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Kleschyov AL, Zhuge Z, Schiffer TA, Guimarães DD, Zhang G, Montenegro MF, Tesse A, Weitzberg E, Carlström M, Lundberg JO. NO-ferroheme is a signaling entity in the vasculature. Nat Chem Biol 2023; 19:1267-1275. [PMID: 37710073 PMCID: PMC10522487 DOI: 10.1038/s41589-023-01411-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/30/2023] [Accepted: 07/25/2023] [Indexed: 09/16/2023]
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Despite wide appreciation of the biological role of nitric oxide (NO) synthase (NOS) signaling, questions remain about the chemical nature of NOS-derived bioactivity. Here we show that NO-like bioactivity can be efficiently transduced by mobile NO-ferroheme species, which can transfer between proteins, partition into a hydrophobic phase and directly activate the sGC-cGMP-PKG pathway without intermediacy of free NO. The NO-ferroheme species (with or without a protein carrier) efficiently relax isolated blood vessels and induce hypotension in rodents, which is greatly potentiated after the blockade of NOS activity. While free NO-induced relaxations are abolished by an NO scavenger and in the presence of red blood cells or blood plasma, a model compound, NO-ferroheme-myoglobin preserves its vasoactivity suggesting the physiological relevance of NO-ferroheme species. We conclude that NO-ferroheme behaves as a signaling entity in the vasculature.
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- Andrei L Kleschyov
- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
- Freiberg Instruments GmbH, Freiberg, Germany.
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
- National Clinical Research Center for Child Health, National Children's Regional Medical Center, The Children's Hospital, Zhejiang University School of Medicine, Hangzhou, China
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- Department of Molecular Biosciences, the Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Nantes Université, INSERM, CNRS, UMR1087, l'Institut du Thorax, Nantes, France
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Biomedicum, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden
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Hydropersulfides (RSSH) and Nitric Oxide (NO) Signaling: Possible Effects on S-Nitrosothiols (RS-NO). Antioxidants (Basel) 2022; 11:antiox11010169. [PMID: 35052673 PMCID: PMC8773330 DOI: 10.3390/antiox11010169] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2021] [Revised: 01/06/2022] [Accepted: 01/11/2022] [Indexed: 01/05/2023] Open
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S-Nitrosothiol (RS-NO) formation in proteins and peptides have been implicated as factors in the etiology of many diseases and as possible regulators of thiol protein function. They have also been proposed as possible storage forms of nitric oxide (NO). However, despite their proposed functions/roles, there appears to be little consensus regarding the physiological mechanisms of RS-NO formation and degradation. Hydropersulfides (RSSH) have recently been discovered as endogenously generated species with unique reactivity. One important reaction of RSSH is with RS-NO, which leads to the degradation of RS-NO as well as the release of NO. Thus, it can be speculated that RSSH can be a factor in the regulation of steady-state RS-NO levels, and therefore may be important in RS-NO (patho)physiology. Moreover, RSSH-mediated NO release from RS-NO may be a possible mechanism allowing RS-NO to serve as a storage form of NO.
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The prevalence of cardiovascular and metabolic disease coupled with kidney dysfunction is increasing worldwide. This triad of disorders is associated with considerable morbidity and mortality as well as a substantial economic burden. Further understanding of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms is important to develop novel preventive or therapeutic approaches. Among the proposed mechanisms, compromised nitric oxide (NO) bioactivity associated with oxidative stress is considered to be important. NO is a short-lived diatomic signalling molecule that exerts numerous effects on the kidneys, heart and vasculature as well as on peripheral metabolically active organs. The enzymatic L-arginine-dependent NO synthase (NOS) pathway is classically viewed as the main source of endogenous NO formation. However, the function of the NOS system is often compromised in various pathologies including kidney, cardiovascular and metabolic diseases. An alternative pathway, the nitrate-nitrite-NO pathway, enables endogenous or dietary-derived inorganic nitrate and nitrite to be recycled via serial reduction to form bioactive nitrogen species, including NO, independent of the NOS system. Signalling via these nitrogen species is linked with cGMP-dependent and independent mechanisms. Novel approaches to restoring NO homeostasis during NOS deficiency and oxidative stress have potential therapeutic applications in kidney, cardiovascular and metabolic disorders.
