title: Kinetic feasibility of nitroxyl reduction by physiological reductants and biological implications.
abstract: Nitroxyl (HNO), the one-electron reduced and protonated congener of nitric oxide (NO), is a chemically unique species with potentially important biological activity. Although HNO-based pharmaceuticals are currently being considered for the treatment of chronic heart failure or stroke/transplant-derived ischemia, the chemical events leading to therapeutic responses are not established. The interaction of HNO with oxidants results in the well-documented conversion to NO, but HNO is expected to be readily reduced as well. Recent thermodynamic calculations predict that reduction of HNO is biologically accessible. Herein, kinetic analysis suggests that the reactions of HNO with several mechanistically distinct reductants are also biologically feasible. Product analysis verified that the reductants had in fact been oxidized and that in several instances HNO had been converted to hydroxylamine. Moreover, a theoretical analysis suggests that in the reaction of HNO with thiol reductants, the pathway producing sulfinamide is significantly more favorable than that leading to disulfide. Additionally, simultaneous production of HNO and NO yielded a biphasic oxidative capacity.
authors: Interdepartmental Program in Molecular Toxicology, School of Public Health, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA 90095, USA.
authors: Matthew I
authors: MI
authors: Jackson
authors: Tae H
authors: TH
authors: Han
authors: Laura
authors: L
authors: Serbulea
authors: Andrew
authors: A
authors: Dutton
authors: Eleonora
authors: E
authors: Ford
authors: Katrina M
authors: KM
authors: Miranda
authors: K N
authors: KN
authors: Houk
authors: David A
authors: DA
authors: Wink
authors: Jon M
authors: JM
authors: Fukuto
mesh_terms: D019811:Hydroxylamine / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D007700:Kinetics; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000378:metabolism*; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D016877:Oxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D010084:Oxidation-Reduction; D019163:Reducing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D016877:Oxidants; D019163:Reducing Agents; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; D019811:Hydroxylamine; D009569:Nitric Oxide; C039900:nitroxyl