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Ayati R, Manwaring KC, Allen SP, Day RW, Lewis RS. Comparison of Methemoglobin, Deoxyhemoglobin, and Ferrous Nitrosyl Hemoglobin as Potential MRI Contrast Agents. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:2013-2020. [PMID: 37270456 PMCID: PMC10529426 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-023-03226-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2022] [Accepted: 04/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Gadolinium-based contrast agents (GBCAs) are in widespread use to enhance magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating vascular pathology. However, safety concerns and limitations regarding the use of GBCAs has led to an increased interest in alternative contrast agents. Previously, methemoglobin (metHb) and oxygen-free hemoglobin (HHb) have been shown to increase the T1-weighted signal intensity of blood, which is associated with a decrease in the T1 parameter and an enhanced contrast of the image. Thus, a lower T1 value compared to the baseline value is favorable for imaging. However, it is unknown as to whether metHb or HHb would be a stronger and more appropriate contrast agent and to what extent the T1-weighted signal is affected by concentration. This study evaluated T1-weighted images of blood samples over a range of metHb and HHb concentrations, as well as ferrous nitrosyl hemoglobin (HbIINO) concentrations. Comparison of T1 values from a baseline value of ~ 1500 ms showed that metHb is the strongest contrast agent (T1 ~ 950 ms at 20% metHb) and that HHb is a relatively weak contrast agent (T1 ~ 1450 ms at 20% HHb). This study showed for the first time that HbIINO can provide a contrast effect, although not as strong as metHb but stronger than HHb (T1 estimated as 1250 ms at 20% HbIINO). With metHb providing a viable contrast between 10 and 20%, metHb has the potential to be a safe and effective contrast agent since it can be naturally converted back to hemoglobin.
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- Roya Ayati
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 330 Engineering Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 330 Engineering Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Brigham Young University, 450 Engineering Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, 84113, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 330 Engineering Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
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Markwalter DJ, Primavera KD, Day RW, Lewis RS. Rapid Formation of Methemoglobin via Nitric Oxide Delivery for Potential Use as an MRI Contrast Agent. Ann Biomed Eng 2023; 51:506-516. [PMID: 36112294 PMCID: PMC10422684 DOI: 10.1007/s10439-022-03049-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
Abstract
Contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance angiography is a vital tool for evaluating vascular pathology. However, concerns about the limitations and safety of gadolinium-based contrast agents have led to an interest in alternative agents. Methemoglobin (metHb) increases the T1-weighted signal intensity of the magnetic resonance image of blood and could provide a safe and effective alternative. MetHb can be produced by the reaction of nitric oxide (NO) gas with oxyhemoglobin followed by natural conversion back to hemoglobin by cytochrome b5 reductase. Since rapid production of metHb via NO has not been studied, the effectiveness of producing metHb via NO delivery to blood was evaluated using a hollow-fiber module. MetHb production began immediately and > 90% conversion was achieved within 10 min. MetHb remained stable for at least 90 min when NO delivery was removed following metHb formation. Comparison of experimental data for metHb formation with model predictions showed that only a fraction of the NO delivered was utilized for metHb production, suggesting an additional fast reaction of NO with other blood constituents. Directly delivering NO to blood for the rapid formation of metHb provides a potential platform for producing metHb as an alternative contrast agent.
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- Denton J Markwalter
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 350 Engineering Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 330 Engineering Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Utah and Primary Children's Hospital, Salt Lake City, UT, 84113, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Brigham Young University, 330 Engineering Building, Provo, UT, 84602, USA.
