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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1990-8-8
pubmed:abstractText
Addition of oxygen to whole cells of Escherichia coli suspended in the presence of the chemiluminescent probe bis-N-methylacridinium nitrate (lucigenin) resulted in a light emission increase of 200% of control. Addition of air to cells showed a chemiluminescent response far less than the response to oxygen. The redox cycling agents paraquat and menadione, which are known to increase intracellular production of O2- and H2O2, were also found to cause a measurable increase in lucigenin chemiluminescence in E. coli cells when added at concentrations of 1 and 0.1 mM, respectively. The oxygen-induced chemiluminescent response was not suppressed by extracellularly added superoxide dismutase or catalase. Further, the lucigenin-dependent chemiluminescent response of aerobically grown E. coli to oxygen was significantly greater than that of cells grown anaerobically. Heat-killed cells showed no increase in chemiluminescence on the addition of either oxygen, paraquat, or menadione. These results show that lucigenin may be used as a chemiluminescent probe to demonstrate continuous intracellular production of reactive oxygen metabolites in E. coli.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
May
pubmed:issn
0003-2697
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
186
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
316-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Lucigenin chemiluminescence as a probe for measuring reactive oxygen species production in Escherichia coli.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Microbiology, Loma Linda University, California 92350.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.