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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-11-13
pubmed:abstractText
Peroxynitrite formation by rat alveolar macrophages activated with phorbol 12-myristate 13-acetate was assayed by the Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase-catalyzed nitration of 4-hydroxyphenylacetate. The inhibitor of nitric oxide synthesis N-methyl-L-arginine prevented the Cu,Zn superoxide dismutase-catalyzed nitration of 4-hydroxyphenylacetate by stimulated macrophages, while Cu-depleted Zn superoxide dismutase did not catalyze the formation of 3-nitro-4-hydroxyphenylacetate either in vitro or in the presence of activated macrophages. The rate of phenolic nitration by activated macrophages was 9 +/- 2 pmol x 10(6) cells-1 x min-1 (mean +/- STD). Only 8% of synthetic peroxynitrite was trapped by superoxide dismutase, which suggested that the rate of peroxynitrite formation may have been as high as 0.11 nmol x 10(6) cells-1 x min-1. This upper estimate was consistent with N-methyl-L-arginine increasing the amount of superoxide detected with cytochrome c by 0.12 nmol x 10(6) cells-1 x min-1. The rate of nitrite and nitrate accumulation was 0.10 +/- 0.001 nmol x 10(6) cells-1 x min-1, suggesting that the majority of nitric oxide produced by activated macrophages may have been converted to peroxynitrite. The formation of a relatively long lived, strong oxidant from the reaction of nitric oxide and superoxide in activated macrophages may contribute to inflammatory cell-mediated tissue injury.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
298
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
446-51
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Peroxynitrite formation from macrophage-derived nitric oxide.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Anesthesiology, University of Alabama, Birmingham 35294.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't