Comparison on reactivity of Fe(III) and Al(III) compounds in the presence of hydrogen peroxide: its relevance to possible origin for central nervous system toxicity by aluminum ion.

Abstract

The iron(III) compounds with several aminocarboxylate chelates containing an aryl or furan substituent exhibit high activity in enhancement of the reactivity of hydrogen peroxide, leading to facile hydroxylation at benzene ring, and to degradation of furan ring, but no such activity was observed for the corresponding Al(III) compounds. These results were interpreted in terms of the molecular orbital consideration, and lack of the activity of the Al(III) complexes was attributed to lack of electrophilic nature of the peroxide adduct due to the absence of a d-orbital; this may explain the fact that there were no tumors in Al-NTA(nitrilotriacetic acid)-treated rats. Based on the facts observed in this study, the decreased function of iron(III) ions for synthesizing neurotransmitters in the brain was assumed to be one of the possible origin for the neurotoxicity by injection of the Al(III) salts in vivo.

• Authors: Y Nishida, S Ito
• Journal: Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. C, Journal of biosciences (Z Naturforsch C J Biosci) 1995 Jul-Aug Vol. 50 Issue 7-8 Pg. 571-7 ISSN: 0939-5075 [Print] Germany
• PMID: 7546046 (Publication Type: Comparative Study, Journal Article)

Chemical References

• Aluminum Compounds
• Ferric Compounds
• Neurotoxins
• Neurotransmitter Agents
• Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances
• Aluminum
• Nitrilotriacetic Acid

Topics

• Aluminum (toxicity)
• Aluminum Compounds (chemistry)
• Animals
• Brain (drug effects, metabolism, pathology)
• Central Nervous System (drug effects, pathology)
• Ferric Compounds (chemistry)
• Molecular Structure
• Neurotoxins (toxicity)
• Neurotransmitter Agents (biosynthesis)
• Nitrilotriacetic Acid (toxicity)
• Rabbits
• Rats
• Spectrophotometry
• Structure-Activity Relationship
• Thiobarbituric Acid Reactive Substances