title: Hydroxyl radical generation by the tetracycline antibiotics with free radical damage to DNA, lipids and carbohydrate in the presence of iron and copper salts.
abstract: Tetracycline antibiotics caused the degradation of carbohydrate in the presence of a ferric salt at pH 7.4. This degradation appeared to involve hydroxyl radicals since the damage was substantially reduced by the presence of catalase, superoxide dismutase, scavengers of the hydroxyl radical and metal chelators. Similarly, the tetracycline antibiotics in the presence of a ferric salt greatly stimulated the peroxidation of liposomal membranes. This damage, which did not implicate the hydroxyl radical, was significantly reduced by the addition of chain-breaking antioxidants and metal chelators. Only copper salts in the presence of tetracycline antibiotics, however, caused substantial damage to linear duplex DNA. Studies with inhibitors suggested that damage to DNA did involve hydroxyl radicals.
authors.affiliation: Division of Chemistry, National Institute for Biological Standards and Control, Potters Bar, Herts, U.K.
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Quinlan
authors.forename: J M
authors.initials: JM
authors.lastname: Gutteridge
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D050260:Carbohydrate Metabolism; D002417:Cattle; D003300:Copper / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004249:DNA Damage; D003855:Deoxyribose / Q000378:metabolism; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005609:Free Radicals; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D050356:Lipid Metabolism; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D008081:Liposomes / Q000378:metabolism; D008353:Mannitol / Q000494:pharmacology; D013754:Tetracyclines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013890:Thiourea / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D005290:Ferric Compounds; D005609:Free Radicals; D006878:Hydroxides; D008081:Liposomes; D013754:Tetracyclines; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D008353:Mannitol; D003855:Deoxyribose; D003300:Copper; D013890:Thiourea