Dioxygen and the Vitamin K-Dependent Synthesis of Prothrombin

A copper chelator, diethyldithiocarbamate (DDC), injection and adrenalectomy induce significant paw swelling by low doses of serotonin, histamine, or bradykinin, which can result in mild swelling in non-treated mice. Dexamethasone, Cu,Zn-superoxide dismutase (SOD), and hydroxyl radical scavengers suppressed the DDC-provoked edema, but only dexamethasone suppressed the edema of adrenalectomized mice. Adrenal stimulation by SOD is exclusive in that the suppression of edema by SOD began about 1 h prior to that by glucocorticoid. In order to explain the data obtained, the existence of a vascular permeability inhibitory protein (called "vasoregulin") was assumed. This protein must be synthesized constantly somewhere in the body and continuously inactivated by active oxygen in vivo. Local levels of vasoregulin may limit the responses of vascular permeability against the chemical mediators. This hypothesis was also supported by the edema-enhancing effects of protein/RNA synthesis inhibitors.

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Looking Back at the Early Stages of Redox Biology

Flohé

2020

Antioxidants

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The beginnings of redox biology are recalled with special emphasis on formation, metabolism and function of reactive oxygen and nitrogen species in mammalian systems. The review covers the early history of heme peroxidases and the metabolism of hydrogen peroxide, the discovery of selenium as integral part of glutathione peroxidases, which expanded the scope of the field to other hydroperoxides including lipid hydroperoxides, the discovery of superoxide dismutases and superoxide radicals in biological systems and their role in host defense, tissue damage, metabolic regulation and signaling, the identification of the endothelial-derived relaxing factor as the nitrogen monoxide radical (more commonly named nitric oxide) and its physiological and pathological implications. The article highlights the perception of hydrogen peroxide and other hydroperoxides as signaling molecules, which marks the beginning of the flourishing fields of redox regulation and redox signaling. Final comments describe the development of the redox language. In the 18th and 19th century, it was highly individualized and hard to translate into modern terminology. In the 20th century, the redox language co-developed with the chemical terminology and became clearer. More recently, the introduction and inflationary use of poorly defined terms has unfortunately impaired the understanding of redox events in biological systems.

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Dioxygen and the Vitamin K-Dependent Synthesis of Prothrombin

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Looking Back at the Early Stages of Redox Biology

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