title: Interactions of growth inhibitory factor with hydroxyl and superoxide radicals.
abstract: To show the effects of growth inhibitory factor (Cu4Zn3MT-III) involved in the scavenging of reactive oxygen species (ROS), a pulse radiolytic study was employed using N2O-saturated Cu4Zn3MT-III aqueous solutions. It was demonstrated that the oxidizing OH* radical efficiently reacted with Cu4Zn3MT-III by forming a thiyl radical RS* with a second-order constant of 1.46 x 10(11) mol l(-1) s(-1), which was determined by competition kinetics against KSCN. The thiyl radical RS* reacted rapidly and reversibly with a thiolate in Cu4Zn3MT-III to form radical anion RSSR*- with a constant of 1.65 x 10(9) mol lL(-1) s(-1) per thiolate, while the constant of the decay of this radical anion was 2.72 x 10(5) s(-1), and the equilibrium constant of the formation for RSSR*- was 6.08 x 10(3) mol(-1) l. These values were close to those of Cd5Zn2MT-II. The SOD activity of Cu4Zn3MT-III to quench O2(*-) was assayed by the riboflavine-methionine-nitrobluetetrazolium (NBT) method which catalyzed the dismutation of superoxide (O2(*-)) at pH 7.8 with an IC50 value of 1.50 x 10(-6) M for Cu4Zn3MT-III and 1.62 x 10(-6) M for Cd5Zn2MT-II. Additionally, the down-regulation of GIF may be a main factor in the decrease of the scavenging ability for the free OH* and O2(*-) radicals, which is possibly associated with the pathogenesis of neurodegenerative disease.
authors.affiliation: State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Coordination Chemistry Institute, Nanjing University, Nanjing 210093, PR China.
authors.forename: Yanbo
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Wenfeng
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Wang
authors.forename: Jingjie
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mo
authors.forename: Liang
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Du
authors.forename: Side
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Yao
authors.forename: Wenxia
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Tang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D007700:Kinetics; D000090023:Metallothionein 3; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D011485:Protein Binding; D011675:Pulse Radiolysis / Q000379:methods; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013481:Superoxides / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D000090023:Metallothionein 3; D009419:Nerve Tissue Proteins; D013481:Superoxides; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase