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:Taurine has been suggested to have cytoprotective actions via a number of different mechanisms. The role of taurine in protecting DNA from oxidative damage has received only limited attention. The aim of the present studies was to test the hypothesis that taurine might act to attenuate oxidative damage to DNA caused by free radicals generated by iron-stimulated catecholamine oxidation in the presence of H2O2. Calf thymus DNA (100 microg/tube) was exposed to a reaction mixture containing: ferric chloride (60 microM), H2O2 (2.8 mM) and L-dopa (100 microM). Taurine and taurine analogs were added simultaneously to determine their effects to prevent oxidative damage to DNA. The reaction was carried out for 1 hour at 37 degrees C and terminated by rapid freezing in an ethanol/dry ice bath. The DNA was precipitated with ethanol and subsequently hydrolyzed with formic acid under vacuum. The hydroxylated bases were separated by HPLC and detected electrochemically. All experiments were replicated a minimum of 5 times. Taurine (20 mM) was found to reduce (p<0.05) damage to DNA as indexed by reductions in the formation of 5-OH-uracil (49% decrease), 8-OH adenine (37% decrease), and 8-OH guanine (21% decrease). Taurine had minimal effects to reduce the formation of 5-OH cytosine (<7% decrease). Taurine (20 mM) also increased total DNA recovery after damage 36-40% and increased total undamaged guanine approximately 32%. 5-OH Uracil formation could be reduced (p<0.05) by 1 mM taurine and 8-OH-adenine formation was reduced (p<0.05) by 5 mM taurine. Studies were conducted with various amino acid analogs and total base adduct formation was reduced by 20 mM beta-alanine (30% decrease), lysine (58% decrease) and glutathione (88% decrease). When tested at 20 mM, both hypotaurine and homotaurine provided greater protection against DNA damage than taurine, whereas isethionic acid provided a similar level of protection as taurine. Using identical conditions as the assays for base hydroxylation, we tested whether inhibition of quinone formation could account for taurine's mechanism of action. Taurine (49% decrease), homotaurine (24% decrease) and hypotaurine (79% decrease) all reduced quinone formation. Thus, inhibition of quinone formation could account for part of taurine's mechanism of action to inhibit oxidative damage, but it could not account for homotaurine's greater efficacy in preventing DNA damage. Overall, these studies show that taurine at concentrations normally found in cells can inhibit oxidative damage to DNA.
journal_name
Adv Exp Med Bioljournal_title
Advances in experimental medicine and biologyauthors
Messina SA,Dawson R Jrdoi
10.1007/0-306-46838-7_40subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-01-01 00:00:00pages
355-67eissn
0065-2598issn
2214-8019journal_volume
483pub_type
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