期刊
FREE RADICAL RESEARCH
卷 39, 期 11, 页码 1183-1191出版社
TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD
DOI: 10.1080/10715760500194018
关键词
oxidative stress; iron-promoted DNA damage; Helicobacter; superoxide dismutase; alkyl hydroperoxide; reductase
资金
- NIDDK NIH HHS [1-R01-DK60061] Funding Source: Medline
- NIGMS NIH HHS [GM62542] Funding Source: Medline
Iron, a key element in Fenton chemistry, causes oxygen-related toxicity to cells of most living organisms. Helicobacter Pylori is a microaerophilic bacterium that infects human gastric mucosa and causes a series of gastric diseases. Exposure of H. pylori cells to air for 2 h elevated the level of free iron by about 4-fold as measured by electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy. H. pylori cells accumulated more free iron as they approached stationary phase growth, and they concomitantly suffered more DNA damage as indicated by DNA fragmentation analysis. Relationships between the intracellular free iron level, specific oxidative stress enzymes, and DNA damage were identified, and new roles for three oxidative stress-combating enzymes in H. pylori are proposed. Mutant cells defective in either catalase (KatA), in superoxide dismutase (SodB) or in alkyl hydroperoxide reductase (ALpC) were more sensitive to oxidative stress conditions; and they accumulated more free (toxic) iron; and they suffered more DNA fragmentation compared to wild type cells. A significant proportion of cells of sodB, ahpC, or katA mutant strains developed into the stress-induced coccoid form or lysed; they also contained significantly higher amounts of 8-oxo-guanine associated with their DNA, compared to wild type cells.
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