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Foley EL, Hvitved AN, Eich RF, Olson JS. Mechanisms of nitric oxide reactions with Globins using mammalian myoglobin as a model system. J Inorg Biochem 2022; 233:111839. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2022.111839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/14/2022] [Revised: 04/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/16/2022] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Lei C, Berra L, Rezoagli E, Yu B, Dong H, Yu S, Hou L, Chen M, Chen W, Wang H, Zheng Q, Shen J, Jin Z, Chen T, Zhao R, Christie E, Sabbisetti VS, Nordio F, Bonventre JV, Xiong L, Zapol WM. Nitric Oxide Decreases Acute Kidney Injury and Stage 3 Chronic Kidney Disease after Cardiac Surgery. Am J Respir Crit Care Med 2018; 198:1279-1287. [PMID: 29932345 PMCID: PMC6290943 DOI: 10.1164/rccm.201710-2150oc] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2017] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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RATIONALE No medical intervention has been identified that decreases acute kidney injury and improves renal outcome at 1 year after cardiac surgery. OBJECTIVES To determine whether administration of nitric oxide reduces the incidence of postoperative acute kidney injury and improves long-term kidney outcomes after multiple cardiac valve replacement requiring prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass. METHODS Two hundred and forty-four patients undergoing elective, multiple valve replacement surgery, mostly due to rheumatic fever, were randomized to receive either nitric oxide (treatment) or nitrogen (control). Nitric oxide and nitrogen were administered via the gas exchanger during cardiopulmonary bypass and by inhalation for 24 hours postoperatively. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS The primary outcome was as follows: oxidation of ferrous plasma oxyhemoglobin to ferric methemoglobin was associated with reduced postoperative acute kidney injury from 64% (control group) to 50% (nitric oxide group) (relative risk [RR], 0.78; 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.62-0.97; P = 0.014). Secondary outcomes were as follows: at 90 days, transition to stage 3 chronic kidney disease was reduced from 33% in the control group to 21% in the treatment group (RR, 0.64; 95% CI, 0.41-0.99; P = 0.024) and at 1 year, from 31% to 18% (RR, 0.59; 95% CI, 0.36-0.96; P = 0.017). Nitric oxide treatment reduced the overall major adverse kidney events at 30 days (RR, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.18-0.92; P = 0.016), 90 days (RR, 0.40; 95% CI, 0.17-0.92; P = 0.015), and 1 year (RR, 0.47; 95% CI, 0.20-1.10; P = 0.041). CONCLUSIONS In patients undergoing multiple valve replacement and prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass, administration of nitric oxide decreased the incidence of acute kidney injury, transition to stage 3 chronic kidney disease, and major adverse kidney events at 30 days, 90 days, and 1 year. Clinical trial registered with ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01802619).
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- Chong Lei
- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
- School of Medicine and Surgery, University of Milan-Bicocca, Monza, Italy
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; and
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; and
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; and
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- Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China; and
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- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, Xijing Hospital, Fourth Military Medical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi, China
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- Department of Anesthesia, Critical Care and Pain Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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Majou D, Christieans S. Mechanisms of the bactericidal effects of nitrate and nitrite in cured meats. Meat Sci 2018; 145:273-284. [PMID: 30005374 DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2018.06.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 95] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2017] [Revised: 06/12/2018] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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For cured meat products, nitrite is recognized for its antimicrobial effects against pathogenic bacteria, even though the specific inhibitory mechanisms are not well known. Nitrite contributes to oxidative stress by being the precursor of peroxynitrite (ONOO-), which is the major strong oxidant. Thus, bacterial stress (highly pH-very low partial pressure of oxygen-dependent) is enhanced by the nitrate-nitrite-peroxynitrite system which is also highly pH- and low partial pressure of oxygen-dependent. Nitrite is a hurdle technology which effectiveness depends on several other hurdle technologies including sodium chloride (accelerating the autoxidation of oxymyoglobin and promote peroxynitrite formation), ascorbate (increasing ONOO- synthesis), and Aw. In this environment, certain species are more resistant than others to acidic, oxidative, and nitrative stresses. The most resistant are gram-negative aerobic/facultative anaerobic bacteria (Escherichia coli, Salmonella), and the most fragile are gram-positive anaerobic bacteria (Clostridium botulinum). This position review highlights the major chemical mechanisms involved, the active molecules and their actions on bacterial metabolisms in the meat ecosystem.
