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Acrolein-induced oxygen radical formation

J D Adams1, L K Klaidman

  • 1Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Toxicology, School of Pharmacy, University of Southern California, Los Angeles 90033.

Free Radical Biology & Medicine
|August 1, 1993
PubMed
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Acrolein and its metabolite, glutathionylpropionaldehyde, generate oxygen radicals, potentially causing lipid peroxidation. Glutathionylpropionaldehyde is a more potent stimulator of oxygen radical formation, suggesting it contributes to acrolein toxicity.

Area of Science:

  • Biochemistry
  • Toxicology
  • Oxidative Stress

Background:

  • The mechanism by which acrolein induces lipid peroxidation remains unclear.
  • Acrolein is a reactive aldehyde found in various environmental exposures and biological processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To elucidate the mechanism of acrolein-induced lipid peroxidation.
  • To investigate the role of oxygen radical formation in acrolein toxicity.

Main Methods:

  • Investigated the interaction of acrolein and its glutathione adduct, glutathionylpropionaldehyde, with enzymes like xanthine oxidase and aldehyde dehydrogenase.
  • Measured oxygen radical formation (superoxide anion O2.- and hydroxyl radical HO(.)) induced by acrolein and glutathionylpropionaldehyde.

Main Results:

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  • Both acrolein and glutathionylpropionaldehyde were found to induce oxygen radical formation.
  • Glutathionylpropionaldehyde was a more potent stimulator of oxygen radical formation compared to acrolein.
  • Xanthine oxidase and aldehyde dehydrogenase interacted with glutathionylpropionaldehyde to produce O2.- and HO(.).
  • Xanthine oxidase oxidized acrolein to acroleinyl radical and O2(.-).
  • Aldehyde dehydrogenase metabolized acrolein to O2.- but not acroleinyl radical.

Conclusions:

  • Oxygen radicals generated by acrolein and its metabolite glutathionylpropionaldehyde may be responsible for acrolein-induced lipid peroxidation.
  • Glutathionylpropionaldehyde is identified as a toxic metabolite of acrolein, likely contributing to its in vivo toxicity.