ferritin in vivo in a number of tissues, and to determine if ceruloplasmin and ferritin might provide protection against the toxicity of this iron. We propose to study paraquat, diquat, carbon tetrachloride, adriamycin, alloxan and Y-irradiation in their respective target tissues. We propose to study the interactions between ceruloplasmin and serum ferritin, three isoferritins, and the recently described lipid-associated ferritin.