Kinetics of iron oxidation upon polyphenol binding.
Polyphenol prevention of iron-mediated DNA damage occurs primarily through iron binding. Once bound, iron in the Fe(2+)-polyphenol complex autooxidizes to Fe(3+) in the presence of O(2). To determine the correlation between the rate of Fe(2+)-polyphenol autooxidation and polyphenol antioxidant ability, kinetic studies at pH = 6.0 in the presence of oxygen were performed using UV-vis spectrophotometry. Initial rates of iron-polyphenol complex oxidation for epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG), methyl-3,4,5-trihydroxybenzoate (MEGA), gallic acid (GA), epicatechin (EC), and methyl-3,4-dihydroxybenzoate (MEPCA) were in the range of 0.14-6.7 min(-1). Polyphenols with gallol groups have faster rates of iron oxidation than their catechol analogs, suggesting that stronger iron binding results in faster iron oxidation. Concentrations of polyphenol, Fe(2+), and O(2) were varied to investigate the dependence of the Fe(2+)-polyphenol autooxidation on these reactants for MEGA and MEPCA. For these analogous gallate and catecholate complexes of Fe(2+), iron oxidation reactions were first order in Fe(2+), polyphenol, and O(2), but gallate complexes show saturation behavior at much lower Fe(2+) concentrations. Thus, gallol-containing polyphenols promote iron oxidation at a significantly faster rate than analogous catechol-containing compounds, and iron oxidation rate also correlates strongly with polyphenol inhibition of DNA damage for polyphenol compounds with a single iron-binding moiety.
Perron
Nathan R
NR
Chemistry Department, Clemson University, Clemson, SC 29634-0973, USA.
Wang
Hsiao C
HC
Deguire
Sean N
SN
Jenkins
Michael
M
Lawson
Mereze
M
Brumaghim
Julia L
JL
D000975:Antioxidants / Q000737:chemistry*; D004583:Electrons; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry*; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry*; D007700:Kinetics; D008024:Ligands; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010636:Phenols / Q000737:chemistry*; D059808:Polyphenols
D000975:Antioxidants; D005419:Flavonoids; D008024:Ligands; D010636:Phenols; D059808:Polyphenols; D007501:Iron