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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2000-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
While the biosynthesis of nitric oxide (NO) is well established, one of the key issues that remains to be solved is whether NO participates in the biological responses right after generation through biosynthesis or there is a "secret passage" via which NO itself is trapped, transported, and released to exert its functions. It has been shown that NO reacts with thiol-containing biomolecules (RSH), like cysteine (Cys), glutathione (GSH), etc., to form S-nitrosothiols (RSNOs), which then release nitrogen compounds, including NO. The direct observation of trapping of NO and its release by RSNO has not been well documented, as most of the detection techniques measure the content of NO as well as nitrite and nitrate. Here we use spin-trapping electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) technique to measure NO content directly in the reaction time course of samples of GSH and Cys ( approximately mM) mixed with NO ( approximately microM) in the presence of metal ion chelator, which pertains to physiological conditions. We demonstrate that NO is readily trapped by these thiols in less than 10 min and approximately 70-90% is released afterward. These data imply that approximately 10-30% of the reaction product of NO does not exist in the free radical form. The NO release versus time curves are slightly pH dependent in the presence of metal ion chelator. Because GSH and Cys exist in high molar concentrations in blood and in mammalian cells, the trapping and release passage of NO by these thiols may provide a mechanism for temporal and spatial sequestration of NO to overcome its concentration gradient-dependent diffusion, so as to exert its multiple biological effects by reacting with various targets through regeneration.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
78
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1216-26
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
Direct observation of trapping and release of nitric oxide by glutathione and cysteine with electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Biochemistry, The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Clear Water Bay, Kowloon, Hong Kong.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't