Journal
FEBS LETTERS
Volume 507, Issue 3, Pages 377-380Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0014-5793(01)03011-3
Keywords
antioxidant activity; artificial enzyme; cyclodextrin; glutathione peroxidase; tellurium
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Reactive oxygen species (ROS) primarily arise from products of normal metabolic activities and are thought to be the etiology of many diseases. A novel dicyclodextrinyl ditelluride: (2-TeCD) compound was designed to be a functional mimic of the glutathione peroxidase that normally removes ROS. 2-TeCD exhibited highly catalytic efficiency and good water solubility. Antioxidant activity was studied by using ferrous sulfate/ascorbate-induced mitochondria damage model system. 2-TeCD protected the mitochondria against oxidative damage in a dose-dependent manner and exhibited also great antioxidant ability in comparison with 2-phenyl-1,2-benziososelenazol-3(2H)-one. The mimic may result in better clinical therapies for the treatment of ROS-mediated diseases. (C) 2001 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. on behalf of the Federation of European Biochemical Societies.
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