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Albertini, R; Abuja, PM.
Prooxidant and antioxidant properties of Trolox C, analogue of vitamin E, in oxidation of low-density lipoprotein.
FREE RADICAL RES 1999 30: 181-188.
Doi: 10.1080/10715769900300201
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- Abuja Peter Michael
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- Trolox C (Trolox), a water-soluble analogue of vitamin E lacking the phytyl chain, was investigated with respect to its effect on the oxidation of low-density lipoprotein (LDL). Trolox was added at different time points of LDL oxidation induced by Cu2+ and aqueous peroxyl radicals. In the case of Cu2+ -induced LDL oxidation, the effect of Trolox changed from antioxidant to prooxidant when added at later time points during oxidation; this transition occurred whenever alpha-tocopherol was just consumed in oxidizing LDL. Thus, in the case of Cu2+ -dependent LDL oxidation, the presence of lipophilic antioxidants in the LDL particle is likely to be a prerequisite for the antioxidant activity of Trolox. When oxidation was induced by peroxyl radicals, as a model of metal-independent oxidation, the effect of Trolox was always antioxidant, suggesting the importance of Cu2+ /Cu+ redox-cycling in the prooxidant mechanism of Trolox. Our data suggest that, in the absence of significant amounts of lipophilic antioxidants, LDL becomes highly susceptible to oxidation induced by transition metals in the presence of aqueous reductants.
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