Trapping of nitric oxide formed during photolysis of sodium nitroprusside in aqueous and lipid phases: an electron spin resonance study. Photochem Photobiol 1995 Apr;61(4):325-30
Date
04/01/1995Pubmed ID
7740075DOI
10.1111/j.1751-1097.1995.tb08616.xScopus ID
2-s2.0-0029287029 (requires institutional sign-in at Scopus site) 45 CitationsAbstract
Photolytic decomposition of sodium nitroprusside (SNP), a widely used nitrovasodilator, produced nitric oxide (.NO), which was continuously monitored by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The .NO present in the aqueous or the lipid phase was trapped by either a hydrophilic or a hydrophobic nitronyl nitroxide, respectively, to form the corresponding imino nitroxide. The conversion of nitronyl nitroxide to imino nitroxide was monitored by ESR spectrometry. The quantum yield for the generation of .NO from SNP, measured from the rate of decay of nitronyl nitroxide, was 0.201 +/- 0.007 and 0.324 +/- 0.01 (mean +/- SD, n = 3) at 420 nm and 320 nm, respectively. The action spectrum for .NO generation was found to overlap the optical absorption spectrum of SNP closely. A mechanism for the reaction between SNP and nitronyl nitroxide in the presence of light is proposed and computer-aided simulation of this mechanism using published rate constants agreed well with experimental data. The methodology described here may be used to assay .NO production continuously during photoactivation of .NO donors in aqueous and lipid environments. Biological implications of this methodology are discussed.
Author List
Singh RJ, Hogg N, Neese F, Joseph J, Kalyanaraman BAuthors
Neil Hogg PhD Associate Dean, Professor in the Biophysics department at Medical College of WisconsinBalaraman Kalyanaraman PhD Professor in the Biophysics department at Medical College of Wisconsin
MESH terms used to index this publication - Major topics in bold
Electron Spin Resonance SpectroscopyKinetics
Nitric Oxide
Nitroprusside
Photochemistry
Photolysis
Water