title: [Substrate reduction and oxygen activation during microsomal metabolism of quinones].
abstract: 2-Dimethylamino-3-chloro-1,4-naphthaquinone (DCNQ) was used to study oxygen and substrate activation in microsomal system. DCNQ was shown to be bound to microsomal cytochrome P-450 as a type I substrate; its N-demethylation was catalyzed by cytochrome P-450. Cytochrome P-450 and NADPH-cytochrome P-450 reductase are capable of DCNQ reduction to semi- and hydroquinones. The OH-radical formed in the presence of DCNQ, NADPH and reductase was detected, using a spin trap (5,5-dimethylpyrroline-N-oxide). The OH-radical formation was shown to be stimulated by the Fe-EDTA complex. Using the OH-radical scavengers (mannitol, N-butanol, alpha-naphthol) and the catalase inhibitor sodium azide, it was shown that the OH-radical participates in microsomal oxidation of DCNQ and aminopyrine. It was assumed that in the course of microsomal oxidation the reduced DCNQ is responsible for: i) stimulation of molecular oxygen reduction to H2O2; ii) reduction of Fe ions (Fe3+----Fe2+) which cause the decomposition of H2O2 in the Fenton reaction resulting in the formation of a strong oxidizing agent--a hydroxyl radical.
authors.forename: D G
authors.initials: DG
authors.lastname: Sushkov
authors.forename: G V
authors.initials: GV
authors.lastname: Rumiantseva
authors.forename: L M
authors.initials: LM
authors.lastname: Vaĭner
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002384:Catalysis; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005609:Free Radicals; D007700:Kinetics; D008297:Male; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D011809:Quinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013379:Substrate Specificity
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D011809:Quinones; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D010100:Oxygen
vernacular_title: Vosstanovlenie substrata i aktivatsiia kisloroda pri mikrosomal'nom metabolizme khinonov.