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JOURNAL OF INORGANIC BIOCHEMISTRY
卷 102, 期 4, 页码 921-927出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2007.12.012
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metallothionein; radical scavenger; oxidative stress; metal release; ESR spectroscopy
Metallothioneins (MTs) are cysteine-rich proteins involved in homeostasis of essential metals, detoxification of toxic metals and scavenging of free radicals. Scavenging of the stable 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) radical was measured by means of ESR spectroscopy for two recombinant MTs from aquatic species: MT-10 from the sea mussel Mytilus galloprovincialis, and MT-A from the fish Oncorhyncus mykiss. Both the zinc- and the cadmium-loaded forms (Zn-7-MTs and Cd-7-MTs) were analysed, using the commercial MT-II (Zn-7-MT-II and Cd-7-MT-II, respectively) from rabbit liver as a reference. A decrease in the scavenging ability was observed for all the three MTs passing from the Zn- to the Cd-loaded forms, because of the higher stability of the Cd-mercapto complex. The Zn-7-MTs from aquatic species were more effective in scavenging DPPH signal than the rabbit Zn-7-MT-II (2.8 and 4-folds, respectively). Similar results were obtained also for the Cd-7-MTs, thus confirming the stronger antioxidant power of MTs from aquatic organisms compared with the rabbit MT-II. Moreover, mussel MT-10 was more active in DPPH scavenging than fish MT-A. When the complete release of metals from MTs was obtained by lowering the pH to 3 or, alternatively, by adding the chelating agent diethylenetriaminepentaacetic acid (DTPA), an increase in the scavenging ability of MTs was observed. (C) 2008 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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