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- Didier Majou
- Association pour la Coordination Technique pour l'Industrie Agro-Alimentaire (ACTIA), 16, rue Claude Bernard, 75005 Paris 05, France
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- Association pour le Développement de l'Industrie de la Viande (ADIV), 10, rue Jacqueline Auriol, 63039 Clermont-Ferrand, France..
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Sajewicz W, Zalewska M, Milnerowicz H. Comparative study on thiol drugs' effect on tert-butyl hydroperoxide induced luminol chemiluminescence in human erythrocyte lysate and hemoglobin oxidation. Toxicol In Vitro 2014; 29:148-54. [PMID: 25308193 DOI: 10.1016/j.tiv.2014.09.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2013] [Revised: 08/28/2014] [Accepted: 09/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The current studies have investigated the effect of heterocyclic drugs with the single thiol group (thiamazole, mercaptopurine) and dithiol aliphatic drugs (dimercaptosuccinic acid, dithiothreitol) under oxidative stress conditions, using tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BuOOH), in human erythrocyte lysate with the luminol-enhanced chemiluminescence technique. Knowing that oxidative processes induced by t-BuOOH are triggered by (oxy)hemoglobin (Hb), the effect of different thiol drugs (RSH) on isolated human Hb oxidation to methemoglobin (MHb) and hemichromes (HChr) was further considered. Three types of chemiluminescence curves, fitting to logistic-exponential model, have been revealed under influence of RSH. Structure of the data (MHb and HChr production, and free radical activity of RSH) in Principal Component Analysis visualization and kinetic profiles of chemiluminescence integrate information in terms of the diversity of RSH reaction mechanisms depending on the specific molecular context of the given thiol: aliphatic or aromatic nature as well as the number and position of the -SH groups in the molecule. The study conducted in presented in vitro systems indicates the potential role of thiol drugs mediated toxicity in an oxidative stress dependent mechanism.
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- Waldemar Sajewicz
- Department of Biomedical and Environmental Analyses, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska St. 211, PL 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland.
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- Department of Biomedical and Environmental Analyses, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska St. 211, PL 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
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- Department of Biomedical and Environmental Analyses, Wroclaw Medical University, Borowska St. 211, PL 50-556 Wroclaw, Poland
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The role of T56 in controlling the flexibility of the distal histidine in dehaloperoxidase-hemoglobin from Amphitrite ornata. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-PROTEINS AND PROTEOMICS 2013; 1834:2020-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbapap.2013.06.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2012] [Revised: 06/07/2013] [Accepted: 06/10/2013] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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SIGNIFICANCE Failure to maintain myoglobin (Mb) in the reduced state causes the formation of metMb, ferryl Mb species, and cross-linked Mb. Dissociation of ferriprotoporphyrin IX from the globin and release of iron atoms can also occur as oxidized Mb accumulates. These modifications may contribute to various oxidative pathologies in muscle and muscle foods. RECENT ADVANCES The mechanism of ferryl Mb-mediated oxidative damage to nearby structures has been partially elucidated. Dissociation of ferriprotoporphyrin IX from metMb occurs more readily at acidic pH values. The dissociated ferriprotoporphyrin IX (also called hemin) readily decomposes preformed lipid hydroperoxides to reactive oxygen species. Heme oxygenase as well as lipophilic free radicals can degrade the protoporphyrin IX moiety, which results in the formation of free iron. CRITICAL ISSUES The multiple pathways by which Mb can incur toxicity create difficulties in determining the major cause of oxidative damage in a particular system. Peroxides and low pH activate each of the oxidative Mb forms, ferriprotoporphyrin IX, and released iron. Determining the relative concentration of these species is technically difficult, but essential to a complete understanding of oxidative pathology in muscle tissue. FUTURE DIRECTIONS Improved methods to assess the different pathways of Mb toxicity are needed. Although significant advances have been made in the understanding of Mb interactions with other biomolecules, further investigation is needed to understand the physical and chemical nature of these interactions.
