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Arch Insect Biochem Physiol ; 90(2): 104-15, 2015 Oct.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-26111116

RESUMO

Lipid peroxidation is promoted by the quasi-lipoxygenase (QL) activity of heme proteins and enhanced by the presence of free calcium. Unlike mammalian plasma, the hemolymph of Rhodnius prolixus, a vector of Chagas disease, contains both a free heme-binding protein (RHBP) and circulating lipoproteins. RHBP binds and prevents the heme groups of the proteins from participating in lipid peroxidation reactions. Herein, we show that despite being bound to RHBP, heme groups promote lipid peroxidation through a calcium-dependent QL reaction. This reaction is readily inhibited by the presence of ethylene glycol tetraacetic acid (EGTA), the antioxidant butylated hydroxytoluene or micromolar levels of the main yolk phosphoprotein vitellin (Vt). The inhibition of lipid peroxidation is eliminated by the in vitro dephosphorylation of Vt, indicating that this reaction depends on the interaction of free calcium ions with negatively charged phosphoamino acids. Our results demonstrate that calcium chelation mediated by phosphoproteins occurs via an antioxidant mechanism that protects living organisms from lipid peroxidation.


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Cálcio/metabolismo , Proteínas de Transporte/metabolismo , Hemeproteínas/metabolismo , Peroxidação de Lipídeos , Rhodnius/metabolismo , Vitelinas/metabolismo , Animais , Feminino , Proteínas Ligantes de Grupo Heme , Hemolinfa/metabolismo , Proteínas de Insetos/metabolismo , Coelhos
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