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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-11
pubmed:abstractText
SIN-1 has been used, in vitro, to simultaneously generate nitric oxide (*NO) and superoxide (O*-2). However, the pharmacological activity of SIN-1 resembles that of a *NO donor. SIN-1 decays by a three-step mechanism. After initial isomerization to an open ring form, SIN-1A reduces oxygen by a one-electron transfer reaction to give O*-2 and the SIN-1 cation radical, which decomposes to form SIN-1C and *NO. Here we report that one-electron oxidizing agents, in addition to oxygen, can oxidize SIN-1A, resulting in the release of *NO without the concomitant formation of O*-2. We demonstrate that easily reducible nitroxides, such as the nitronyl and imino nitroxides, are able to oxidize SIN-1. Biological oxidizing agents such as ferricytochrome c also stimulate *NO production from SIN-1. In addition, decomposition of SIN-1 by human plasma or by the homogenate of rat liver, kidney, and heart tissues results in the formation of *NO. Our findings suggest that SIN-1 may react with heme proteins and other electron acceptors in biological systems to produce *NO. Thus, at the relatively low in vivo oxygen concentrations, SIN-1 is likely to behave more like an *NO donor than a peroxynitrite donor. The relevance of this reaction to myocardial protection afforded by SIN-1 in ischemia/reperfusion-induced injury is discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0003-9861
pubmed:author
pubmed:copyrightInfo
Copyright 1999 Academic Press.
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
361
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
331-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1999
pubmed:articleTitle
The peroxynitrite generator, SIN-1, becomes a nitric oxide donor in the presence of electron acceptors.
pubmed:affiliation
Biophysics Research Institute, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.