title: The spin-trapping of enzymatically and chemically catalyzed free radicals from indolic compounds.
abstract: A nitrogen-centered free radical was spin-trapped from superoxide-catalyzed oxidation of indolic compounds, using the spin-trap phenyl-t-butyl-nitrone. The hyperfine splitting constants observed were aN = 13.9 G, a beta N = 3.6 G and a beta H = 2.3 G. Incubation of various indolic compounds with goat lung microsomes showed that only 3-methylindole was able to generate a free radical in the NADPH-dependent microsomal system, as tested by spin-trapping. The splitting constants were the same as those seen with superoxide incubations with 3-methylindole. The study demonstrates the generality of formation of a nitrogen-centered free radical from various indolic compounds. Enzymatic radical formation from 3-methylindole suggests a microsomal-activated free radical mechanism for the specificity of 3-methylindole-induced pulmonary toxicity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001711:Biotransformation; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005609:Free Radicals; D006041:Goats; D007211:Indoles / Q000378:metabolism*; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D013113:Spin Labels; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D005609:Free Radicals; D007211:Indoles; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D013113:Spin Labels; C029217:phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone