Maurizio Podda

Reduction and transport of lipoic acid by human erythrocytes.

Reduction of exogenous lipoic acid to dihydrolipoate is known to occur in several mammalian cells and tissues. Dihydrolipoate is a potent radical scavenger, and may provide significant antioxidant protection. Because lipoic acid appears in the bloodstream after oral administration, we have examined the reduction of exogenous lipoate by human erythrocytes. Normal human erythrocytes reduced lipoate to dihydrolipoate only in the presence of glucose; deoxyglucose did not substitute for glucose, indicating that the reduction of lipoate requires glucose metabolism. Furthermore, the reduction was shown to be NADPH dependent. Erythrocytes isolated from a human subject with a genetic deficiency of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase (and, therefore, deficient in the formation of NADPH) did not reduce lipoate. Dehydroepiandrosterone, a specific inhibitor of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase, inhibited lipoate reduction. Our findings imply that some of the reduction of exogenous lipoic acid is catalysed by glutathione reductase, a flavoprotein dehydrogenase; mitomycin C, an inhibitor of FAD-dependent reductases, inhibited lipoate reduction by erythrocytes, and glutathione reductase purified from human erythrocytes was observed to reduce lipoic acid in a cell-free system. We further explored these findings with erythrocyte ghosts and liposomes. Our results indicate that a transport system exists for alpha-lipoic acid and dihydrolipoate; resealed erythrocyte ghosts, containing trapped lipoamide dehydrogenase and pyridine nucleotides, reduced externally added lipoate. By contrast, liposomes prepared with enzyme and pyridine nucleotides did not catalyze reduction of lipoate. This work indicates that uptake of exogenous lipoate and reduction to dihydrolipoate by normal human erythrocytes may contribute to oxidant protection in the human bloodstream.

OZONE DEPLETES TOCOPHEROLS AND TOCOTRIENOLS TOPICALLY APPLIED TO MURINE SKIN

To evaluate ozone damage to hairless mouse skin, two parameters of oxidative damage, vitamin E depletion and malondialdehyde (MDA) production, were measured in vitamin E‐enriched and in control skin from mice exposed to ozone (10 ppm). A 5% vitamin E solution (tocotrienol‐rich fraction, TRF) in polyethylene glycol (PEG) was applied to 2 sites on the back of hairless mice, PEG to 2 sites. After 2 h, the sites were washed, one of each pair of sites covered and the mice exposed ozone for 2 h. Ozone exposure (compared with covered sites) increased epidermal MDA in PEG‐treated sites, while vitamin E was unchanged. In contrast, ozone exposure significantly depleted vitamin E in TRF‐treated sites, while significant MDA accumulation was prevented. This is the first demonstration that ozone exposure causes damage to cutaneous lipids, an effect which can be attenuated by vitamin E application.

Interactions between Vitamin E Homologues and Ascorbate Free Radicals in Murine Skin Homogenates Irradiated with Ultraviolet Light

The mechanism of oxidation of ascorbic acid in mouse skin homogenates by UV light was investigated by measuring ascorbate free radical formation using electron spin resonance signal formation. Addition of vitamin E (α‐tocopherol or α‐tocotrienol) had no effect, whereas short‐chain homologues (2,5,7,8‐tetramethyl‐6‐hydroxy‐chroman‐2‐carboxylic acid [Trolox] and 2,2,5,7,8‐penta‐methyl‐6‐hydroxychromane [PMC]) accelerated ascorbate oxidation. The similar hydrophilicity of ascorbate, Trolox and PMC increased their interaction, thus rapidly depleting ascorbate. When dihydrolipoic acid was added simultaneously with the vitamin E homologues, the accelerated ascorbate oxidation was prevented. This was due to the regeneration of ascorbate and PMC from their free radicals by a recycling mechanism between ascorbate, vitamin E homologues and dihydrolipoic acid. Potentiation of antioxidant recycling may be protective against UV irradiation‐induced damage. The rate of ascorbate oxidation in the presence of vitamin E homologues was enhanced by a photosensitizer (riboflavin) but was not influenced by reactive oxygen radical quenchers, superoxide dismutase or 5,5‐dimethyl‐l‐pyrroline‐iV‐ox‐ide. These experimental results suggest that the UV irradiation‐induced ascorbate oxidation in murine skin homogenates is caused by photoactivated reactions rather than reactive oxygen radical reactions.