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Wang L, Wu Z, Lu B, Eckhardt AK, Schreiner PR, Trabelsi T, Francisco JS, Yao Q, Xie C, Guo H, Zeng X. Spectroscopic identification of the •SSNO isomers. J Chem Phys 2020; 153:094303. [DOI: 10.1063/5.0020669] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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- Lina Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
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- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- Institute of Organic Chemistry, Justus Liebig University, Heinrich-Buff-Ring 17, Giessen 35392, Germany
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- Department of Earth and Environment Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6243, USA
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- Department of Earth and Environment Science and Department of Chemistry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104-6243, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Shaanxi Key Laboratory for Theoretical Physics Frontiers, Northwest University, Xian, Shaanxi 710127, China
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- Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Fudan University, Shanghai 200433, China
- College of Chemistry, Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, China
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Boubeta FM, Bieza SA, Bringas M, Palermo JC, Boechi L, Estrin DA, Bari SE. Hemeproteins as Targets for Sulfide Species. Antioxid Redox Signal 2020; 32:247-257. [PMID: 31530164 DOI: 10.1089/ars.2019.7878] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Significance: Sulfides are endogenous and ubiquitous signaling species that share the hemeproteins as biochemical targets with O2, nitric oxide, and carbon monoxide. The description of the binding mechanisms is mandatory to anticipate the biochemical relevance of the interaction. Recent Advances: The binding of sulfide to ferric hemeproteins has been described in more than 40 systems, including native proteins, mutants, and model systems. Mechanisms of sulfide binding to ferric hemeproteins have been examined by a combination of kinetic and computational experiments. The distal control of the association process, dissected into the migration of the ligand to the active site and the binding event, reveals that neutral hydrogen sulfide (H2S) reaches the active site and is the predominant binding ligand, while the HS- is excluded by the protein matrix. Experiments with model compounds, devoid of a protein scaffold, reveal that both H2S and HS- can bind the ferric heme if accessing the site. A critical role of the proximal ligand in the prevention of the metal-centered reduction has been experimentally assessed. For metmyoglobin and methemoglobin, the coordination of sulfide leads to noncanonical functions: sulfide storage and its oxidative detoxification have been evidenced under physiological and excess sulfide concentrations, respectively. Critical Issues: The bound species is suggested to predominate in the monoprotonated form, although spectroscopic evidence is pending. Future Directions: A description of the role of hemeproteins as biochemical targets for inorganic sulfide requires understanding the reactivity of bound sulfide, for example: the metal-centered reduction, the reaction with excess sulfide, oxidants, or other gasotransmitters, among other biomolecules.
