Deoxyribose breakdown by the adriamycin semiquinone and H2O2: evidence for hydroxyl radical participation
- 16 August 1982
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in FEBS Letters
- Vol. 145 (1) , 137-142
- https://doi.org/10.1016/0014-5793(82)81222-2
Abstract
We report our finding that the reaction between the adriamycin semiquinone (produced by reduction of the drug by xanthine oxidase) and H2O2 in N2 causes deoxyribose degradation to a thiobarbituric acid-reactive chromogen. Deoxyribose breakdown was inhibited by scavengers of hydroxyl radicals, providing evidence for the participation of hydroxyl radicals. The reaction was detected in air, but was less efficient in air than in N2. Deoxyribose degradation did not require a metal catalyst, and was inhibited by superoxide dismutase in air, but not N2. A similar reaction with deoxyribose in DNA may be of major importance in the antitumour action of adriamycin.Keywords
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