title: Biological reactions of peroxynitrite: evidence for an alternative pathway of salicylate hydroxylation.
abstract: Salicylate hydroxylation has often been used as an assay of hydroxyl radical production in vivo. We have examined here if hydroxylation of salicylate might also occur by its reaction with peroxynitrite. To test this hypothesis, we exposed salicylate to various concentrations of peroxynitrite, in vitro. We observed the hydroxylation of salicylate at 37 degrees C by peroxynitrite at pH 6, 7 and 7.5, where the primary products had similar retention times on HPLC to 2,3- and 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid. The product yields were pH dependent with maximal amounts formed at pH 6. Furthermore, the relative concentration of 2,3- to 2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid increased with decreasing pH. Nitration of salicylate was also observed and both nitration and hydroxylation reaction products were confirmed independently by mass spectrometry. The spin trap N-t-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone (PBN), with or without dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO), was incapable of trapping the peroxynitrite decomposition intermediates. Moreover, free radical adducts of the type PBN/.CH3 and PBN/.OH were susceptible to destruction by peroxynitrite (pH 7, 0.1 M phosphate buffer). These results suggest direct peroxynitrite hydroxylation of salicylate and that the presence of hydroxyl radicals is not a prerequisite for hydroxylation reactions.
authors.affiliation: Biophysics Program, Ohio State University, Columbus 43210, USA.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Narayan
authors.forename: L J
authors.initials: LJ
authors.lastname: Berliner
authors.forename: A J
authors.initials: AJ
authors.lastname: Merola
authors.forename: P T
authors.initials: PT
authors.lastname: Diaz
authors.forename: T L
authors.initials: TL
authors.lastname: Clanton
mesh_terms: D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D006900:Hydroxylation; D009566:Nitrates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012459:Salicylates / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D020156:Salicylic Acid
chemical_list: D009566:Nitrates; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; D012459:Salicylates; C039642:peroxynitric acid; D020156:Salicylic Acid