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- Mark P Richards
- Meat Science and Muscle Biology Laboratory, Department of Animal Sciences, University of Wisconsin-Madison, Madison, WI 53706, USA.
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Li H, Li C, Xu X, Zhou G. Effects of illumination and packaging on non-heme iron and color attributes of sliced ham. Meat Sci 2012; 91:521-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.meatsci.2012.03.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2011] [Revised: 03/04/2012] [Accepted: 03/06/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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Nitric oxide and quality and safety of muscle based foods. Nitric Oxide 2011; 24:176-83. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2011.03.307] [Citation(s) in RCA: 123] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2010] [Revised: 03/16/2011] [Accepted: 03/24/2011] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Munk MB, Huvaere K, Van Bocxlaer J, Skibsted LH. Mechanism of light-induced oxidation of nitrosylmyoglobin. Food Chem 2010. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodchem.2009.12.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Merlino A, Vergara A, Sica F, Mazzarella L. The bis-histidyl complex in hemoproteins: A detailed conformational analysis of database protein structures and the case of Antarctic fish hemoglobins. Mar Genomics 2009; 2:51-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.margen.2009.04.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/10/2008] [Revised: 04/09/2009] [Accepted: 04/16/2009] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Electron-electron distances in spin-labeled low-spin metmyoglobin variants by relaxation enhancement. Biophys J 2008; 95:5306-16. [PMID: 18775958 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.141887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Thirteen single-cysteine variants of myoglobin were prepared by overexpression of apoprotein, spin labeling, and reconstitution with hemin. This procedure resulted in a protein with fewer hemichrome impurities than was obtained by an overexpression of holo-protein followed by spin labeling. Coordination of cyanide to the met heme formed low-spin complexes. Iron-nitroxyl interspin distances in the range of 17-30 A were determined by saturation recovery measurements of the enhancement of the nitroxyl spin lattice relaxation rates between approximately 30-140 K, and by spin-echo measurements of the enhancement of spin-spin relaxation rates at 10-30 K. Interspin distances were also calculated, using the molecular modeling program Insight II (Accelrys, San Diego, CA). For most variants, distances determined from the temperature dependence of spin-echo intensities at a pulse spacing of 200 ns agree with distances measured by saturation recovery and calculated with Insight II within about an angstrom, which is within experimental uncertainties. Measurements of interspin distances via spin-spin relaxation enhancement have the advantages that maximum effects are observed for slower metal relaxation rates than are required for spin-lattice relaxation enhancement, and the impact diminishes as r(-3) instead of r(-6), as with spin-lattice relaxation enhancement, which permits measurements at longer distances.
