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Pure MnTBAP selectively scavenges peroxynitrite over superoxide: comparison of pure and commercial MnTBAP samples to MnTE-2-PyP in two models of oxidative stress injury, an SOD-specific Escherichia coli model and carrageenan-induced pleurisy.

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Batinić-Haberle, I; Cuzzocrea, S; Rebouças, JS; Ferrer-Sueta, G; Mazzon, E; Di Paola, R; Radi, R; Spasojević, I; Benov, L; Salvemini, D
Published in: Free Radic Biol Med
January 15, 2009

MnTBAP is often referred to as an SOD mimic in numerous models of oxidative stress. We have recently reported that pure MnTBAP does not dismute superoxide, but commercial or poorly purified samples are able to perform O2.- dismutation with low-to-moderate efficacy via non-innocent Mn-containing impurities. Herein, we show that neither commercial nor pure MnTBAP could substitute for SOD enzyme in a SOD-deficient Escherichia coli model, whereas MnTE-2-PyP-treated SOD-deficient E. coli grew as well as a wild-type strain. This SOD-specific system indicates that MnTBAP does not act as an SOD mimic in vivo. In another model, carrageenan-induced pleurisy in mice, inflammation was evidenced by increased pleural fluid exudate and neutrophil infiltration and activation: these events were blocked by 0.3 mg/kg MnTE-2-PyP and, to a slightly lesser extent, by 10 mg/kg of either MnTBAP. Also, 3-nitrotyrosine formation, an indication of peroxynitrite existence in vivo, was blocked by both compounds; again MnTE-2-PyP was 33-fold more effective. Pleurisy model data indicate that MnTBAP exerts some protective actions in common with MnTE-2-PyP, which are not O2.- related and can be fully rationalized if one considers that the common biological role shared by MnTBAP and MnTE-2-PyP is related to their reduction of peroxynitrite and carbonate radical, the latter arising from ONOOCO2 adduct. The log kcat (O2.-) value for MnTBAP is estimated to be about 3.16, which is approximately 5 and approximately 6 orders of magnitude smaller than the SOD activities of the potent SOD mimic MnTE-2-PyP and Cu,Zn-SOD, respectively. This very low value indicates that MnTBAP is too inefficient at dismuting superoxide to be of any biological impact, which was confirmed in the SOD-deficient E. coli model. The peroxynitrite scavenging ability of MnTBAP, however, is only approximately 2.5 orders of magnitude smaller than that of MnTE-2-PyP and is not significantly affected by the presence of the SOD-active impurities in the commercial MnTBAP sample (log k red (ONOO-) = 5.06 for pure and 4.97 for commercial sample). The reduction of carbonate radical is equally fast with MnTBAP and MnTE-2-PyP. The dose of MnTBAP required to yield oxidative stress protection and block nitrotyrosine formation in the pleurisy model is > 1.5 orders of magnitude higher than that of MnTE-2-PyP, which could be related to the lower ability of MnTBAP to scavenge peroxynitrite. The slightly better protection observed with the commercial MnTBAP sample (relative to the pure MnTBAP) could arise from its impurities, which, by scavenging O2.-, reduce consequently the overall peroxynitrite and secondary ROS/RNS levels. These observations have profound biological repercussions as they may suggest that the effect of MnTBAP observed in numerous studies may conceivably relate to peroxynitrite scavenging. Moreover, provided that pure MnTBAP is unable to dismute superoxide at any significant extent, but is able to partially scavenge peroxynitrite and carbonate radical, this compound may prove valuable in distinguishing ONOO-/CO3.- from O2.- pathways.

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Free Radic Biol Med

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1873-4596

Publication Date

January 15, 2009

Volume

46

Issue

2

Start / End Page

192 / 201

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Superoxides
  • Superoxide Dismutase
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Signal Transduction
  • Pleurisy
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Peroxynitrous Acid
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Neutrophil Infiltration
  • Models, Animal
 

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Batinić-Haberle, I., Cuzzocrea, S., Rebouças, J. S., Ferrer-Sueta, G., Mazzon, E., Di Paola, R., … Salvemini, D. (2009). Pure MnTBAP selectively scavenges peroxynitrite over superoxide: comparison of pure and commercial MnTBAP samples to MnTE-2-PyP in two models of oxidative stress injury, an SOD-specific Escherichia coli model and carrageenan-induced pleurisy. Free Radic Biol Med, 46(2), 192–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.09.042
Batinić-Haberle, Ines, Salvatore Cuzzocrea, Júlio S. Rebouças, Gerardo Ferrer-Sueta, Emanuela Mazzon, Rosanna Di Paola, Rafael Radi, Ivan Spasojević, Ludmil Benov, and Daniela Salvemini. “Pure MnTBAP selectively scavenges peroxynitrite over superoxide: comparison of pure and commercial MnTBAP samples to MnTE-2-PyP in two models of oxidative stress injury, an SOD-specific Escherichia coli model and carrageenan-induced pleurisy.Free Radic Biol Med 46, no. 2 (January 15, 2009): 192–201. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2008.09.042.
Batinić-Haberle I, Cuzzocrea S, Rebouças JS, Ferrer-Sueta G, Mazzon E, Di Paola R, Radi R, Spasojević I, Benov L, Salvemini D. Pure MnTBAP selectively scavenges peroxynitrite over superoxide: comparison of pure and commercial MnTBAP samples to MnTE-2-PyP in two models of oxidative stress injury, an SOD-specific Escherichia coli model and carrageenan-induced pleurisy. Free Radic Biol Med. 2009 Jan 15;46(2):192–201.
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Published In

Free Radic Biol Med

DOI

EISSN

1873-4596

Publication Date

January 15, 2009

Volume

46

Issue

2

Start / End Page

192 / 201

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Superoxides
  • Superoxide Dismutase
  • Substrate Specificity
  • Signal Transduction
  • Pleurisy
  • Pleural Effusion
  • Peroxynitrous Acid
  • Oxidative Stress
  • Neutrophil Infiltration
  • Models, Animal