Abstract
We report for the first time that bovine or human CuZnSOD plus H 2O 2 can catalyze human lipoprotein oxidation, inducing like free copper ions a typical oxidative kinetics with lag and propagation phases. Free copper released from CuZnSOD by H 2O 2, but not enzyme peroxidase activity and carbonate radical anion, is responsible for lipoprotein oxidation, which is indeed totally inhibited by copper chelators and BHT but unaffected by bicarbonate. Moreover, lipoprotein oxidation is significantly counteracted by the OH scavengers formate and azide, which can enter the active site of CuZnSOD and decrease copper release through scavenging of copper-bound OH ; benzoate and ethanol, which cannot enter, are instead ineffective, indicating no oxidative involvement of free OH escaped from the enzyme active site. The possibility of CuZnSOD/H 2O 2-catalyzed lipoprotein oxidation in vivo is discussed.
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