title: Hydralazine-dependent carbon dioxide free radical formation by metabolizing mitochondria.
abstract: The addition of hydralazine (1-hydrazinophthalazine) to rat liver mitochondria metabolizing malate/glutamate causes formation of a carbon-centered free radical which was spin-trapped with phenyl-t-butylnitrone (PBN) or dimethylpyrrolidine-N-oxide (DMPO). The coupling constants of the spin-trapped free radical were AN = 16.1, AH beta = 4.6 G for PBN and AN = 15.9, AH beta = 18.9 G for DMPO-trapped radical in aqueous solution. The spin-trapped free radical was shown to be the carbon dioxide anion free radical by independent synthesis, high pressure liquid chromatography separation, and electron paramagnetic resonance characterization. The amount of carbon dioxide anion free radical produced was absolutely dependent upon the presence of hydralazine and varied depending on mitochondrial substrate, with by far the highest amount produced by pyruvate. Studies with 13C-labeled pyruvate demonstrated that the carbon dioxide free radical came from C-1 of this compound.
authors.affiliation: Molecular Toxicology Research Group, Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation, Oklahoma City 73104.
authors.forename: P K
authors.initials: PK
authors.lastname: Wong
authors.forename: J L
authors.initials: JL
authors.lastname: Poyer
authors.forename: C M
authors.initials: CM
authors.lastname: DuBose
authors.forename: R A
authors.initials: RA
authors.lastname: Floyd
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000968:Antimycin A / Q000494:pharmacology; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005260:Female; D005609:Free Radicals; D006830:Hydralazine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D051381:Rats; D011916:Rats, Inbred F344; D013113:Spin Labels
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D005609:Free Radicals; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D013113:Spin Labels; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D006830:Hydralazine; C029217:phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone; D000968:Antimycin A; C017245:5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-1-oxide