PubMed: 28088643

Title
Molecular mechanisms of bio-catalysis of heme extraction from hemoglobin.
Journal
Redox biology
Volume
11
Issue
None
Pages
516-523
Date
2017-04-01
Authors
Kurnikova MG | Rafikov R | Rafikova O | Sakipov S

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Extracellular hemoglobin and its degradation products, free heme and iron, are highly toxic due to oxidative stress induction and decrease in nitric oxide availability.

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Hb and its degradation products – free heme and iron - perpetuate oxidative stress, and together with decreased NO availability promote many SCD complications.

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It is well known that in the presence of H2O2 hemoglobin exhibits a peroxidase-like activity, catalyzed by the heme moiety.

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Macrophages and liver cells capture large HP-Hb complexes clearing the plasma from free hemoglobin.

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Red blood cell hemolysis in sickle cell disease (SCD) releases free hemoglobin.

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Extracellular Hb exhibits a highly toxic nature by scavenging Nitric Oxide (NO) that reduces its bioavailability [1].

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However, no changes in peroxidase activity were observed after incubation with haptoglobin or hemopexin (Fig. 2).

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At the same time, heme bound to NEAT does not catalyze the peroxidase reaction due to inability to interact with H2O2.

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This ability of NEAT can decrease the level of NO scavenging and oxidative stress in SCD.

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Our data demonstrate a significant decrease in peroxidase activity of hemoglobin incubated with NEATHP, indicating heme transfer.

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Therefore, we demonstrated that an active scavenging of heme by NEAT can reduce peroxidase activity of hemoglobin, whereas passive scavengers cannot.

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It is seen in Fig. 2 that after incubation with NEAT-HP, Hb has decreased the heme content by 85%, which confirms heme removal ability of NEAT-HP construct.

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Moreover, heme scavenging by NEAT-HP markedly decreased hemoglobin-mediated peroxidase activity (Fig. 2), whereas haptoglobin was capable of only a small attenuation of peroxidase activity and hemopexin did not affect it at all.

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