title: The autoxidation of iron(II) in aqueous systems: the effects of iron chelation by physiological, non-physiological and therapeutic chelators on the generation of reactive oxygen species and the inducement of biomolecular damage.
abstract: The ability of various iron(II)-complexes of biological, clinical and chemical interest to reduce molecular oxygen to reactive oxy-radicals has been investigated using complementary oxygen-uptake studies and e.s.r. techniques. It is demonstrated that although the rate of oxygen reduction by a given iron complex is directly related to its redox potential [thus complexes with low values of E0 for the Fe(III)/Fe(II) couple are the most effective reductants of oxygen], the overall ability of an iron(II) complex to induce oxidative biomolecular damage is also determined by its ability to undergo redox-cycling reactions with reducing radicals formed following the reaction of hydroxyl radicals with organic substrates present in the system (e.g. metal-ion chelators and organic buffers). Evidence is presented to suggest that the "Good" buffer MOPS forms a reducing radical following attack by .OH, and hence encourages the autoxidation of iron with the generation of oxy-radicals (as also observed for some of the chelates studied); this may have important implications for the use of such buffers in free-radical studies.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of York, Heslington, U.K.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Burkitt
authors.forename: B C
authors.initials: BC
authors.lastname: Gilbert
mesh_terms: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005609:Free Radicals; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D013113:Spin Labels; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D005609:Free Radicals; D007502:Iron Chelating Agents; D013113:Spin Labels; D014867:Water; C017245:5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-1-oxide; D007501:Iron; D010100:Oxygen