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- Fernando Martín Boubeta
- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía. (INQUIMAE) CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía. (INQUIMAE) CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía. (INQUIMAE) CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía. (INQUIMAE) CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Instituto de Cálculo, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía. (INQUIMAE) CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Instituto de Química Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía. (INQUIMAE) CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Marcolongo JP, Venâncio MF, Rocha WR, Doctorovich F, Olabe JA. NO/H2S “Crosstalk” Reactions. The Role of Thionitrites (SNO–) and Perthionitrites (SSNO–). Inorg Chem 2019; 58:14981-14997. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.9b01978] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Juan P. Marcolongo
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (INQUIMAE−UBA−CONICET), Pabellón 2, 3er piso, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Laboratório de Estudos Computacionais em Sistemas Moleculares, Departamento de Química, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Estudos Computacionais em Sistemas Moleculares, Departamento de Química, ICEx, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (INQUIMAE−UBA−CONICET), Pabellón 2, 3er piso, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires (INQUIMAE−UBA−CONICET), Pabellón 2, 3er piso, Ciudad Universitaria, C1428EHA Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kumar MR, Clover T, Olaitan AD, Becker C, Solouki T, Farmer PJ. The reaction between GSNO and H 2 S: On the generation of NO, HNO and N 2 O. Nitric Oxide 2018; 77:96-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2018.04.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/21/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 04/24/2018] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Hydrogen Sulfide Biochemistry and Interplay with Other Gaseous Mediators in Mammalian Physiology. OXIDATIVE MEDICINE AND CELLULAR LONGEVITY 2018; 2018:6290931. [PMID: 30050658 PMCID: PMC6040266 DOI: 10.1155/2018/6290931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2017] [Accepted: 03/13/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) has emerged as a relevant signaling molecule in physiology, taking its seat as a bona fide gasotransmitter akin to nitric oxide (NO) and carbon monoxide (CO). After being merely regarded as a toxic poisonous molecule, it is now recognized that mammalian cells are equipped with sophisticated enzymatic systems for H2S production and breakdown. The signaling role of H2S is mainly related to its ability to modify different protein targets, particularly by promoting persulfidation of protein cysteine residues and by interacting with metal centers, mostly hemes. H2S has been shown to regulate a myriad of cellular processes with multiple physiological consequences. As such, dysfunctional H2S metabolism is increasingly implicated in different pathologies, from cardiovascular and neurodegenerative diseases to cancer. As a highly diffusible reactive species, the intra- and extracellular levels of H2S have to be kept under tight control and, accordingly, regulation of H2S metabolism occurs at different levels. Interestingly, even though H2S, NO, and CO have similar modes of action and parallel regulatory targets or precisely because of that, there is increasing evidence of a crosstalk between the three gasotransmitters. Herein are reviewed the biochemistry, metabolism, and signaling function of hydrogen sulfide, as well as its interplay with the other gasotransmitters, NO and CO.
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Marcolongo JP, Zeida A, Semelak JA, Foglia NO, Morzan UN, Estrin DA, González Lebrero MC, Scherlis DA. Chemical Reactivity and Spectroscopy Explored From QM/MM Molecular Dynamics Simulations Using the LIO Code. Front Chem 2018; 6:70. [PMID: 29619365 PMCID: PMC5871697 DOI: 10.3389/fchem.2018.00070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 03/05/2018] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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In this work we present the current advances in the development and the applications of LIO, a lab-made code designed for density functional theory calculations in graphical processing units (GPU), that can be coupled with different classical molecular dynamics engines. This code has been thoroughly optimized to perform efficient molecular dynamics simulations at the QM/MM DFT level, allowing for an exhaustive sampling of the configurational space. Selected examples are presented for the description of chemical reactivity in terms of free energy profiles, and also for the computation of optical properties, such as vibrational and electronic spectra in solvent and protein environments.
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- Juan P Marcolongo
- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Departamento de Bioquímica and Center for Free Radical and Biomedical Research, Facultad de Medicina, Universidad de la República, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- DQIAyQF, INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Petkowski JJ, Bains W, Seager S. Natural Products Containing a Nitrogen-Sulfur Bond. JOURNAL OF NATURAL PRODUCTS 2018; 81:423-446. [PMID: 29364663 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jnatprod.7b00921] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Only about 100 natural products are known to contain a nitrogen-sulfur (N-S) bond. This review thoroughly categorizes N-S bond-containing compounds by structural class. Information on biological source, biological activity, and biosynthesis is included, if known. We also review the role of N-S bond functional groups as post-translational modifications of amino acids in proteins and peptides, emphasizing their role in the metabolism of the cell.
