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Tytuł:
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Pterin-6-aldehyde, an Inhibitor of Xanthine Oxidase, Has Superoxide Anion Radical Scavenging Activity
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Autorzy:
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Watanabe, Koji
Arai, Toshiyuki
Mori, Hiroko
Nakao, Shin-ichi
Suzuki, Toshinori
Tajima, Kunihiko
Makino, Keisuke
Mori, Kenjiro
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Źródło:
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Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications; April 1997, Vol. 233 Issue: 2 p447-450, 4p
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Superoxide anion radical (O•−2) scavenging activity of neopterin (NP) and its photodegraded products was studied. NP did not affect O•−2release in hypoxanthine/xanthine oxidase (HPX/XOD) reaction system, but pterin-6-aldehyde (P6A), one of photodegraded products of NP, suppressed it. The identification of P6A was successful by confirming inhibiting property of xanthine oxidase. In neutrophil/phorbol myristate acetate reaction system, NP did not affect the O•−2release but P6A suppressed it. The suppression by P6A was not associated with oxygen uptake, which indicated that P6A did not inhibit the generation of O•−2but directly scavenged it. These findings suggest that P6A has ameliorating effects on ischemic–reperfusion injury in which O•−2, which is generated both in HPX/XOD reaction and in activated neutrophil, is one of the major substances to damage the tissues.