title: Nitrite- and peroxide-dependent oxidation pathways of dopamine: 6-nitrodopamine and 6-hydroxydopamine formation as potential contributory mechanisms of oxidative stress- and nitric oxide-induced neurotoxicity in neuronal degeneration.
abstract: In the presence of nitrite ions (NO(2)(-)) in phosphate buffer (pH 7. 4) and at 37 degrees C, dopamine was oxidized by a variety of hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2))-dependent enzymatic and chemical systems to give, in addition to black melanin-like pigments via 5, 6-dihydroxyindoles, small amounts of the potent neurotoxin 6-hydroxydopamine (1) and of 6-nitrodopamine (2), a putative reaction product of dopamine with NO-derived species. Treatment of 0. 5 or 1 mM dopamine with horseradish peroxidase (HRP) or lactoperoxidase (LPO) in the presence of 1 or 2 mM H(2)O(2) with NO(2)(-) at a concentration of 0.5-10 mM resulted in the formation of 1 and 2 in up to 8 and 2 microM yields, respectively, depending on the substrate concentration and the NO(2)(-):H(2)O(2) ratio. Nitration and hydroxylation of 0.1 mM dopamine was observed with 1 mM NO(2)(-) using HRP and the D-glucose/glucose oxidase system to generate H(2)O(2) in situ. In the presence of NO(2)(-)-, Fe(2+)-, or Fe(2+)/EDTA-promoted oxidations of dopamine with H(2)O(2) also led to the formation of 1 and 2, the apparent product ratios varying with peroxide concentration and the partitioning of the metal between EDTA and catecholamine chelates. In the presence of NO(2)(-), Fe(2+)-promoted autoxidation of dopamine gave 2 but no detectable 1. When injected into the brains of laboratory rats, 2 caused sporadic behavioral changes, indicating that it could elicit a neurotoxic response, albeit to a lower extent than 1. Model experiments using tyrosinase as an oxidizing system and mechanistic considerations suggested that formation of 2 does not involve reactive nitrogen radicals but results mainly from nucleophilic attack of NO(2)(-) to dopamine quinone. Generation of 1, on the other hand, may be derives from different H(2)O(2)-dependent pathways. Collectively, these results outline a complex interplay of NO(2)(-)- and peroxide-dependent oxidation pathways of dopamine, which may contribute to impair dopaminergic neurotransmission and induce cytotoxic processes in neurodegenerative disorders.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Biochemistry, Zoological Station, I-80121 Naples, Italy, Department of Organic and Biological Chemistry, University of Naples "Federico II", via Mezzocannone 16, 1-80134 Naples, Italy.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Palumbo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Napolitano
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Barone
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: d'Ischia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001522:Behavior, Animal / Q000187:drug effects; D001921:Brain / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004298:Dopamine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D009410:Nerve Degeneration; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D016627:Oxidopamine / Q000378:metabolism*; D010545:Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley
chemical_list: C403895:6-nitrodopamine; D009573:Nitrites; D010545:Peroxides; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D016627:Oxidopamine; D004298:Dopamine