title: Electrochemical assay for determining nitrosyl derivatives of human hemoglobin: nitrosylhemoglobin and S-nitrosylhemoglobin.
abstract: Nitric oxide (NO) is an important biological regulator. It can bind to heme iron and form NO+, involved in the synthesis of S-nitrosothiols (-SNOs). NO reacts with human hemoglobin (Hb) to produce the derivatives: S-nitrosylhemoglobin (-SNOHb) and nitrosylhemoglobin (HbNO). At neutral pH values, free NO does not react directly with the -SH groups of Hb. The reductive nitrosylation of Fe(III) heme upon reaction with NO has long been studied, but it is not yet completely known. To quantify the reaction of NO with Hb, we developed a new, sensitive (nanomolar concentration range) electrochemical assay to selectively measure HbNO and -SNOHb. The assay also allows the monitoring of free NO during the reaction with human Fe(III)Hb and Fe(II)HbO(2).
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Scienze Biochimiche e Biotecnologie Molecolari, University of Perugia, 06126 Perugia, Italy.
authors.forename: Carlo A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: Palmerini
authors.forename: Giuseppe
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Arienti
authors.forename: Roberto
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Palombari
mesh_terms: D004563:Electrochemistry / Q000379:methods*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000032:analysis* / Q000737:chemistry; D006801:Humans; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000032:analysis / Q000737:chemistry; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins / Q000737:chemistry; D026403:S-Nitrosothiols / Q000032:analysis*
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D010108:Oxyhemoglobins; D026403:S-Nitrosothiols; C103574:S-nitrosohemoglobin; C008657:nitrosyl hemoglobin; D009569:Nitric Oxide