Probing the redox activity of T-lymphocytes deposited at electrode surfaces with voltammetric methods

Bogeski, Ivan; Mirčeski, Valentin; Hoth, Markus

doi:10.1515/cclm.2008.023

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“…Electrochemical techniques have been applied to detect various reactive oxygen and nitrogen species [49][50][51][52][53][54]. Some of these utilize direct detection of diverse reactive species based on their differential redox potentials, while others use electrodes modified with molecules or proteins with electrocatalytic activity towards the species of interest.…”

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Redox regulation of calcium ion channels: Chemical and physiological aspects

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a b s t r a c tReactive oxygen species (ROS) are increasingly recognized as second messengers in many cellular processes. While high concentrations of oxidants damage proteins, lipids and DNA, ultimately resulting in cell death, selective and reversible oxidation of key residues in proteins is a physiological mechanism that can transiently alter their activity and function. Defects in ROS producing enzymes cause disturbed immune response and disease.Changes in the intracellular free Ca 2+ concentration are key triggers for diverse cellular functions. Ca 2+ homeostasis thus needs to be precisely tuned by channels, pumps, transporters and cellular buffering systems. Alterations of these key regulatory proteins by reversible or irreversible oxidation alter the physiological outcome following cell stimulation. It is therefore necessary to understand which proteins are regulated and if this regulation is relevant in a physiological-and/or pathophysiological context. Because ROS are inherently difficult to identify and to measure, we first review basic oxygen redox chemistry and methods of ROS detection with special emphasis on electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy. We then focus on the present knowledge of redox regulation of Ca 2+ permeable ion channels such as voltage-gated (CaV) Ca 2+ channels, transient receptor potential (TRP) channels and Orai channels.© 2011 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. Basic redox chemistry of oxygenMany chemical processes are linked to the exchange of electrons between two or more molecular entities. The transfer of one (or more) electron(s) is associated with oxidation (loss of electron) and reduction (gain of electron) of the components. Such reactions are also known as redox reactions. The processes of reactive oxygen species (ROS) formation and elimination are exclusively of redox nature.Molecular oxygen is the precursor of all ROS. It contains two unpaired electrons in separate (antibonding) orbitals in its outer electron sphere and is thus, by definition, a radical. Radicals have at least one unpaired electron in their orbital system and usually show high reactivity; transition metal ions also may have unpaired electrons, but are not called radicals. Although having radical character, molecular oxygen is chemically rather inert (luckily!), because high * Corresponding authors at: Institut für Biophysik, Gebäude 58, Universität des Saarlandes, D-66421 Homburg/Saar, Germany. Tel.: +49 6841 1626453; fax: +49 6841 1626060.E-mail addresses: ivan.bogeski@uks.eu (I. Bogeski), barbara.niemeyer@uks.eu (B.A. Niemeyer).

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