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Abstract
Haemoglobin stimulates the peroxidation of lipids in two discernable phases. The first phase is inhibited by binding haemoglobin to the protein haptoglobin. The second phase is stimulated by complexable iron released from the haemoglobin molecule during the process of lipid peroxidation. This latter peroxidation is inhibitable by transferrin and the iron chelator desferrioxamine. Heat-denatured haemoglobin and haemin both stimulated lipid peroxidation but this is not inhibitable by haptoglobin. It is suggested that the haptoglobins play an important antioxidant role in vivo by preventing iron-stimulated formation of oxygen radicals.Entities:
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Year: 1987 PMID: 2879568 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2760(87)90125-1
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta ISSN: 0006-3002