期刊
JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE METHODS
卷 97, 期 2, 页码 139-144出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0165-0270(00)00179-5
关键词
superoxide radical; cytochrome c reduction; xanthine oxidase; hypoxanthine; catalase; oxidation-reduction; cell culture
资金
- NINDS NIH HHS [NS37688] Funding Source: Medline
Here we report a method to determine superoxide scavenging efficiency, using kinetic analysis of cytochrome c reduction and an automated UV/vis microtiter plate reader. Superoxide (O-2(-.)) was generated by xanthine oxidase metabolism of hypoxanthine, and quantified by following reduction of cytochrome c by O-2(-.) as increasing absorbance at 550 nm. Reaction conditions were established that provided a linear increase in O-2(-.) generation for more than 20 min, and good reproducibility over time. The majority of cytochrome c reduction was blocked by superoxide dismutase, indicating cytochrome c reduction derived predominantly from O-2(-.). Although EDTA is commonly included in this assay to eliminate undesirable Fenton side-reactions with H2O2 (a co-product of reactions that use xanthine oxidase to produce O-2(-.)), we found that catalase, but not EDTA, blocked suicide elimination of cytochrome c from the reaction. Finally, we demonstrate the feasibility of evaluating superoxide scavenging abilities on small samples extracted from two types of neuronal cultures, a hypothalamic neuronal cell line (GT1 trk cells) and primary mouse cortical cell cultures. This assay allows rapid, high throughput assessments of superoxide scavenging efficacy for small molecules of interest, as well as for cell or tissue extracts. (C) 2000 Published by Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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