title: Determinants of intestinal detoxication of lipid hydroperoxides.
abstract: It has long been recognized that hydroperoxides are agents of cytotoxicity. However, in recent years, it is increasingly apparent that lipid hydroperoxide may play an important role in mediating cellular and molecular events in degenerative pathophysiological processes that lead to intestinal disorders, such as cancer. Yet, surprisingly, little is known of the intestinal disposition of peroxidized lipids and of the metabolic factors that determine mucosal peroxide elimination. The present paper summarizes the evidence for the pivotal role of reductant (GSH and NADPH) availability in intestinal peroxide detoxication. This information will provide important insights into the relationship between luminal lipid hydroperoxides and intestinal GSH redox homeostasis, and is pertinent to understanding how dietary oxidants like lipid peroxides, can impact intestinal integrity with implications for genesis of gut pathology.
authors.affiliation: Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, Louisiana State University Medical Center, Shreveport 71130-3932, USA. TAW@lsumc.edu
authors.forename: T Y
authors.initials: TY
authors.lastname: Aw
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D005980:Glutathione Reductase / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D007413:Intestinal Mucosa / Q000378:metabolism*; D007422:Intestines / Q000473:pathology*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction
chemical_list: D009249:NADP; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D005980:Glutathione Reductase; D005978:Glutathione