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Vergara A, Vitagliano L, Verde C, di Prisco G, Mazzarella L. Spectroscopic and crystallographic characterization of bis-histidyl adducts in tetrameric hemoglobins. Methods Enzymol 2008; 436:425-44. [PMID: 18237647 DOI: 10.1016/s0076-6879(08)36024-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Hemoglobins (Hbs) are important proteins devoted to oxygen transport. Hbs carry out their function by keeping the iron atom, which binds the oxygen molecule, in its reduced Fe(II) state. Nonetheless, it is well known that Hbs frequently undergo, even under physiological conditions, spontaneous oxidation. Although these processes have been widely investigated, their role and impact in different biological contexts are still highly debated. In vertebrate Hbs, assembled in alpha2beta2 tetramers, it has traditionally been assumed that oxidized forms endowed with nativelike structures are either aquo-met or hydroxy-met states, depending on the pH of the medium. This view has been questioned by several independent investigations. In the past, indirect evidence of the existence of alternative nativelike oxidized forms was obtained from spectroscopic analyses. Indeed, it was suggested that, in tetrameric Hbs, bis-histidyl hemichrome states could be compatible with folded structures. Recent studies performed by complementing spectroscopic and crystallographic methodologies have provided a detailed picture of hemichrome structure and formation in these proteins. Here we review the methodological approaches adopted to achieve these results, the main structural features of these states, and the current hypotheses on their possible functional implications.
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- Alessandro Vergara
- Department of Chemistry and Consorzio Bioteknet, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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Chou KJ, Dodd J, Liao JC. Interactions of nitrosylhemoglobin and carboxyhemoglobin with erythrocyte. Nitric Oxide 2007; 18:122-35. [PMID: 18047843 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2007.10.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2007] [Revised: 10/19/2007] [Accepted: 10/25/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Nitrosylhemoglobin (HbFe(II)NO) has been detected in vivo, and its role in NO transport and preservation has been discussed. To gain insight into the potential role of HbFe(II)NO, we performed in vitro experiments to determine the effect of oxygenated red blood cells (RBCs) on the dissociation of cell-free HbFe(II)NO, using carboxyhemoglobin (HbFe(II)CO) as a comparison. Results show that the apparent half-life of the cell-free HbFe(II)CO was reduced significantly in the presence of RBCs at 1% hematocrit. In contrast, RBC did not change the apparent half-life of extracellular HbFe(II)NO, but caused a shift in the HbFe(II)NO dissociation product from methemoglobin (metHbFe(III)) to oxyhemoglobin (HbFe(II)O(2)). Extracellular hemoglobin was able to extract CO from HbFe(II)CO-containing RBC, but not NO from HbFe(II)NO-containing RBC. Although these results appear to suggest some unusual interactions between HbFe(II)NO and RBC, the data are explainable by simple HbFe(II)NO dissociation and hemoglobin oxidation with known rate constants. A kinetic model consisting of these reactions shows that (i) deoxyhemoglobin is an intermediate in the reaction of HbFe(II)NO oxidation to metHbFe(III), (ii) the rate-limiting step of HbFe(II)NO decay is the dissociation of NO from HbFe(II)NO, (iii) the magnitude of NO diffusion rate constant into RBC is estimated to be approximately 10(4)M(-1)s(-1), consistent with previous results determined from a competition assay, and (iv) no additional chemical reactions are required to explain these data.
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- Katherine J Chou
- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of California, UCLA, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA
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Olson JS, Foley EW, Rogge C, Tsai AL, Doyle MP, Lemon DD. No scavenging and the hypertensive effect of hemoglobin-based blood substitutes. Free Radic Biol Med 2004; 36:685-97. [PMID: 14990349 DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2003.11.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 219] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/25/2003] [Revised: 11/20/2003] [Accepted: 11/26/2003] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The major pathway for nitric oxide scavenging in red cells involves the direct reaction of the gas with HbO2 to form nitrate and the ferric form of the protein, metHb. Because both atoms of O2 are incorporated into nitrate, this process is called NO dioxygenation (NOD). The NOD reaction involves an initial, very rapid bimolecular addition of NO to bound O2 to form a transient Fe(III)-peroxynitrite complex, which can be observed spectrally at alkaline pH. This intermediate rapidly isomerizes at pH 7 (t1/2 <== 1 ms) to metHb and NO3-, which is nontoxic and readily transported out of red cells and excreted. The rate of NO consumption by intracellular HbO2 during normal blood flow is limited by diffusion up to and into the red cells and is too slow to interfere significantly with vasoregulation. In contrast, extracellular HbO2 is highly vasoconstrictive, and the resultant hypertension is a significant side effect of most hemoglobin-based blood substitutes. The major cause of this blood pressure effect seems to be the high rate of NO dioxygenation by cell-free HbO2, which can extravasate into the vessel walls and interfere directly with NO signaling between endothelial and smooth muscle cells. This interpretation is supported by a strong linear correlation between the magnitude of the blood pressure effect caused by infusion of cross-linked recombinant hemoglobin tetramers in vivo and the rate of NO dioxygenation by these proteins measured in vitro.
