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Tissue processing of nitrite in hypoxia : an intricate interplay of nitric oxide-generating and -scavenging systems
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Feelisch, Martin, Fernandez, Bernadette O., Bryan, Nathan S., Garcia-Saura, Maria Francisca, Bauer, Selena, Whitlock, David R., Ford, Peter C., Janero, David R., Rodriguez, Juan and Ashrafian, Houman (2008) Tissue processing of nitrite in hypoxia : an intricate interplay of nitric oxide-generating and -scavenging systems. Journal of Biological Chemistry, Vol.283 (No.49). pp. 33927-33934. doi:10.1074/jbc.M806654200
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1074/jbc.M806654200
Abstract
Although nitrite (NO2-) and nitrate (NO3-) have been considered traditionally inert byproducts of nitric oxide (NO) metabolism, recent studies indicate that NO2- represents an important source of NO for processes ranging from angiogenesis through hypoxic vasodilation to ischemic organ protection. Despite intense investigation, the mechanisms through which NO2- exerts its physiological/pharmacological effects remain incompletely understood. We sought to systematically investigate the fate of NO2- in hypoxia from cellular uptake in vitro to tissue utilization in vivo using the Wistar rat as a mammalian model. We find that most tissues (except erythrocytes) produce free NO at rates that are maximal under hypoxia and that correlate robustly with each tissue's capacity for mitochondrial oxygen consumption. By comparing the kinetics of NO release before and after ferricyanide addition in tissue homogenates to mathematical models of NO2- reduction/NO scavenging, we show that the amount of nitrosylated products formed greatly exceeds what can be accounted for by NO trapping. This difference suggests that such products are formed directly from NO2-, without passing through the intermediacy of free NO. Inhibitor and subcellular fractionation studies indicate that NO2- reductase activity involves multiple redundant enzymatic systems (i.e. heme, iron-sulfur cluster, and molybdenum-based reductases) distributed throughout different cellular compartments and acting in concert to elicit NO signaling. These observations hint at conserved roles for the NO2--NO pool in cellular processes such as oxygen-sensing and oxygen-dependent modulation of intermediary metabolism.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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| Subjects: | Q Science > QD Chemistry Q Science > QP Physiology |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Biomedical Sciences > Translational & Experimental Medicine > Metabolic and Vascular Health (- until July 2016) Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Nitric-oxide synthase, Nitric oxide -- Physiological effect, Anoxemia, Nitrites, Histology | ||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Biological Chemistry | ||||
| Publisher: | American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology | ||||
| ISSN: | 0021-9258 | ||||
| Official Date: | 5 December 2008 | ||||
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| Volume: | Vol.283 | ||||
| Number: | No.49 | ||||
| Number of Pages: | 8 | ||||
| Page Range: | pp. 33927-33934 | ||||
| DOI: | 10.1074/jbc.M806654200 | ||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||
| Funder: | National Institutes of Health (U.S.) (NIH), Medical Research Council (Great Britain) (MRC), Wellcome Trust (London, England) | ||||
| Grant number: | HL 69029 (NIH) |
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