Protein Information

Name xanthine oxidase
Synonyms XDH; XDHA; XO; XOD; XOR; Xanthene dehydrogenase; Xanthine dehydrogenase; Xanthine dehydrogenase/oxidase…

Compound Information

Name diquat
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2753390 Monteiro HP, Vile GF, Winterbourn CC: Release of iron from ferritin by semiquinone, anthracycline, bipyridyl, and nitroaromatic radicals. Free Radic Biol Med. 1989;6(6):587-91.

Compounds were reduced to their corresponding radicals with xanthine oxidase/hypoxanthine under N2 and the release of Fe2+ was monitored by complexation with ferrozine.
Ferritin iron was released by a number of bipyridyl radicals including those derived from diquat and paraquat, the anthracycline radicals of adriamycin, daunorubicin and epirubicin, the semiquinones of anthraquinone-2-sulphonate, 1,5 and 2,6-dihydroxyanthraquinone, 1-hydroxyanthraquinone, purpurin, and plumbagin, and the nitroaromatic radicals of nitrofurantoin and metronidazole.
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16696569 Zielonka J, Rybak M, Celinska J, Adamus J, Marcinek A, Gebicki J: Effect of heparin on viologen-stimulated enzymatic NADH depletion. Chem Res Toxicol. 2006 May;19(5):668-73.

Paraquat and diquat undergo redox cycling mediated by xanthine oxidase in the NADH-dependent manner.
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3020022 Thomas CE, Aust SD: Reductive release of iron from ferritin by cation free radicals of paraquat and other bipyridyls. J Biol Chem. 1986 Oct 5;261(28):13064-70.

Aerobically, iron release was inhibited approximately 60% by superoxide dismutase, whereas xanthine oxidase-dependent iron release was inhibited nearly 100%.
Similarly, the cation free radicals of the closely related chemicals, diquat and benzyl viologen, also promoted iron release.
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669584 Lengfelder E, Elstner EF: Determination of the superoxide dismutating activity of D-penicillamine copper. Hoppe Seylers Z Physiol Chem. 1978 Jun;359(6):751-7.

Nitrite formation from hydroxylamine by chloroplasts in the presence of diquat (1, 1'-dimethylene-2,2'-bipyridylium dibromide).
Crocin destruction by xanthine/xanthine oxidase.
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10079143 Ciuffi M, Neri S, Franchi-Micheli S, Failli P, Zilletti L, Moncelli MR, Guidelli R: Protective effect of pirenoxine and U74389F on induced lipid peroxidation in mammalian lenses. Exp Eye Res. 1999 Mar;68(3):347-59.

Both compounds produced the same effect when lens oxidation was induced by superoxide producing system such as xanthine/xanthine oxidase or fMLP stimulated macrophages.
These values also proved to be significantly lower when the same parameters were assayed in lenses from eyes where a lipid peroxidation was induced in vivo by haemoglobin or Diquat intravitreal injection followed by instillations of pirenoxine sodium salt or U74389F solutions (2 drops of about 60 microl every hour for 8 hours over 4 days) administered topically.
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12064806 Anton PM, Theodorou V, Roy S, Fioramonti J, Bueno L: Pathways involved in mild gastrointestinal inflammation induced by a low level exposure to a food contaminant. Dig Dis Sci. 2002 Jun;47(6):1308-15.


Diquat, a food contaminant, is responsible for oxidative stress.
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