α-Tocopheryl phosphate: Uptake, hydrolysis, and antioxidant action in cultured cells and mouse
作者:Keiko Nishio、Noriko Ishida、Yoshiro Saito、Yoko Ogawa-Akazawa、Mototada Shichiri、Yasukazu Yoshida、Yoshihisa Hagihara、Noriko Noguchi、John Chirico、Jeffrey Atkinson、Etsuo Niki
DOI:10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2011.03.021
日期:2011.6
alpha-Tocopheryl phosphate (alpha-TP), a water-soluble analogue of alpha-tocopherol, is found in humans, animals, and plants. alpha-TP is resistant to both acid and alkaline hydrolysis and may exert its own function in this form in vivo. In this study, the uptake, hydrolysis, and antioxidant action of a-TP were measured using alpha-TP with a deuterated methyl group, CD3, at position 5 of the chroman ring (alpha-TP(CD3)). The hydrolysis of alpha-TP(CD3) was followed by measuring alpha-tocopherol containing the CD3 group, alpha-T(CD3), in comparison to unlabeled alpha-tocopherol, alpha-T(CH3). alpha-TP(CD3) was incubated with cultured cells, and the intracellular alpha-T(CD3) formed was measured with HPLC-ECD and GC-MS. alpha-TP(CD3) was also administered to mice for 4 weeks by mixing in the diet, and alpha-T(CD3) was measured in plasma, liver, brain, heart, and testis to compare with endogenous unlabeled alpha-T(CH3). It was found that alpha-TP(CD3) was taken in and hydrolyzed readily to alpha-T(CD3) in cultured cells and in mice. The hydrolysis of alpha-TP(CD3) in cell culture medium was not observed. alpha-TP protected primary cortical neuronal cells from glutamate-induced cytotoxicity, and alpha-TP given to mice reduced the levels of lipid peroxidation products in plasma and liver. These results suggest that alpha-TP is readily hydrolyzed in vivo to alpha-T, which acts as an antioxidant, and that alpha-TP may be used as a water-soluble alpha-T precursor in intravenous fluids, in eye drops, or as a dietary supplement. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.