[30] Sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography techniques for simultaneous determination of tocopherols, tocotrienols, ubiquinols, and ubiquinones in biological samples

Publisher Summary Lipophilic antioxidants are responsible for the protection of cell membranes against lipid peroxidation. Vitamin E is the major lipophilic antioxidant in plasma, membranes, and tissues and is the collective name for the eight naturally occurring molecules (four tocopherols and four tocotrienols) that exhibit α-tocopherol activity. This chapter discusses the sensitive high-performance liquid chromatography techniques for simultaneous determination of tocopherols, tocotrienols, ubiquinols, and ubiquinones in biological samples. The method described in this chapter allows the extraction and detection of the various vitamin E forms along with ubiquinol/ubiquinone in a single aliquot of tissue. The unexpected distribution of vitamin E forms in different tissues exemplifies that the selective determination of the major lipophilic antioxidants is important for understanding the relationship among diet, oxidative stress, and cellular regulatory processes.

Penetration and distribution of α-tocopherol, α- or γ-tocotrienols applied individually onto murine skin

To evaluate skin penetration of various vitamin E homologs, a 5% solution of either α-tocopherol, α-tocotrienol, or γ-tocotrienol in polyethylene glycol was topically applied to SKH-1 hairless mice. After 0.5, 1, 2, or 4 h (n=four per time point and four per vitamin E homolog), the skin was washed, the animals killed, the skin rapidlly removed, frozen on dry ice, and a biopsy taken and sectioned: stratum corneum (two uppermost, 5-μm sections—SC1 and SC2), epidermis (next two 10μm sections—E1 and E2), papillary dermis (next 100μ, PD), dermis (next 400 μm, D), and subcutaneous fat (next 100 μm, SF). SC1 contained the highest vitamin E concentrations per μ thickness. To compare the distribution of the various vitamin E forms into the skin layers, the percentage of each form was expressed per its respective total. Most surprising was that the largest fraction of skin vitamin E following topical application was found in the deeper subcutaneous layers—the lowest layers, PD (40±15%) and D (36±15%), contained the major portion of the applied vitamin E forms. Although PD only represents about 16% of the total skin thickness, it contains sebaceous glands—lipid secretory organs, and, thus, may account for the vitamin E affinity for this layer. Hence, applied vitamin E penetrates rapidly through the skin, but the highest concentrations are found in the uppermost 5 microns.

Nitroxide radical biostability in skin

Nitroxide radicals are important chemical tools in dermatologic research (e.g., for studying biophysical properties of skin lipids and epidermal membranes with the method of electron paramagnetic resonance, EPR, spectroscopy). However, nitroxides may loose their paramagnetic properties in biological tissues, which could limit their usefulness in biomedical applications. We analyzed the biostability of various chemical types of nitroxide radicals in keratinocytes, epidermis homogenate, and intact skin. EPR signal loss of imidazoline, pyrrolidine, piperidine, and oxazolidine nitroxides is attributed to their reduction to the corresponding hydroxylamine. The rate of nitroxide reduction in skin varies considerably with nitroxide ring structure and substitution. The order of nitroxide stability in isolated human keratinocytes, mouse epidermis homogenate, and intact mouse and human skin is imidazoline > pyrrolidine > di-t-butylnitroxide (DTBN) > piperidine > oxazolidine. Cationic nitroxides are reduced much faster than neutral or anionic probes, presumably due to transmembrane electron shuttle or internalization. The results indicate that imidazoline- and pyrrolidine-type nitroxides should be used when high biostability of nitroxides is needed. Piperidine-type nitroxides are versatile probes for studying one-electron transfer reactions in skin.

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