Interest in 5-S-cysteinyldopa (5-S-CD), a major excretion product of normal and malignant melanocytes, has traditionally concentrated on its significance as a biosynthetic precursor of pheomelanins, the characteristic pigments of red hair, and as a specific biochemical marker for monitoring melanoma progression. The present study shows that 5-S-CD is a potent inhibitor of hydroxylation/oxidation reactions mediated by hydrogen peroxide and the Fe2+/EDTA complex under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The inhibitory effect of 5-S-CD, as determined by the deoxyribose and salicylic acid assays in phosphate buffer (pH 7.3), is much stronger than that of dopa, acetylsalicylic acid and mannitol, increases with increasing ligand-to-metal ratio, and is inversely proportional to the concentration of EDTA present in the Fenton system. Spectrophotometric evidence and competition experiments indicate that 5-S-CD forms a chelate complex with ferric ions (lambda(max) = 500 nm at pH 7.3), which may account for both an altered production of hydroxyl radicals by the Fenton reagent and a site-specific localization of oxidative damage on the chelate complex itself.

5-S-Cysteinyldopa, a diffusible product of melanocyte activity, is an efficient inhibitor of hydroxylation/oxidation reactions induced by the Fenton system

M. D'ISCHIA;
1996

Abstract

Interest in 5-S-cysteinyldopa (5-S-CD), a major excretion product of normal and malignant melanocytes, has traditionally concentrated on its significance as a biosynthetic precursor of pheomelanins, the characteristic pigments of red hair, and as a specific biochemical marker for monitoring melanoma progression. The present study shows that 5-S-CD is a potent inhibitor of hydroxylation/oxidation reactions mediated by hydrogen peroxide and the Fe2+/EDTA complex under both aerobic and anaerobic conditions. The inhibitory effect of 5-S-CD, as determined by the deoxyribose and salicylic acid assays in phosphate buffer (pH 7.3), is much stronger than that of dopa, acetylsalicylic acid and mannitol, increases with increasing ligand-to-metal ratio, and is inversely proportional to the concentration of EDTA present in the Fenton system. Spectrophotometric evidence and competition experiments indicate that 5-S-CD forms a chelate complex with ferric ions (lambda(max) = 500 nm at pH 7.3), which may account for both an altered production of hydroxyl radicals by the Fenton reagent and a site-specific localization of oxidative damage on the chelate complex itself.
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