title: Inhibition of soybean lipoxygenase-1 by chain-breaking antioxidants.
abstract: The aim of this investigation was to determine whether chain-breaking antioxidants able to prevent lipid peroxidation can inhibit lipoxygenase-1 (EC 1.13.11.12). Therefore, the effects of ascorbic acid, 6-palmitoylascorbic acid and trolox on the enzyme activity were analyzed by means of Lineweaver-Burk double reciprocal plots and Yoshino's graphical method. The effect of these compounds on the formation of free radicals during lipoxygenase-1 reaction was investigated as well, by monitoring the enzymic formation of oxodienes. We present evidence that the chain-breaking antioxidants ascorbic acid, 6-palmitoylascorbic acid and trolox inhibit soybean lipoxygenase-1 in the micromolar concentration range (Ki 27, 3 and 18 microM, respectively). The inhibition is competitive, complete and reversible. All three compounds trap the free radicals formed during the lipoxygenase-catalyzed reaction, which might substantially contribute to their inhibitory ability. These findings can have physiological significance in the light of the lipoxygenase involvement in biomembrane remodelling.
authors.affiliation: IDI-IRCCS Unit, University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Maccarrone
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Veldink
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Vliegenthart
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: finnazzi Agrò
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D008084:Lipoxygenase; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013025:Glycine max / Q000201:enzymology*
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D016859:Lipoxygenase Inhibitors; D008084:Lipoxygenase