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Chemical nature of nitric oxide storage forms in rat vascular tissue

Chemical nature of nitric oxide storage forms in rat vascular tissue
Chemical nature of nitric oxide storage forms in rat vascular tissue
Endothelial NO production results in local formation of adducts that may act as storage forms of NO. Because little is known about their chemical nature, concentrations, and possible role in vascular biology, we sought to characterize those species basally present in rat aorta, using two independent approaches. In the first approach, tissue homogenates were analyzed by using chemiluminescence- and ion-chromatography-based techniques that allow trace-level quantification of NO-related compounds in complex biological matrices. In the second approach, NO stores were characterized by their ability to release NO when illuminated with light and subsequently relax vascular smooth muscle (photorelaxation). The latter included a careful assessment of action spectra for photorelaxation, taking into account the light-scattering properties of the tissue and the storage depletion rates induced by exposure to controlled levels of light. Biochemical analyses revealed that aortic tissues contained 10 +/- 1 microM nitrite, 42 +/- 7 microM nitrate, 40 +/- 6 nM S-nitroso, and 33 +/- 6 nM N-nitroso compounds (n = 4-8). The functional data obtained suggest that the NO photolytically released in the tissue originated from species with photophysical properties similar to those reported for low-molecular-weight S-nitrosothiols, as well as from nitrite. The relative contribution of these potential NO stores to the extent of photorelaxation was consistent with their concentrations detected biochemically in vascular tissue when their photoactivity was taken into account. We conclude that intravascular nitroso species and nitrite both have the potential to release physiologically relevant quantities of NO independent of enzymatic control by NO synthase.
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336-341
Rodriguez, Juan
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Maloney, Ronald E.
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Rassaf, Tienush
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Bryan, Nathan S.
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Rodriguez, Juan, Maloney, Ronald E., Rassaf, Tienush, Bryan, Nathan S. and Feelisch, Martin (2003) Chemical nature of nitric oxide storage forms in rat vascular tissue. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America, 100 (1), 336-341. (doi:10.1073/pnas.0234600100). (PMID:12502793)

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Endothelial NO production results in local formation of adducts that may act as storage forms of NO. Because little is known about their chemical nature, concentrations, and possible role in vascular biology, we sought to characterize those species basally present in rat aorta, using two independent approaches. In the first approach, tissue homogenates were analyzed by using chemiluminescence- and ion-chromatography-based techniques that allow trace-level quantification of NO-related compounds in complex biological matrices. In the second approach, NO stores were characterized by their ability to release NO when illuminated with light and subsequently relax vascular smooth muscle (photorelaxation). The latter included a careful assessment of action spectra for photorelaxation, taking into account the light-scattering properties of the tissue and the storage depletion rates induced by exposure to controlled levels of light. Biochemical analyses revealed that aortic tissues contained 10 +/- 1 microM nitrite, 42 +/- 7 microM nitrate, 40 +/- 6 nM S-nitroso, and 33 +/- 6 nM N-nitroso compounds (n = 4-8). The functional data obtained suggest that the NO photolytically released in the tissue originated from species with photophysical properties similar to those reported for low-molecular-weight S-nitrosothiols, as well as from nitrite. The relative contribution of these potential NO stores to the extent of photorelaxation was consistent with their concentrations detected biochemically in vascular tissue when their photoactivity was taken into account. We conclude that intravascular nitroso species and nitrite both have the potential to release physiologically relevant quantities of NO independent of enzymatic control by NO synthase.

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Published date: 7 January 2003
Organisations: Clinical & Experimental Sciences

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Local EPrints ID: 337859
URI: http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/id/eprint/337859
ISSN: 0027-8424
PURE UUID: 76820fe7-903e-4203-aa9a-831cd7be148b
ORCID for Martin Feelisch: ORCID iD orcid.org/0000-0003-2320-1158

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Author: Juan Rodriguez
Author: Ronald E. Maloney
Author: Tienush Rassaf
Author: Nathan S. Bryan
Author: Martin Feelisch ORCID iD

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