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- Janusz J Petkowski
- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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- Rufus Scientific , 37 The Moor, Melbourn, Royston, Herts SG8 6ED, U.K
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- Department of Earth, Atmospheric, and Planetary Sciences, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
- Department of Physics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology , 77 Massachusetts Avenue, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, United States
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Tsikas D, Böhmer A. S -Transnitrosation reactions of hydrogen sulfide (H 2 S/HS − /S 2− ) with S -nitrosated cysteinyl thiols in phosphate buffer of pH 7.4: Results and review of the literature. Nitric Oxide 2017; 65:22-36. [DOI: 10.1016/j.niox.2017.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2016] [Revised: 01/13/2017] [Accepted: 02/01/2017] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Wedmann R, Ivanovic-Burmazovic I, Filipovic MR. Nitrosopersulfide (SSNO -) decomposes in the presence of sulfide, cyanide or glutathione to give HSNO/SNO -: consequences for the assumed role in cell signalling. Interface Focus 2017; 7:20160139. [PMID: 28382204 DOI: 10.1098/rsfs.2016.0139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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The emergence of hydrogen sulfide (H2S) as a new signalling molecule able to control vasodilation, neurotransmission and immune response, prompted questions about its possible cross-talk with the other gasontransmitter, nitric oxide (NO). It has been shown that H2S reacts with NO and its metabolites and several potentially biologically active species have been identified. Thionitrous acid (HSNO) was proposed to be an intermediate product of the reaction of S-nitrosothiols with H2S capable of crossing the membranes and causing further trans-nitrosation of proteins. Alternatively, formation of nitrosopersulfide (SSNO-) has been proposed in this reaction. SSNO- was claimed to be particularly stable and inert to H2S, thiols and cyanides. It is suggested that this putative SSNO- slowly decomposes to give NO, HNO and polysulfides. However, the chemical studies with pure SSNO- salts showed some conflicting observations. In this study, we work with pure PNP+SSNO- to show that contrary to everything that is claimed for the yellow reaction product of GSNO with H2S, pure SSNO- decomposes readily in the presence of cyanide, H2S and glutathione to form SNO-. Based on literature overview and chemical data about the structures of HSNO/SNO- and SSNO- we discuss the biological role these two species could have.
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- Rudolf Wedmann
- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , 91058 Erlangen , Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Pharmacy , Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nuremberg , 91058 Erlangen , Germany
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- University of Bordeaux, IBGC, UMR 5095, 33077 Bordeaux, France; CNRS, IBGC, UMR 5095, 33077 Bordeaux, France
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Motterlini R, Foresti R. Biological signaling by carbon monoxide and carbon monoxide-releasing molecules. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 2017; 312:C302-C313. [DOI: 10.1152/ajpcell.00360.2016] [Citation(s) in RCA: 151] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2016] [Revised: 01/09/2017] [Accepted: 01/09/2017] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Carbon monoxide (CO) is continuously produced in mammalian cells during the degradation of heme. It is a stable gaseous molecule that reacts selectively with transition metals in a specific redox state, and these characteristics restrict the interaction of CO with defined biological targets that transduce its signaling activity. Because of the high affinity of CO for ferrous heme, these targets can be grouped into heme-containing proteins, representing a large variety of sensors and enzymes with a series of diverse function in the cell and the organism. Despite this notion, progress in identifying which of these targets are selective for CO has been slow and even the significance of elevated carbonmonoxy hemoglobin, a classical marker used to diagnose CO poisoning, is not well understood. This is also due to the lack of technologies capable of assessing in a comprehensive fashion the distribution and local levels of CO between the blood circulation, the tissue, and the mitochondria, one of the cellular compartments where CO exerts its signaling or detrimental effects. Nevertheless, the use of CO gas and CO-releasing molecules as pharmacological approaches in models of disease has provided new important information about the signaling properties of CO. In this review we will analyze the most salient effects of CO in biology and discuss how the binding of CO with key ferrous hemoproteins serves as a posttranslational modification that regulates important processes as diverse as aerobic metabolism, oxidative stress, and mitochondrial bioenergetics.
