Antioxidant and Prooxidant Nanozymes: From Cellular Redox Regulation to Next-Generation Therapeutics

Nanozymes, nanomaterials with enzyme-mimicking activity, have attracted tremendous interest in recent years owing to their ability to replace natural enzymes in various biomedical applications, such as biosensing, therapeutics, drug delivery, and bioimaging. In particular, the nanozymes capable of regulating the cellular redox status by mimicking the antioxidant enzymes in mammalian cells are of great therapeutic significance in oxidative-stress-mediated disorders. As the distinction of physiological oxidative stress (oxidative eustress) and pathological oxidative stress (oxidative distress) occurs at a fine borderline, it is a great challenge to design nanozymes that can differentially sense the two extremes in cells, tissues and organs and mediate appropriate redox chemical reactions. In this Review, we summarize the advances in the development of redox-active nanozymes and their biomedical applications. We primarily highlight the therapeutic significance of the antioxidant and prooxidant nanozymes in various disease model systems, such as cancer, neurodegeneration, and cardiovascular diseases. The future perspectives of this emerging area of research and the challenges associated with the biomedical applications of nanozymes are described.     

CATALASE MIMIC WITH Fe (II) METALLOMICELLE

The effect of Fe (II) metallomicelle as a model of catalase, which was formed by adding surfactants (CTAB, SDS, LSS, Brij35) in Fe (II) -trien complex of molar ratios 1: 500 on the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide was investigated at 20°C and 30°C in pH 10 using KI-color and UV Spectrophotometry. A kinetic model for metallomicellar catalysis was proposed. The association constant of the ternary complex K and the rate constant of the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide k3 were obtained. The results indicate that the metallomicelles making up of Fe (II) metal complex and cationic or nonionic surfactants have obvious catalysis on the decomposition of hydrogen peroxide, but the metallomicelles making up of Fe (II) metal complex and anionic or zwitterionic surfactants have inhibition on this reaction.     

Impedance spectroscopy and conductometric biosensing for probing catalase reaction with cyanide as ligand and inhibitor

In this work, a new biosensor was prepared through immobilization of bovine liver catalase in a photoreticulated poly (vinyl alcohol) membrane at the surface of a conductometric transducer. This biosensor was used to study the kinetics of catalase–H₂0₂ reaction and its inhibition by cyanide. Immobilized catalase exhibited a Michaelis–Menten behaviour at low H₂0₂ concentrations (< 100 mM) with apparent constant K_M^app = 84 ± 3 mM and maximal initial velocity V_M^app = 13.4 μS min^? 1. Inhibition by cyanide was found to be non-competitive and inhibition binding constant K_i was 13.9 ± 0.3 μM. The decrease of the biosensor response by increasing cyanide concentration was linear up to 50 μM, with a cyanide detection limit of 6 μM. In parallel, electrochemical characteristics of the catalase/PVA biomembrane and its interaction with cyanide were studied by cyclic voltammetry and impedance spectroscopy. Addition of the biomembrane onto the gold electrodes induced a significant increase of the interfacial polarization resistance R_P. On the contrary, cyanide binding resulted in a decrease of Rp proportional to KCN concentration in the 4 to 50 μM range. Inhibition coefficient I₅₀ calculated by this powerful label-free and substrate-free technique (24.3 μM) was in good agreement with that determined from the substrate-dependent conductometric biosensor (24.9 μM).     

Simultaneous Determination of Hydrogen Peroxide and Organic Hydroperoxides in Water

The kinetics of the reactions of H 2 O 2 and of methyl, ethyl, tert -butyl, and cumene hydroperoxides with I m were investigated in the presence and absence of molybdate as catalyst. These results were utilized to develop an analytical method for the simultaneous determination of H 2 O 2 and organic hydroperoxides in aqueous solutions. The total amount of H 2 O 2 and organic hydroperoxides can be determined by the spectrophotometric measurement of $ {\rm I}_3^ - $ formed quantitatively during 30 min of heating at 60°C. Catalase selectively decomposes H 2 O 2 in solutions containing organic hydroperoxides. The total amount of the latter can therefore be determined iodometrically after H 2 O 2 decomposition. In the oxidation of leuco crystal violet to crystal violet by H 2 O 2 and organic hydroperoxides, horseradish peroxidase exerts similar activities in the reactions involving methyl and ethyl hydroperoxides and H 2 O 2 , but its activity is much lower with tert -butyl and cumene hydroperoxide. It was observed that acetate buffer is unsuitable for pH adjustment in this type of hydroperoxide determination in consequence of the slow oxidation of the dye in the blank solution.     

采用可见/近红外光谱检测大麦叶片过氧化氢酶与过氧化物酶含量的研究

采用可见/近红外光谱对丙酯草醚胁迫下大麦叶片过氧化氢酶(catalase, CAT)与过氧化物酶(peroxidase, POD)含量预测进行研究。对500～900 nm光谱采用移动平均法(moving average, MA)11点平滑方法进行预处理。采用蒙特卡罗-偏最小二乘法(monte carlo-partial least squares, MCPLS)方法分别对于CAT与POD的含量预测剔除7个与8个异常样本。基于全部光谱建立了CAT与POD含量预测的PLS,最小二乘支持向量机(least-squares support vector machine, LS-SVM)与极限学习机(extreme learning machine, ELM)模型,ELM模型对CAT含量预测效果最好,建模集相关系数(correlation coefficient of calibration, R_c)为0.916,预测集相关系数R_p为0.786;PLS模型对POD含量预测效果最佳,R_c为0.984,R_p为0.876。采用连续投影算法(successive projections algorithm, SPA)算法分别为CAT与POD预测选择了8个与19个特征波长,基于特征波长建立的PLS,LS-SVM与ELM模型中,ELM模型对CAT与POD含量预测效果均最佳,CAT含量预测的相关系数为R_c=0.928,R_p=0.790;POD含量预测的相关系数R_c=0.965,R_p=0.941。基于全谱与基于特征波长的回归分析模型预测效果相当,且对POD含量的预测效果优于对CAT含量的预测效果,而这需要进一步研究以得到精度和稳定性更高的预测模型。研究结果表明,采用可见/近红外光谱结合化学计量学方法可以实现对除草剂胁迫下大麦叶片CAT与POD含量的预测。     