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- John S Olson
- Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, W. M. Keck Center for Computational Biology, Rice University, Houston, TX 77005, USA.
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Bamm VV, Tsemakhovich VA, Shaklai N. Oxidation of low-density lipoprotein by hemoglobin-hemichrome. Int J Biochem Cell Biol 2003; 35:349-58. [PMID: 12531248 DOI: 10.1016/s1357-2725(02)00255-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Hemoglobin and myoglobin are inducers of low-density lipoprotein oxidation in the presence of H(2)O(2). The reaction of these hemoproteins with H(2)O(2) result in a mixture of protein products known as hemichromes. The oxygen-binding hemoproteins function as peroxidases but as compared to classic heme-peroxidases have a much lower activity on small sized and a higher one on large sized substrates. A heme-globin covalent adduct, a component identified in myoglobin-hemichrome, was reported to be the cause of myoglobin peroxidase activity on low-density lipoprotein. In this study, we analyzed the function of hemoglobin-hemichrome in low-density lipoprotein oxidation. Oxidation of lipids was analyzed by formation of conjugated diene and malondialdehyde; and oxidation of Apo-B protein was analyzed by development of bityrosine fluorescence and covalently cross-linked protein. Hemoglobin-hemichrome has indeed triggered oxidation of both lipids and protein, but unlike myoglobin, hemichrome has required the presence of H(2)O(2). In correlation to this, we found that unlike myoglobin, hemichrome formed by hemoglobin/H(2)O(2) does not contain a globin-heme covalent adduct. Nevertheless, hemoglobin-hemichrome remains oxidatively active towards LDL, indicating that other components of the oxidatively denatured hemoglobin should be considered responsible for its hazardous activity in vascular pathology.
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- Vladimir Varlen Bamm
- Sackler Institute of Molecular Medicine, Department of Human Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, 69978 Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Jens K S Møller
- Food Chemistry, Department of Dairy and Food Science, Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University, Rolighedsvej 30, DK-1958 Frederiksberg C., Denmark
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Frauenfelder H, McMahon BH, Austin RH, Chu K, Groves JT. The role of structure, energy landscape, dynamics, and allostery in the enzymatic function of myoglobin. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2001; 98:2370-4. [PMID: 11226246 PMCID: PMC30145 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.041614298] [Citation(s) in RCA: 290] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/22/2000] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The grail of protein science is the connection between structure and function. For myoglobin (Mb) this goal is close. Described as only a passive dioxygen storage protein in texts, we argue here that Mb is actually an allosteric enzyme that can catalyze reactions among small molecules. Studies of the structural, spectroscopic, and kinetic properties of Mb lead to a model that relates structure, energy landscape, dynamics, and function. Mb functions as a miniature chemical reactor, concentrating and orienting diatomic molecules such as NO, CO, O(2), and H(2)O(2) in highly conserved internal cavities. Reactions can be controlled because Mb exists in distinct taxonomic substates with different catalytic properties and connectivities of internal cavities.
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- H Frauenfelder
- Center for Nonlinear Studies, MS-B 258, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM 87545, USA.
