title: Endogenous and endobiotic induced reactive oxygen species formation by isolated hepatocytes.
abstract: The rat hepatocyte catalyzed oxidation of 2',7'-dichlorofluorescin to form the fluorescent 2,7'-dichlorofluorescein was used to measure endogenous and xenobiotic-induced reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation by intact isolated rat hepatocytes. Various oxidase substrates and inhibitors were then used to identify the intracellular oxidases responsible. Endogenous ROS formation was markedly increased in catalase-inhibited or GSH-depleted hepatocytes, and was inhibited by ROS scavengers or desferoxamine. Endogenous ROS formation was also inhibited by cytochrome P450 inhibitors, but was not affected by oxypurinol, a xanthine oxidase inhibitor, or phenelzine, a monoamine oxidase inhibitor. Mitochondrial respiratory chain inhibitors or hypoxia, on the other hand, markedly increased ROS formation before cytotoxicity ensued. Furthermore, uncouplers of oxidative phosphorylation inhibited endogenous ROS formation. This suggests endogenous ROS formation can largely be attributed to oxygen reduction by reduced mitochondrial electron transport components and reduced cytochrome P450 isozymes. Addition of monoamine oxidase substrates increased antimycin A-resistant respiration and ROS formation before cytotoxicity ensued. Addition of peroxisomal substrates also increased antimycin A-resistant respiration but they were less effective at inducing ROS formation and were not cytotoxic. However, peroxisomal substrates readily induced ROS formation and were cytotoxic towards catalase-inhibited hepatocytes, which suggests that peroxisomal catalase removes endogenous H(2)O(2) formed in the peroxisomes. Hepatocyte catalyzed dichlorofluorescin oxidation induced by oxidase substrates, e.g., benzylamine, was correlated with the cytotoxicity induced in catalase-inhibited hepatocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Toronto, 19 Russell Street, Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2S2.
authors.forename: Arno G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Siraki
authors.forename: Jalal
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pourahmad
authors.forename: Tom S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Chan
authors.forename: Sumsullah
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Peter J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: O'Brien
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism*; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000502:physiology; D005452:Fluoresceins / Q000737:chemistry; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation; D020675:Peroxisomes / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005452:Fluoresceins; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C037631:2',7'-dichlorofluorescein; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D002374:Catalase; D014969:Xanthine Oxidase; D008995:Monoamine Oxidase; D005978:Glutathione