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- Roberto Motterlini
- Inserm U955, Team 12, Créteil, France; and Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris Est, Créteil, France
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- Inserm U955, Team 12, Créteil, France; and Faculty of Medicine, Université Paris Est, Créteil, France
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Inorganic Reactive Sulfur-Nitrogen Species: Intricate Release Mechanisms or Cacophony in Yellow, Blue and Red? Antioxidants (Basel) 2017; 6:antiox6010014. [PMID: 28212297 PMCID: PMC5384177 DOI: 10.3390/antiox6010014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2016] [Revised: 01/22/2017] [Accepted: 02/10/2017] [Indexed: 01/01/2023] Open
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Since the heydays of Reactive Sulfur Species (RSS) research during the first decade of the Millennium, numerous sulfur species involved in cellular regulation and signalling have been discovered. Yet despite the general predominance of organic species in organisms, recent years have also seen the emergence of inorganic reactive sulfur species, ranging from inorganic polysulfides (HSx-/Sx2-) to thionitrous acid (HSNO) and nitrosopersulfide (SSNO-). These inorganic species engage in a complex interplay of reactions in vitro and possibly also in vivo. Employing a combination of spectrophotometry and sulfide assays, we have investigated the role of polysulfanes from garlic during the release of nitric oxide (•NO) from S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) in the absence and presence of thiol reducing agents. Our studies reveal a distinct enhancement of GSNO decomposition by compounds such as diallyltrisulfane, which is most pronounced in the presence of cysteine and glutathione and presumably proceeds via the initial release of an inorganic mono- or polysulfides, i.e., hydrogen sulfide (H₂S) or HSx-, from the organic polysulfane. Albeit being of a preliminary nature, our spectrophotometric data also reveals a complicated underlying mechanism which appears to involve transient species such as SSNO-. Eventually, more in depth studies are required to further explore the underlying chemistry and wider biological and nutritional implications of this interplay between edible garlic compounds, reductive activation, inorganic polysulfides and their interplay with •NO storage and release.
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Marcolongo JP, Zeida A, Slep LD, Olabe JA. Thionitrous Acid/Thionitrite and Perthionitrite Intermediates in the “Crosstalk” of NO and H 2 S. ADVANCES IN INORGANIC CHEMISTRY 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.adioch.2017.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Bailey TS, Henthorn HA, Pluth MD. The Intersection of NO and H 2S: Persulfides Generate NO from Nitrite through Polysulfide Formation. Inorg Chem 2016; 55:12618-12625. [PMID: 27989184 DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.6b01660] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) and nitric oxide (NO) are important biosignaling molecules, and their biochemistries are increasingly recognized to be intertwined. Persulfides are an oxidized product of biological H2S and have emerged as important species involved in the biological action of reactive sulfur species. Using isolated persulfides, we employed a combination of experimental and computational methods to investigate the contribution of persulfides to H2S/NO crosstalk. Our studies demonstrate that isolated persulfides react with nitrite to produce NO via polysulfide and perthionitrite intermediates. These results highlight the importance of persulfides, polysulfides, and perthionitrite as intertwined reactive nitrogen and sulfur species.
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- T Spencer Bailey
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon , Eugene, Oregon 97403-1253, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon , Eugene, Oregon 97403-1253, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Institute of Molecular Biology, Materials Science Institute, University of Oregon , Eugene, Oregon 97403-1253, United States
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Marcolongo JP, Morzan UN, Zeida A, Scherlis DA, Olabe JA. Nitrosodisulfide [S 2NO] - (perthionitrite) is a true intermediate during the "cross-talk" of nitrosyl and sulfide. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:30047-30052. [PMID: 27774554 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp06314d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Nitrosodisulfide S2NO- is a controversial intermediate in the reactions of S-nitrosothiols with HS- that produce NO and HNO. QM-MM molecular dynamics simulations combined with TD-DFT analysis contribute to a clear identification of S2NO- in water, acetone and acetonitrile, accounting for the UV-Vis signatures and broadening the mechanistic picture of N/S signaling in biochemistry.
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Affiliation(s)
- Juan P Marcolongo
- Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física and INQUIMAE-CONICET, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Universitaria, Pab. 2, C1428EHA Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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