Protein Information

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

Compound Information

Name sodium azide
CAS sodium azide

Reference List

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18161508 Ammar RB, Kilani S, Bouhlel I, Ezzi L, Skandrani I, Boubaker J, Sghaier MB, Naffeti A, Mahmoud A, Chekir-Ghedira L, Ghedira K: Antiproliferative, antioxidant, and antimutagenic activities of flavonoid-enriched extracts from (Tunisian) Rhamnus alaternus L.: combination with the phytochemical composition. Drug Chem Toxicol. 2008;31(1):61-80.

High DPPH radical-scavenging activity (7.21 and 18.84 microg/mL, respectively) and antioxidative effects using the xanthine oxidase assay (IC (50) values of 83.33 and 103.96 microg/mL, respectively) were detected in the presence of the two tested extracts.
Although no mutagenic effect was observed when using the Salmonella typhimurium assay system with TA1535 and TA100 strains, the two tested extracts exhibited a high-level protection toward the direct mutagen, sodium azide-induced response.
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18511029 Ammar RB, Sghaier MB, Boubaker J, Bhouri W, Naffeti A, Skandrani I, Bouhlel I, Kilani S, Ghedira K, Chekir-Ghedira L: Antioxidant activity and inhibition of aflatoxin B1-, nifuroxazide-, and sodium azide-induced mutagenicity by extracts from Rhamnus alaternus L. Chem Biol Interact. 2008 Jul 10;174(1):1-10. Epub 2008 Jun 3.

These same active extracts exhibited high xanthine oxidase (XOD) inhibiting with respective IC (50) values of 208 and 137 microg/ml, and superoxide anion-scavenging effects (IC (50) values of 132 and 117 microg/ml) when tested in the XOD enzymatic assay system.
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12900405 Emerson JP, Coulter ED, Phillips RS, Kurtz DM Jr: Kinetics of the superoxide reductase catalytic cycle. J Biol Chem. 2003 Oct 10;278(41):39662-8. Epub 2003 Aug 4.


A proximal electron donor, rubredoxin, was used to supply reducing equivalents from NADPH via ferredoxin: NADP+ oxidoreductase, and xanthine/xanthine oxidase was used to provide a calibrated flux of superoxide.
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16447283 Bizzozero OA, Ziegler JL, De Jesus G, Bolognani F: Acute depletion of reduced glutathione causes extensive carbonylation of rat brain proteins. J Neurosci Res. 2006 Mar;83(4):656-67.


Inhibition of catalase activity with sodium azide and aminotriazole, and glutathione peroxidase activity with mercaptosuccinic acid did not increase PCOs or TBARS, suggesting that increased production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) rather than compromised cellular antioxidant defenses is the cause for the accumulation of H2O2 after GSH depletion.
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10561478 Ohyashiki T, Nunomura M, Katoh T: Detection of superoxide anion radical in phospholipid liposomal membrane by fluorescence quenching method using 1,3-diphenylisobenzofuran. Biochim Biophys Acta. 1999 Sep 21;1421(1):131-9.

The fluorescence intensity of DPBF incorporated in phospholipid liposomes consisting of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylserine (PS) is effectively quenched by incubation with xanthine/xanthine oxidase system.
On the other hand, catalase (1 U/ml), and hydroxyl radical and singlet oxygen scavengers (10 mM sodium benzoate, 300 mM mannitol, 1 mM tryptophan and 1 mM sodium azide) did not protect xanthine/xanthine oxidase-induced fluorescence quenching of DPBF-labeled liposomes.
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9211432 Aitken RJ, Fisher HM, Fulton N, Gomez E, Knox W, Lewis B, Irvine S: Reactive oxygen species generation by human spermatozoa is induced by exogenous NADPH and inhibited by the flavoprotein inhibitors diphenylene iodonium and quinacrine. Mol Reprod Dev. 1997 Aug;47(4):468-82.


Addition of NADPH to viable populations of motile spermatozoa induced a sudden dose-dependent increase in the rate of superoxide generation via mechanisms that could not be disrupted by inhibitors of the mitochondrial electron transport chain (antimycin A, rotenone, carbonyl cyanide m-chlorophenylhydrazone [CCCP], and sodium azide), diaphorase (dicoumarol) xanthine oxidase (allopurinol), or lactic acid dehydrogenase (sodium oxamate).
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7663419 Mao Y, Zang L, Shi X: Singlet oxygen generation in the superoxide reaction. Biochem Mol Biol Int. 1995 May;36(1):227-32.

Omission of xanthine, xanthine oxidase or H2O2 caused a sharp decrease in 1O2 generation. 1O2 scavenger, sodium azide, inhibited 1O2 generation while .OH scavenger, ethanol, only slightly decreased the signal intensity.
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9801073 Lacy F, Gough DA, Schmid-Schonbein GW: Role of xanthine oxidase in hydrogen peroxide production. . Free Radic Biol Med. 1998 Oct;25(6):720-7.

In the presence of sodium azide, an inhibitor of catalase, peroxide production was measured in plasma after adding xanthine or xanthine oxidase and the results were similar to those obtained in buffered saline.
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7833505 Demiryurek AT, Wainwright CL, Wadsworth RM, Kane KA: Characterization of a method for the detection of drugs with free radical scavenging activity using porcine leukocytes. J Pharmacol Toxicol Methods. 1994 Sep;32(1):35-40.

The effects of a range of free-radical scavenging drugs on luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence (CL) generated by porcine leukocytes, following activation by two nonreceptor-mediated stimulants, phorbol myristate acetate (PMA; a protein kinase activator) and ionomycin (a cation ionophore), and by xanthine plus xanthine oxidase (X-XO), have been examined.
Sodium azide (10 (-5) to 10 (-3) M) caused a marked inhibition in CL production in activated leukocytes, but not of X-XO CL.
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19015021 Skandrani I, Bouhlel I, Limem I, Boubaker J, Bhouri W, Neffati A, Ben Sghaier M, Kilani S, Ghedira K, Ghedira-Chekir L: Moricandia arvensis extracts protect against DNA damage, mutagenesis in bacteria system and scavenge the superoxide anion. Toxicol In Vitro. 2009 Feb;23(1):166-75. Epub 2008 Oct 30.

Our results showed that M. arvensis extracts possess antimutagenic effects against sodium azide (SA) in the two tested Salmonella assay systems, except metabolized aqueous and PE extracts when tested with S. typhimurium TA100 assay system.
Antioxidant capacity of the tested extracts was evaluated using the enzymatic (xanthine/xanthine oxidase assay) (X/XOD) and the non enzymatic (NBT/Riboflavine assay) systems.
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9125514 Hunter T, Ikebukuro K, Bannister WH, Bannister JV, Hunter GJ: The conserved residue tyrosine 34 is essential for maximal activity of iron-superoxide dismutase from Escherichia coli. Biochemistry. 1997 Apr 22;36(16):4925-33.

Specific activities were measured using the xanthine-xanthine oxidase method and gave 3148 u/mg for wild-type FeSOD.
SODY34F exhibited decreased thermal stability, reduced activity at high pH, and a pronounced increase in sensitivity to the inhibitor sodium azide compared with wild-type FeSOD.
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9557922 Lacy F, O'Connor DT, Schmid-Schonbein GW: Plasma hydrogen peroxide production in hypertensives and normotensive subjects at genetic risk of hypertension. J Hypertens. 1998 Mar;16(3):291-303.

Further investigations showed that superoxide is produced in plasma and that one of its sources is xanthine oxidase.
METHODS: An electrode technique was used to determine plasma hydrogen peroxide levels after blockade of endogenous catalase with sodium azide.
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