title: Quantification of superoxide radical production in thylakoid membrane using cyclic hydroxylamines.
abstract: Applicability of two lipophilic cyclic hydroxylamines (CHAs), CM-H and TMT-H, and two hydrophilic CHAs, CAT1-H and DCP-H, for detection of superoxide anion radical (O2(∙-)) produced by the thylakoid photosynthetic electron transfer chain (PETC) of higher plants under illumination has been studied. ESR spectrometry was applied for detection of the nitroxide radical originating due to CHAs oxidation by O2(∙-). CHAs and corresponding nitroxide radicals were shown to be involved in side reactions with PETC which could cause miscalculation of O2(∙-) production rate. Lipophilic CM-H was oxidized by PETC components, reducing the oxidized donor of Photosystem I, P700(+), while at the same concentration another lipophilic CHA, TMT-H, did not reduce P700(+). The nitroxide radical was able to accept electrons from components of the photosynthetic chain. Electrostatic interaction of stable cation CAT1-H with the membrane surface was suggested. Water-soluble superoxide dismutase (SOD) was added in order to suppress the reaction of CHA with O2(∙-) outside the membrane. SOD almost completely inhibited light-induced accumulation of DCP(∙), nitroxide radical derivative of hydrophilic DCP-H, in contrast to TMT(∙) accumulation. Based on the results showing that change in the thylakoid lumen pH and volume had minor effect on TMT(∙) accumulation, the reaction of TMT-H with O2(∙-) in the lumen was excluded. Addition of TMT-H to thylakoid suspension in the presence of SOD resulted in the increase in light-induced O2 uptake rate, that argued in favor of TMT-H ability to detect O2(∙-) produced within the membrane core. Thus, hydrophilic DCP-H and lipophilic TMT-H were shown to be usable for detection of O2(∙-) produced outside and within thylakoid membranes.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Biological Problems Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia. Electronic address: kozuleva@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Marina
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kozuleva
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Biological Problems Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia.
authors.forename: Irina
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Klenina
authors.affiliation: Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Biophysics Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia; Institute of Basic Biological Problems Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Mysin
authors.affiliation: Novosibirsk Institute of Organic Chemistry Russian Academy of Sciences, Siberian Branch, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia; Novosibirsk State University, 630090, Novosibirsk, Russia.
authors.forename: Igor
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Kirilyuk
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Biological Problems Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia.
authors.forename: Vera
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Opanasenko
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Biological Problems Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia.
authors.forename: Ivan
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Proskuryakov
authors.affiliation: Institute of Basic Biological Problems Russian Academy of Sciences, 142290, Pushchino, Russia.
authors.forename: Boris
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Ivanov
mesh_terms: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006898:Hydroxylamines / Q000378:metabolism*; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D018532:Pisum sativum / Q000378:metabolism*; D013481:Superoxides / Q000032:analysis / Q000378:metabolism*; D020524:Thylakoids / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D006898:Hydroxylamines; D013481:Superoxides
keywords: Reactive Oxygen Species; cyclic hydroxylamines; electron spin resonance; photosynthetic electron transfer chain; superoxide anion radical