Oxidative renal tubular
injuries and
carcinogenesis induced by Fe(III)-nitrilotriacetate (NTA) and
Fe(III)-ethylenediamine-N,N'-diacetate (
EDDA) have been reported in rodent kidneys, but the identity of
iron coordination structure essential for renal
carcinogenesis, remains to be clarified. We compared renal tubular
injuries caused by various low molecular weight aminocarboxylate type
chelators with
injuries due to NTA and
EDDA. We found that Fe(III)-iminodiacetate (IDA), a novel
iron-
chelator, induced acute tubular
injuries and lipid peroxidation to the same extent. We also prepared
Fe(III)-IDA solutions at different pHs, and studied resultant oxidative injuries and physicochemical properties. The use of
Fe(III)-IDA at pH 5.2, 6.2, and 7.2 resulted in renal tubular
necrosis and apoptotic cell death, but neither tubular
necrosis nor apoptosis was observed at pH 8.2. Spectrophotometric data suggested that
Fe(III)-IDA had the same dimer structure from pH 6.2 to 7.2 as
Fe(III)-NTA; but at a higher pH,
iron polymerized and formed clusters.
Fe(III)-IDA was crystallized, and this was confirmed by X-ray analysis and magnetic susceptibility measurements. These data indicated that
Fe(III)-IDA possessed a linear mu-oxo bridged dinuclear
iron (III) around neutral pH.