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Echinochrome A (6-ethyl-2,3,5,7,8-pentahydroxy-1,4-naphthoquinone) isolated from the body of sand dollar Scaphechinus mirabilis is an active substance of cardioprotective medication Histochrome and exerts a wide spectrum of anti-inflammatory activities. In the present paper, we conducted a comparative study of the antioxidant (radical-scavengering) properties of echinochrome A in 2,2′-azobis(2-methylpropionamidine) dihydrochloride−luminol and hemoglobin−hydrogen peroxide−luminol systems and assessed its impact on permeability of planar bilayer lipid membranes. Trolox was used as a reference antioxidant and ascorbic acid and dihydroquercetin are taken as standards. Echinochrome A shows moderate antioxidant activity, possessing higher antioxidant capacity than Trolox and ascorbic acid, but exhibiting lower antioxidant potential compared with dihydroquercetin in tests for antioxidant activity in both investigated systems. The test substances can be arranged in the following order according to the effectiveness of the antioxidant effect: dihydroquercetin > echinochrome A > Trolox > ascorbic acid. Echinochrome A does not lead to significant changes in the permeability of planar bilayer membranes in a dose range of 1.5 to 30 μМ. Our data indicate that echinochrome A has a rather high level of radical-scavengering activity without a primary membranotropic effect. It is thought that the high levels of the cardioprotective and anti-inflammatory activities of echinochrome A may be due not only to the ability of this substance to neutralize reactive oxygen species, but also to its capacity to generate physiological concentrations of hydrogen peroxide molecules in biological systems as signaling messengers of various metabolic processes and biochemical pathways. The suspected mechanisms of the biological activity of echinochrome A are discussed.
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Original Russian Text © A.M. Popov, A.N. Osipov, E.A. Korepanova, O.N. Krivoshapko, A.A. Artyukov, A.A. Klimovich, 2017, published in Biofizika, 2017, Vol. 62, No. 3, pp. 509–517.
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Popov, A.M., Osipov, A.N., Korepanova, E.A. et al. A study of the antioxidant and membranotropic activities of equinochrome a using different model systems. BIOPHYSICS 62, 407–414 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350917030174
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