Quinone-enhanced ascorbate reduction of nitric oxide: Role of quinone redox potential

被引:15
作者
Alegria, AE [1 ]
Sanchez, S [1 ]
Quintana, I [1 ]
机构
[1] Univ Puerto Rico, Dept Chem, CUH Stn, Humacao, PR 00791 USA
关键词
quinones; 1,4-naphthoquinone; nitric oxide; methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone; trimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone; 2,3-dimethoxy-5-methal-1,4-benzoquinone;
D O I
10.1080/10715760400009852
中图分类号
Q5 [生物化学]; Q7 [分子生物学];
学科分类号
071010 ; 081704 ;
摘要
The quinones 1,4-naphthoquinone (NQ), methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (MNQ), trimethyl-1,4-benzoquinone (TMQ) and 2,3-dimethoxy-5-methyl-1,4-benzoquinone (UQ-0) enhance the rate of nitric oxide (NO) reduction by ascorbate in nitrogen-saturated phosphate buffer (pH 7.4). The observed rate constants for this reaction were determined to be 16+/-2,215+/-6,290+/-14 and 462+/-18 M-1 s(-1) , for MNQ, TMQ, NQ and UQ-0, respectively. These rate constants increase with an increase in quinone one-electron redox potential at neutral pH, E-7(1) . Since NO production is enhanced under hypoxia and under certain pathological conditions, the observations obtained in this work are very relevant to such conditions.
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页码:1107 / 1112
页数:6
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