Article Dans Une Revue International Journal of Molecular Sciences Année : 2020

Oxidation of Erythrocytes Enhance the Production of Reactive Species in the Presence of Artemisinins

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In red blood cells, hemoglobin iron represents the most plausible candidate to catalyze artemisinin activation but the limited reactivity of iron bound to hemoglobin does not play in favor for its direct involvement. Denatured hemoglobin appears a more likely candidate for artemisinin redox activation because it is expected to contain reactive iron and it has been described to release free heme and/or iron in erythrocyte. The aim of our study is to investigate, using three different methods: fluorescence, electron paramagnetic resonance and liquid chromatography coupled to mass spectrometry, how increasing the level of accessible iron into the red blood cells can enhance the reactive oxygen species (ROS) production derived from artemisinin. The over-increase of iron was achieved using phenylhydrazine, a strong oxidant that causes oxidative stress within erythrocytes, resulting in oxidation of oxyhemoglobin and leading to the formation of methemoglobin, which is subsequently converted into irreversible hemichromes (iron (III) compounds). Our findings confirmed, using the iron III chelator, desferrioxamine, the indirect participation of iron (III) compounds in the activation process of artemisinins. Furthermore, in strong reducing conditions, the activation of artemisinin and the consequent production of ROS was enhanced. In conclusion, we demonstrate, through the measurement of intra-erythrocytic superoxide and hydrogen peroxide production using various methods, that artemisinin activation can be drastically enhanced by pre-oxidation of erythrocytes.
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hal-03560187 , version 1 (07-02-2022)

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Ioannis Tsamesidis, Pierre Pério, Antonella Pantaleo, Karine Reybier. Oxidation of Erythrocytes Enhance the Production of Reactive Species in the Presence of Artemisinins. International Journal of Molecular Sciences, 2020, 21 (13), pp.4799. ⟨10.3390/ijms21134799⟩. ⟨hal-03560187⟩
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