Abstract:
:Epinephrine is known to be rapidly oxidized during sepsis. Ischemia and acidosis, which often accompany sepsis, are associated with the release of weakly bound cupric ions from plasma proteins. We investigated whether copper promotes oxidation of epinephrine at both physiological and acidic pH and whether D-Asp-D-Ala-D-His-D-Lys (D-DAHK), a human albumin (HSA) N-terminus synthetic peptide with a high affinity for cupric ions, attenuates this oxidation. Epinephrine alone [100 microM] or with CuCl(2) [10 microM], and with CuCl(2) [10 microM] and D-DAHK [20 microM] at pH 7.4, 7.0, 6.5, and 6.0 were incubated for 1h at 37 degrees C. Epinephrine oxidation was measured by the spectrophotometric quantification of its oxidation product, adrenochrome. We found that adrenochrome increased, suggesting copper-induced oxidation of epinephrine. At pH 7.4, 7.0, 6.5, and 6.0, adrenochrome increased by 47%, 53%, 24%, and 6% above baseline, respectively. D-DAHK attenuated the copper-induced oxidation of epinephrine to baseline levels. These in vitro results indicate that copper-induced epinephrine oxidation is greatest at the physiological pH 7.4 as well as in severe acidosis, pH 7.0, and that D-DAHK completely inhibits this oxidation.
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Biochem Biophys Res Communjournal_title
Biochemical and biophysical research communicationsauthors
Roberts A,Bar-Or D,Winkler JV,Rael LTdoi
10.1016/s0006-291x(03)00667-3subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2003-05-16 00:00:00pages
755-7issue
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0006-291Xissn
1090-2104pii
S0006291X03006673journal_volume
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