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Alsharabasy AM, Glynn S, Farràs P, Pandit A. Protein nitration induced by Hemin/NO: A complementary mechanism through the catalytic functions of hemin and NO-scavenging. Nitric Oxide 2022; 124:49-67. [PMID: 35513288 DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2022.04.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/27/2021] [Revised: 03/07/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Hemin and heme-peroxidases have been considered essential catalysts for the nitrite/hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)-mediated protein nitration in vitro, understood as one of the main pathways for protein modification in biological systems. However, the role of nitric oxide (●NO) in the heme/hemin-induced protein nitration has not been studied in-depth. This is despite its reductive nitrosylating effects following binding to hemin and the possible involvement of the reactive nitrogen species in the nitration of various functional proteins. Here, the ●NO-binding affinity of hemin has been studied along with the influence of ●NO on the internalization of hemin into MDA-MB-231 cells and the accompanying changes in the profile of intracellular nitrated proteins. Moreover, to further understand the mechanism involved, bovine serum albumin (BSA) nitration was studied after treatment with hemin and ●NO, with an investigation of the effects of pH of the reaction medium, generation of H2O2, and the oxidation of the tyrosine residues as the primary sites for the nitration. We demonstrated that hemin nitrosylation enhanced its cellular uptake and induced the one-electron oxidation and nitration of different intracellular proteins along with its ●NO-scavenging efficiency. Moreover, the hemin/NO-mediated BSA nitration was proved to be dependent on the concentration of ●NO and the pH of the reaction medium, with a vital role being played by the scavenging effects of protein for the free hemin molecules. Collectively, our results reaffirm the involvement of hemin and ●NO in the nitration mechanism, where the nitrosylation products can induce protein nitration while promoting the effects of the components of the nitrite/H2O2-mediated pathway.
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- Amir M Alsharabasy
- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
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- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland; Discipline of Pathology, Lambe Institute for Translational Medicine, School of Medicine, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
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- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland; School of Chemistry, Ryan Institute, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland
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- CÚRAM, SFI Research Centre for Medical Devices, National University of Ireland Galway, Ireland.
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Shafizadeh N, Crestoni ME, de la Lande A, Soep B. Heme ligation in the gas phase. INT REV PHYS CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/0144235x.2021.1952006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie del Farmaco, Università di Roma “La Sapienza”, Roma, Italy
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- ISMO-CNRS, Université Paris Saclay, Orsay Cedex, France
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Aarabi M, Soorkia S, Grégoire G, Broquier M, de la Lande A, Soep B, Omidyan R, Shafizadeh N. Water binding to Fe III hemes studied in a cooled ion trap: characterization of a strong 'weak' ligand. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:21329-21340. [PMID: 31531442 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03608c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interaction of a water molecule with ferric heme-iron protoporphyrin ([PP FeIII]+) has been investigated in the gas phase in an ion trap and studied theoretically by density functional theory. It is found that the interaction of water with ferric heme leads to a stable [PP-FeIII-H2O]+ complex in the intermediate spin state (S = 3/2), in the same state as its unligated [PP-FeIII]+ homologue, without spin crossing during water attachment. Using the Van't Hoff equation, the reaction enthalpy for the formation of a Fe-OH2 bond has been determined for [PP-FeIII-H2O]+ and [PP-FeIII-(H2O)2]+. The corrected binding energy for a single Fe-H2O bond is -12.2 ± 0.6 kcal mol-1, while DFT calculations at the OPBE level yield -11.7 kcal mol-1. The binding energy of the second ligation yielding a six coordinated FeIII atom is decreased with a bond energy of -9 ± 0.9 kcal mol-1, well reproduced by calculations as -7.1 kcal mol-1. However, calculations reveal features of a weaker bond type, such as a rather long Fe-O bond with 2.28 Å for the [PP-FeIII-H2O]+ complex and the absence of a spin change by complexation. Thus despite a strong bond with H2O, the FeIII atom does not show, through theoretical modelling, a strong acceptor character in its half filled 3dz2 orbital. It is also observed that the binding properties of H2O to hemes seem strikingly specific to ferric heme and we have shown, experimentally and theoretically, that the affinity of H2O for protonated heme [H PP-Fe]+, an intermediate between FeIII and FeII, is strongly reduced compared to that for ferric heme.
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- Mohammad Aarabi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Isfahan, 81746-73441 Isfahan, Iran
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- ISMO, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8214, bat 520, Université Paris-Sud 91405, Orsay Cedex, France.
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- ISMO, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8214, bat 520, Université Paris-Sud 91405, Orsay Cedex, France.
