CATALYTIC CONVERSION OF L-ARGININE TO NITRATE BY PLATINUM-ELECTRODES

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作者
FINKEL, MS
ODDIS, CV
NOPPER, CF
SIMMONS, RL
HATTLER, BG
机构
[1] UNIV PITTSBURGH,MED CTR,SCH MED,DEPT PHARMACOL,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
[2] UNIV PITTSBURGH,MED CTR,SCH MED,DEPT PATHOL,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
[3] UNIV PITTSBURGH,MED CTR,SCH MED,DEPT SURG,PITTSBURGH,PA 15213
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10.1006/bbrc.1994.2078
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
Platinum electrodes (PLE) have been used recently to study the physiologic effects of the enzymatic conversion of L-arginine (L-arg) to nitric oxide (NO) by nitric oxide synthase (NOS). We sought to determine if PLE alone could catalytically convert L-arg to NO without NOS. Accordingly, NO2- + NO3- levels (NOx) were measured by HPLC from a physiologic Tyrode's buffer in the presence and absence of electrical stimulation with PLE or silver chloride electrodes (SCE) for 10 min (n=6 for each condition). PLE stimulated at 1Hz produced 24+/-0.7 and 15.4+/-2.8 mu M NOx from D-arg and L-arg (100mM) respectively. PLE+L-arg stimulated from 0 to 5 Hz produced increasing NOx (2.9+/-0.27;15.4+/-2.8;19.7+/-4;32+/-5;37+/-6.2;43+/-7 mu M). SCE+L-arg showed no increase in NOx above background. The addition of 1% BSA to the Tyrode's buffer further increased NOx levels. NO2- levels were undetectable, indicating all NOx levels were NO3-. We conclude that PLE can catalytically convert L-Arg to NO3- via electron transfer without NOS. (C) 1994 Academic Press, Inc.
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