壳聚糖修饰纳米纤维膜表面对氧化还原酶行为的影响

采用静电纺丝法制备了丙烯腈/丙烯酸共聚物(PANCAA)纳米纤维膜, 研究了纺丝液浓度对纤维形态的影响, 以扫描电子显微镜观察纤维形貌, 遴选得到最佳纺丝条件. 以1-乙基-3-(N,N-二甲基氨基丙基)碳二亚胺/N-羟基丁二酰亚胺(EDC/NHS)为偶联剂, 在纤维膜表面引入壳聚糖修饰层, 采用衰减全反射傅里叶变换红外光谱(ATR/FTTIR)、水接触角和称重法考察了修饰前后膜的变化. 通过戊二醛将过氧化氢酶固定到壳聚糖修饰的PANCAA纳米纤维膜上, 研究了壳聚糖及戊二醛浓度对固定化过氧化氢酶的影响, 结果表明, 在壳聚糖浓度为25 mg/mL及戊二醛质量分数为5%条件下, 壳聚糖修饰膜的固定化酶活性比空白膜提高了41.7%, 稳定性也得到了不同程度的提高.     

过氧化氢酶荧光分析法及其在海洋水生生物酶活力测定中的应用

建立了一种简便、灵敏的测定过氧化氢酶的方法.方法的线性范围为1.7×10^-3～1.7×10^-2U/mL,检测限(LD=3S₀/S)为8.5×10^-4U/mL.将其用于海洋生物样品中过氧化氢酶活力的测定,结果令人满意.     

Glucose Measurement Using an Enzymatic Oscillatory Reaction

In biological systems, oscillatory reactions are often found. These reactions, so‐called biological oscillators, have a characteristic oscillation period ranging from seconds to years [1]. For the oscillation in which an enzyme is involved, the reaction has been studied both experimentally [2–5] and theoretically [6–10]. In many cases, temperature control, stirring, or continuous flow of the reactant is necessary to observe continuous oscillation. No trial has been made yet to control the oscillation period or waveform. Here, we report an enzymatic oscillation reaction using catalase and glucose oxidase in which the oscillation period and waveform can be changed by the addition of glucose. We achieved good reproducibility with an oscillation period and waveform change that was sufficient to be applied to the glucose quantification. The effect of coexisting chemicals such as ascorbic acid, urea, or acetamidophenol on the oscillation is examined.     

Role of axial ligand on the electronic structures of active intermediates in cytochrome P-450, peroxidase and catalase

DFT method (B3LYP) with 6-31G^* basis set was utilized in the computation of a fully optimized structure, net atomic charges and spin densities of the intermediate of cytochrome P-450-oxoiron(IV) porphyrin cation radical, compound I – in the presence of axial ligand such as thiolate (SMe⁻) imidazole (IM), phenoxide (OPh⁻), methoxide (OMe⁻) and chloride (Cl⁻). The results show doublet states in compound I are about 2–4 kcal/mol more stable than quartet states for all aforementioned ligands, and the doublet state is the ground state in all cases. However, electron donor ability of the ligands are in the order of SMe⁻ > IM > OMe⁻ > OPh⁻ > Cl⁻. Also the active oxidant intermediate of cytochrome P-450 between different mesomeric structures select sulfur oxygen radical type structure and can be viewed as (RS^↓)Fe^↑(IV)(O^↑)(Por). In horseraddish peroxidase (HRP) and peroxidase with histidine axial ligand π cation radical character of porphyrin ring is preferred (Im)Fe^↑(IV)(O^↑)(Por^↓). For the ligands such as OMe⁻, OPh⁻ and Cl⁻ oxidation mainly took place on the iron and the active intermediate can be viewed as (L)Fe^↑(V)(O)(Por) with one unpaired electron localized on the iron.     

The extraction,antioxidant and against β-amyloid induced toxicity of polyphenols from Alsophila spinulosa leaves

Alsophila spinulosa is a tree-like fern, and many evidences suggested that plant polyphenols had the potential therapeutic for Alzheimer s disease (AD). Herein, polyphenols (ASP) was isolated from A. spinulosa leaves and its major constituent were isoorientin and vitexin. ASP displayed excellent antioxidant activity and obvious anti-lipid peroxidation capacity in vitro. ASP improved the survival rate of C. elegans under high temperature by enhancing the antioxidant enzymes activities and decreasing the lipid peroxidation level. Moreover, ASP alleviated β-amyloid (Aβ) induced paralysis and reduced Aβ deposition, decreased reactive oxygen species (ROS) accumulation and improved the level of skn-1 mRNA. In addition, ASP decreased the levels of pdk-1 and akt-1 mRNA in P13K/AKT signaling pathway. In conclusion, ASP may be a potential ingredient for the alleviation of AD.