title: Mitochondrial DNA damage associated with lipid peroxidation of the mitochondrial membrane induced by Fe2+-citrate.
abstract: Iron imbalance/accumulation has been implicated in oxidative injury associated with many degenerative diseases such as hereditary hemochromatosis, beta-thalassemia, and Friedreich's ataxia. Mitochondria are particularly sensitive to iron-induced oxidative stress - high loads of iron cause extensive lipid peroxidation and membrane permeabilization in isolated mitochondria. Here we detected and characterized mitochondrial DNA damage in isolated rat liver mitochondria exposed to a Fe2+-citrate complex, a small molecular weight complex. Intense DNA fragmentation was induced after the incubation of mitochondria with the iron complex. The detection of 3' phosphoglycolate ends at the mtDNA strand breaks by a 32P-postlabeling assay, suggested the involvement of hydroxyl radical in the DNA fragmentation induced by Fe2+-citrate. Increased levels of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine also suggested that Fe2+-citrate-induced oxidative stress causes mitochondrial DNA damage. In conclusion, our results show that iron-mediated lipid peroxidation was associated with intense mtDNA damage derived from the direct attack of reactive oxygen species.
authors.affiliation: Departamento de Patologia Clínica, Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Campinas, SP, Brasil.
authors.forename: Andréa M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Almeida
authors.forename: Clélia R A
authors.initials: CR
authors.lastname: Bertoncini
authors.forename: Jiri
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Borecký
authors.forename: Nadja C
authors.initials: NC
authors.lastname: Souza-Pinto
authors.forename: Aníbal E
authors.initials: AE
authors.lastname: Vercesi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D019343:Citric Acid; D004249:DNA Damage; D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D005296:Ferrous Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D051336:Mitochondrial Membranes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D008933:Mitochondrial Swelling / Q000187:drug effects; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D004272:DNA, Mitochondrial; D005296:Ferrous Compounds; D019343:Citric Acid; C016600:ferrous citrate