DETERMINATION OF NITRITE BY HIGH-PERFORMANCE LIQUID-CHROMATOGRAPHY SYSTEM WITH ELECTROCHEMICAL DETECTOR - MEASUREMENT OF NITRIC-OXIDE SYNTHASE ACTIVITY IN RAT CEREBELLUM CYTOSOL

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作者
KAKU, S
TANAKA, M
MURAMATSU, M
OTOMO, S
机构
[1] Department of Pharmacology, Research Center, Taisho Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd., Saitama, 330, 403 Yoshino-cho 1-chome, Ohmiya
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10.1002/bmc.1130080104
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学];
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071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
A simple and sensitive assay method for NO synthase activity is described. Using glassy carbon as electrode and 30% methanol solution with 10 mm NH4Cl as mobile phase, NO2- can be measured without disturbing ECD-detectable substance in NO synthase assay mixture. The NO2- production in the assay mixture of rat cerebellum NO synthase increased with protein and in a time-dependent manner. The K(m) value for the substrate, L-arginine, was 1.25 mum. The enzyme activity was inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by a NO synthase inhibitor, NNA. The K(i) value for NNA was 0.166 +/- 0.060 muM. This ECD-HPLC method for determining NO synthase activity has advantages compared with the diazo-coupling method of the Greiss reagent and the isotopic method in which the conversion of the substrate, [C-14]L-arginine, to the prodUCt, [C-14]L-Citrulline is measured; it is simple, sensitive and is convenient for studying the NO synthase activity with various compounds as the substrate.
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