title: Oxygen radicals photo-induced by ferric nitrilotriacetate complex.
abstract: This study examined the photo-induced generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) by the carcinogenic iron(III)-NTA complex. Iron(III)-NTA complex (1:1) has three conformations (type (a) in acidic conditions of pH 1-6, type (n) in neutral conditions of pH 3-9, and type (b) in basic conditions of pH 7-10) with two pK(a) values (pK(a1) approximately 4, pK(a2) approximately 8). The iron(III)-NTA complex was reduced to iron(II) under cool-white fluorescent light without the presence of any reducing agent, and the reduction rates of the three conformations of iron(III)-NTA were in the order type (a)>type (n)>type (b) as reported previously (Akai K. et al., Free Radic. Res. 38, 951-962, 2004). ROS generation was investigated by electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy with a spin-trapping technique. Apparent EPR signals attributed to PBN/*(13)CH(3) and PBN/*OCH(3) spin adducts were observed after incubation of the iron(III)-NTA complex was mixed with alpha-phenyl-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) and (13)C-DMSO in an aerobic condition. The addition of catalase effectively attenuated the PBN adducts, but superoxide dismutase enhanced them. Taken together, these results indicate that the iron(III)-NTA complex is spontaneously reduced to the iron(II)-NTA complex by light under acidic to neutral pH, and in turn transfers an electron to molecular oxygen to form ROS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Pharmacology, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, The University of Tokushima, 1-78-1 Sho-machi, Tokushima 770-8505, Japan.
authors.forename: Koichiro
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Tsuchiya
authors.forename: Kaori
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Akai
authors.forename: Akira
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Tokumura
authors.forename: Shinji
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Abe
authors.forename: Toshiaki
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Tamaki
authors.forename: Yoshiharu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Takiguchi
authors.forename: Kenji
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Fukuzawa
mesh_terms: D002374:Catalase; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005290:Ferric Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000737:chemistry*; D008027:Light; D009571:Nitrilotriacetic Acid / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000737:chemistry; D010100:Oxygen / Q000737:chemistry*; D010777:Photochemistry; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D005290:Ferric Compounds; D005609:Free Radicals; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; C029217:phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone; D002374:Catalase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase; D009571:Nitrilotriacetic Acid; D010100:Oxygen; C020326:ferric nitrilotriacetate