Radioprotective effects of manganese-containing superoxide dismutase mimics on ataxia-telangiectasia cells

Julianne M. Pollard, Julio S. Reboucas, Armando Durazo, Ivan Kos, Francesca Fike, Moeen Panni, Edith Butler Gralla, Joan Selverstone Valentine, Ines Batinic-Haberle, Richard A. Gatti

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Abstract

We tested several classes of antioxidant manganese compounds for radioprotective effects using human lymphoblastoid cells: six porphyrins, three salens, and two cyclic polyamines. Radioprotection was evaluated by seven assays: XTT, annexin V and propidium iodide flow cytometry analysis, γ-H2AX immunofluorescence, the neutral comet assay, dichlorofluorescein and dihydroethidium staining, resazurin, and colony survival assay. Two compounds were most effective in protecting wild-type and A-T cells against radiation-induced damage: MnMx-2-PyP-Calbio (a mixture of differently N-methylated MnT-2-PyP+ from Calbiochem) and MnTnHex-2-PyP. MnTnHex-2-PyP protected WT cells against radiation-induced apoptosis by 58% (p = 0.04), using XTT, and A-T cells by 39% (p = 0.01), using annexin V and propidium iodide staining. MnTnHex-2-PyP protected WT cells against DNA damage by 57% (p = 0.005), using γ-H2AX immunofluorescence, and by 30% (p < 0.01), using neutral comet assay. MnTnHex-2-PyP is more lipophilic than MnMx-2-PyP-Calbio and is also >10-fold more SOD-active; consequently it is >50-fold more potent as a radioprotectant, as supported by six of the tests employed in this study. Thus, lipophilicity and antioxidant potency correlated with the magnitude of the beneficial radioprotectant effects observed. Our results identify a new class of porphyrinic radioprotectants for the general and radiosensitive populations and may also provide a new option for treating A-T patients.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)250-260
Number of pages11
JournalFree Radical Biology and Medicine
Volume47
Issue number3
DOIs
StatePublished - Aug 1 2009

Keywords

  • AEOL10112
  • AEOL10113
  • Ataxia-telangiectasia
  • EUK-134
  • EUK-189
  • EUK-8
  • Free radicals
  • M40403
  • M40404
  • Mn cyclic polyamines
  • Mn porphyrins
  • Mn salens
  • Radioprotection
  • SOD mimics

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Biochemistry
  • Physiology (medical)

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