title: Radiolabeled cholesterol as a reporter for assessing one-electron turnover of lipid hydroperoxides.
abstract: A novel approach for assessing the peroxidative chain initiation potency of lipid hydroperoxides has been developed, which involves use of 14C-labeled cholesterol (Ch) as a "reporter" lipid. Unilamellar liposomes containing 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine, [14C]Ch, and 3beta-hydroxy-5alpha-cholest-6-ene-5-hydroperoxide (5alpha-OOH) or 3beta-hydroxycholest-5-ene-7alpha-hydroperoxide (7alpha-OOH) [100:75:5, mol/mol] were used as a test system. Liposomes incubated in the presence of ascorbate and a lipophilic iron complex were analyzed for radiolabeled oxidation products/intermediates (ChOX) by means of silica gel high-performance thin layer chromatography with phosphorimaging detection. The following ChOX were detected and quantified: 7alpha-OOH, 7beta-OOH, 7alpha-OH, 7beta-OH, and 5, 6-epoxide. Total ChOX yield increased in essentially the same time- and [iron]-dependent fashion for initiating 5alpha-OOH and 7alpha-OOH. The initial rate of [14C]7alphabeta-OH formation was greatly diminished when GSH and ebselen (a selenoperoxidase mimetic) were present, consistent with the attenuation of one-electron peroxide turnover. [14C]Ch-labeled L1210 cells also accumulated ChOX when incubated with 5alpha-OOH-containing liposomes. The rate of accumulation was substantially greater for Se-deficient than Se-sufficient cells, indicating that peroxide-induced chain reactions were modulated by selenoperoxidase action. These results illustrate the advantages of the new approach for highly sensitive in situ monitoring of cellular peroxidative damage.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001393:Azoles / Q000378:metabolism; D015374:Biosensing Techniques; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid / Q000379:methods; D004579:Electron Transport; D005609:Free Radicals; D007501:Iron / Q000378:metabolism; D054833:Isoindoles; D007939:Leukemia L1210 / Q000378:metabolism; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D008081:Liposomes; D051379:Mice; D016566:Organoselenium Compounds / Q000378:metabolism; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured