title: Protection against reactive oxygen species by NAD(P)H: quinone reductase induced by the dietary antioxidant butylated hydroxyanisole (BHA). Decreased hepatic low-level chemiluminescence during quinone redox cycling.
abstract: Menadione elicits low-level chemiluminescence (lambda greater than 620 nm) associated with redox cycling of the quinone in mouse hepatic postmitochondrial fractions. This photoemission is suppressed when the animals are fed a diet containing the anticarcinogenic antioxidant, 2[3]-(tert-butyl)-4-hydroxyanisole (BHA), which leads to a 13-fold increase in NAD(P)H: quinone reductase (EC 1.6.99.2). Inhibition of the enzyme by dicoumarol completely abolishes the protective effect of BHA treatment and leads to higher chemiluminescence, reaching similar photoemission for BHA-treated and control animals. These findings indicate that the two-electron reduction promoted by quinone reductase prevents redox cycling and that BHA protects against reactive oxygen species by elevating the activity of this enzyme.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000840:Anisoles / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002083:Butylated Hydroxyanisole / Q000494:pharmacology*; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D001728:Dicumarol / Q000494:pharmacology; D005260:Female; D008099:Liver / Q000201:enzymology*; D049449:Luminescence; D051379:Mice; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone); D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011808:Quinone Reductases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors / Q000378:metabolism*; D011809:Quinones / Q000378:metabolism*; D014812:Vitamin K / Q000494:pharmacology
chemical_list: D000840:Anisoles; D011809:Quinones; D014812:Vitamin K; D002083:Butylated Hydroxyanisole; D001728:Dicumarol; D009247:NADH, NADPH Oxidoreductases; D016660:NAD(P)H Dehydrogenase (Quinone); D011808:Quinone Reductases