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- ISMO, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8214, bat 520, Université Paris-Sud 91405, Orsay Cedex, France. and Centre Laser de l'Université Paris-Sud (CLUPS/LUMAT), Univ. Paris-Sud, CNRS, IOGS, Université Paris-Saclay, F-91405 Orsay, France
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- Laboratoire de Chimie-Physique, Université Paris Sud, CNRS, UMR 8000, 15, rue Jean Perrin, 91405 Orsay Cedex, France
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- LIDYL, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, UMR 9222 CEA Saclay, F-91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Isfahan, 81746-73441 Isfahan, Iran
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- ISMO, Université Paris-Sud, CNRS UMR 8214, bat 520, Université Paris-Sud 91405, Orsay Cedex, France.
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Aarabi M, Omidyan R, Soorkia S, Grégoire G, Broquier M, Crestoni ME, de la Lande A, Soep B, Shafizadeh N. The dramatic effect of N-methylimidazole on trans axial ligand binding to ferric heme: experiment and theory. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:1750-1760. [PMID: 30623949 DOI: 10.1039/c8cp06210b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The binding energy of CO, O2 and NO to isolated ferric heme, [FeIIIP]+, was studied in the presence and absence of a σ donor (N-methylimidazole and histidine) as the trans axial ligand. This study combines the experimental determination of binding enthalpies by equilibrium measurements in a low temperature ion trap using the van't Hoff equation and high level DFT calculations. It was found that the presence of N-methylimidazole as the axial ligand on the [FeIIIP]+ porphyrin dramatically weakens the [FeIIIP-ligand]+ bond with an up to sevenfold decrease in binding energy owing to the σ donation by N-methylimidazole to the FeIII(3d) orbitals. This trans σ donor effect is characteristic of ligation to iron in hemes in both ferrous and ferric redox forms; however, to date, this has not been observed for ferric heme.
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- Mohammad Aarabi
- Department of Chemistry, University of Isfahan, 81746-73441 Isfahan, Iran.
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Jašíková L, Roithová J. Infrared Multiphoton Dissociation Spectroscopy with Free-Electron Lasers: On the Road from Small Molecules to Biomolecules. Chemistry 2018; 24:3374-3390. [PMID: 29314303 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201705692] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Infrared multiphoton dissociation (IRMPD) spectroscopy is commonly used to determine the structure of isolated, mass-selected ions in the gas phase. This method has been widely used since it became available at free-electron laser (FEL) user facilities. Thus, in this Minireview, we examine the use of IRMPD/FEL spectroscopy for investigating ions derived from small molecules, metal complexes, organometallic compounds and biorelevant ions. Furthermore, we outline new applications of IRMPD spectroscopy to study biomolecules.
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- Lucie Jašíková
- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030, Prague 2, 128 43, Czech Republic
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- Department of Organic Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Charles University, Hlavova 2030, Prague 2, 128 43, Czech Republic
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Dillinger S, Lang J, Niedner-Schatteburg G. Cryo IR Spectroscopy of [Hemin] + Complexes in Isolation. J Phys Chem A 2017; 121:7191-7196. [PMID: 28876926 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.7b08604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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We present cryo IR spectra of isolated [Hemin]+ adducts with CO, N2, and O2 ([Hemin(CO)1]+, [Hemin(CO)2]+, [Hemin(14N2)]+, [Hemin(15N2)]+, and [Hemin(O2)]+). Well resolved bands allow for the elucidation of structure and spin multiplicity in conjunction with density functional (DFT) calculations. There is a quartet spin state for the N2 and CO adducts and a sextet spin state for the O2 adduct, where the O2 retains its triplet state. The double CO adsorption induces significant changes in the vibrational patterns of the IR spectra, which we take as strong evidence for a spin quenching into a doublet. Our study characterizes [Hemin]+, which is the Fe3+ oxidation product of heme that is of ubiquitous presence in hemeproteins.
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- Sebastian Dillinger
- Fachbereich Chemie and Forschungszentrum OPTIMAS, TU Kaiserslautern , 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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- Fachbereich Chemie and Forschungszentrum OPTIMAS, TU Kaiserslautern , 67663 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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