title: Cytochrome P450 catalyzes the oxidation of N omega-hydroxy-L-arginine by NADPH and O2 to nitric oxide and citrulline.
abstract: Rat liver microsomes catalyze the oxidative denitration of N omega-hydroxy-L-arginine (NOHA) by NADPH and O2 with formation of citrulline and nitrogen oxides like NO and NO2-. Besides NO2- and citrulline, whose simultaneous formation is linear for at least 20 min, the formation of NO could be detected under the form of its P450 and P420-Fe(II) complexes by UV-visible and EPR spectroscopy. Classical inhibitors of NO-synthases, like N omega-methyl-and N omega-nitro-arginine, fail to inhibit the microsomal oxidation of NOHA to citrulline and NO2-. On the contrary classical inhibitors of hepatic cytochromes P450 like CO, miconazole, dihydroergotamine and troleandomycin, strongly inhibit this monooxygenase reaction. These results show that the oxygenation of NOHA by NADPH and O2 with formation of citrulline and NO can be efficiently catalyzed by cytochromes P450 (with rates up to 1.5 turnovers per min for the cytochromes of the 3A subfamily).
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Chimie et Biochimie Pharmacologiques et Toxicologiques, Université René Descartes, Paris, France.
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Boucher
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Genet
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Vadon
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Delaforge
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Henry
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Mansuy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001120:Arginine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000378:metabolism; D002248:Carbon Monoxide / Q000494:pharmacology; D002384:Catalysis; D002956:Citrulline / Q000378:metabolism*; D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System / Q000378:metabolism*; D003907:Dexamethasone / Q000494:pharmacology; D008297:Male; D008825:Miconazole / Q000494:pharmacology; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000201:enzymology; D009249:NADP / Q000378:metabolism*; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D010100:Oxygen / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D065607:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme Inhibitors; D002956:Citrulline; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D009249:NADP; C068309:N(omega)-hydroxyarginine; D008825:Miconazole; D003907:Dexamethasone; D002248:Carbon Monoxide; D003577:Cytochrome P-450 Enzyme System; D001120:Arginine; D010100:Oxygen