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Catalase binds nitric oxide (NO) to generate ferricatalase-NO, an inhibited form of the enzyme. Superoxide (O2-) is also an inactivator of the enzyme. We found, however, that O2- efficiently converted the inhibited ferricatalase-NO to the active ferricatalase without producing detectable intermediates. The reaction slowed down when O2- was disproportionated to H2O2 and O2 by superoxide dismutase, but H2O2 could displace the heme-bound NO slowly to regenerate ferricatalase. Reactivation was observed even under simultaneous generation of NO and O2-, suggesting that ferricatalase-NO reacts with O2- fast enough to compete with the rapid reaction of O2- and NO. Formation of peroxynitrite by the simultaneous generation of NO and O2- was only partially inhibited by ferricatalase, presumably due to slow binding of NO to catalase in comparison with the reaction of NO and O2-.
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- Y S Kim
- Department of Biochemistry, Kangwon National University, Chunchon, South Korea
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Zhou Y, Bowler BE, Lynch K, Eaton SS, Eaton GR. Interspin distances in spin-labeled metmyoglobin variants determined by saturation recovery EPR. Biophys J 2000; 79:1039-52. [PMID: 10920034 PMCID: PMC1301000 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(00)76358-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Saturation recovery (SR) electron paramagnetic resonance was used to determine the distance between iron and nitroxyl for spin-labeled metmyoglobin variants in low-spin and high-spin states of the Fe(III). The interspin distances were measured by analyzing the effect of the heme iron on the spin-lattice relaxation rates of the nitroxyl spin label using the modified Bloembergen equation for low-spin species, and an analogue of the Bloembergen equation for high-spin species. Insight simulations of the spin-labeled protein structures also were used to determine the interspin distances. The distances obtained by SR for high-spin and low-spin complexes with 15-20 A interspin distances, for low-spin CN(-) and high-spin formate adducts at distances up to about 30 A, and results from Insight calculations were in good agreement. For variants with 25-30 A interspin distances, the distances obtained by SR for the fluoride adducts were shorter than observed for the CN(-) or formate adducts or predicted by Insight simulations. Of the heme axial ligands examined (CN(-), imidazole, F(-), and formate), CN(-) is the best choice for determination of iron-nitroxyl distances in the range of 15-30 A.
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- Y Zhou
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Denver, Denver, Colorado 80208-2436, USA
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Scott NL, Lecomte JT. Cloning, expression, purification, and preliminary characterization of a putative hemoglobin from the cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803. Protein Sci 2000; 9:587-97. [PMID: 10752621 PMCID: PMC2144580 DOI: 10.1110/ps.9.3.587] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
The genome of the unicellular cyanobacterium Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 contains a gene (slr2097, glbN) encoding a 123 amino-acid product with sequence similarity to globins. Related proteins from cyanobacteria, ciliates, and green algae bind oxygen and have a pronounced tendency to coordinate the heme iron with two protein ligands. To study the structural and functional properties of Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 hemoglobin, slr2097 was cloned and overexpressed in Escherichia coli. Purification of the hemoglobin was performed after addition of hemin to the clarified cell lysate. Recombinant, heme-reconstituted ferric Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 hemoglobin was found to be a stable helical protein, soluble to concentrations higher than 500 microM. At neutral pH, it yielded an electronic absorption spectrum typical of a low-spin ferric species, with maxima at 410 and 546 nm. The proton NMR spectrum revealed sharp lines spread over a chemical shift window narrower than 40 ppm, in support of low-spin hexacoordination of the heme iron. Nuclear Overhauser effects demonstrated that the heme is inserted in the protein matrix to produce one major equilibrium form. Addition of dithionite resulted in an absorption spectrum with maxima at 426, 528, and 560 nm. This reduced form appeared capable of carbon monoxide binding. Optical data also suggested that cyanide ions could bind to the heme in the ferric state. The spectral properties of the putative Synechocystis sp. PCC 6803 hemoglobin confirmed that it can be used for further studies of an ancient hemoprotein structure.
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Affiliation(s)
- N L Scott
- Department of Chemistry and the Center for Biomolecular Structure and Function, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park 16802, USA
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