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Ethanol is metabolized to acetaldehyde by hepatic microsomes in a reaction that requires cytochrome P-450, and a role for hydroxyl radicals has been implicated in this process. However, previous spin trapping experiments have failed to demonstrate the production of hydroxyl radicals by liver microsomes unless iron or other metal catalysts have been added. The spin trapping experiments described in this report provide unambiguous evidence that liver microsomes form hydroxyl radicals during oxidation of NADPH, that the addition of exogenous iron is unnecessary for this process, and that hydroxyl radicals participate in the metabolism of ethanol. Liver microsomes are known to metabolize ethanol to the 1-hydroxyethyl radical, and our experimental data support the conclusion that a significant part of the production of the 1-hydroxethyl radical occurs as a consequence of hydroxyl radical attack on ethanol. Lack of previous observation of microsomal hydroxyl radical production in spin trapping experiments is shown to be related to the contamination of the microsomes with catalase.
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