Vitamin E and selenium deficiency induces expression of the ubiquinone-dependent antioxidant system at the plasma membrane.
We have used a model of dietary deficiency that leads to a chronic oxidative stress to evaluate responses that are adaptations invoked to boost cellular defense systems. Long-Evans hooded rats were fed with a diet lacking vitamin E (E) and selenium (Se) for 7 wk from weaning leading to animals deficient in both nutrients (-E -Se). In the absence of an electron donor, liver plasma membranes from these rats were more sensitive to lipid peroxidation, although they contained 40% greater amounts of ubiquinone than the plasma membranes from rats consuming diets with sufficient vitamin E and Se (+E +Se). The incubation of plasma membranes with NAD(P)H resulted in protection against peroxidation, and this effect was more pronounced in -E -Se membranes. Deficiency was accompanied by a twofold increase in redox activities associated with trans plasma membrane electron transport such as ubiquinone reductase and ascorbate free radical reductase. Staining with a polyclonal antibody against pig liver cytochrome b5 reductase, which acts as one ubiquinone reductase in the plasma membrane, showed an increased expression of the enzyme in membranes from -E -Se rats. Little DT-diaphorase activity was measured in +E +Se plasma membranes, but this activity was dramatically increased in -E -Se plasma membranes. No such increase was found in liver cytosols, which contained elevated activity of calcium-independent phospholipase A2. Thus, ubiquinone-dependent antioxidant protection in +E +Se plasma membranes is based primarily on NADH-cytochrome b5 reductase, whereas additional protection needed in -E -Se plasma membranes is supported by the increase of ubiquinone levels, increased expression of the cytochrome b5 reductase, and translocation of soluble DT-diaphorase to the plasma membrane. Our results indicate that, in the absence of vitamin E and Se, enhancement of ubiquinone-dependent reductase systems can fulfill the membrane antioxidant protection.[1]References
- Vitamin E and selenium deficiency induces expression of the ubiquinone-dependent antioxidant system at the plasma membrane. Navarro, F., Navas, P., Burgess, J.R., Bello, R.I., De Cabo, R., Arroyo, A., Villalba, J.M. FASEB J. (1998) [Pubmed]
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