摘要
The mechanisms by which breviscapine (Bre) inhibits the lipid preoxidation in rat brain mitochondria were investigated. The mitochondrial lipid peroxidation of rat brain induced by oxygen free radical was measured by thiobarbituric acid spectrophotometry. The chelating activities of Bre for Fe 2+ were tested by differential spectrum. Superoxide anion (O 2)from xanthine xanthine oxidase (Xan XO) system and hydroxyl radical (·OH) from FeSO 4 H 2O 2 system were determined with spectrophotometry. It was found that Bre could effectively inhibit the lipid peroxidation of brain mitochondria induced by free radicals driven from Xan XO and FeSO 4 H 2O 2 system. The IC 50 of Bre were 93 01 μmol·L -1 for Xan XO system and 62 18 μmol·L -1 for FeSO 4 H 2O 2 system. Bre also scavenged O 2 and ·OH produced by Xan XO and FeSO 4 H 2O 2 systems. The IC 50 of Bre were 32 63 μmol·L -1 for O - 2 and 20 22 μmol·L -1 for ·OH. Furthermore, the chelating Fe 2+ activity of Bre was shown. It may be concluded that Bre inhibited lipid peroxidation at different stages of the reaction of oxygen free redial with the mitochondria membrane: (1) the formation of ·OH; (2) the initiation of the lipid peroxidation, by chelating Fe 2+ and scavenging O 2 as well as ·OH. The scavenging oxygen free radicals and chelating iron are the mechanisms of inhibitory effect of Bre on lipid peroxidation.
本文研究了灯盏花素抑制脂质过氧化的作用机制。大鼠脑线粒体脂质过氧化物用硫代巴比妥酸比色法测定。灯盏花素与铁的螯合活性用差示光谱法测定。黄嘌呤黄嘌呤氧化酶（ＸａｎＸＯ）体系产生的超氧阴离子自由基（Ｏ２）及ＦｅＳＯ４Ｈ２Ｏ２体系产生的羟自由基（·ＯＨ）用比色法测定。结果表明：灯盏花素能有效地抑制ＸａｎＸＯ和ＦｅＳＯ４Ｈ２Ｏ２诱导的脑线粒体脂质过氧化反应，其ＩＣ５０分别为９３０１和６２１８μｍｏｌ·Ｌ－１。灯盏花素也能清除ＸａｎＸＯ体系产生的Ｏ２和ＦｅＳＯ４Ｈ２Ｏ２体系产生的·ＯＨ，其ＩＣ５０分别为３２６３和２０２２μｍｏｌ·Ｌ－１。灯盏花素还具有螯合Ｆｅ２＋的活性。由此可见，灯盏花素是在氧自由基与线粒体膜的反应中（１）·ＯＨ的形成（通过与Ｆｅ２＋螯合）（２）脂质过氧化的启动（通过清除Ｏ２和·ＯＨ）两个环节抑制脂质过氧化反应的。
