期刊名称:Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences
印刷版ISSN:0027-8424
电子版ISSN:1091-6490
出版年度:2005
卷号:102
期号:16
页码:5727-5732
DOI:10.1073/pnas.0501719102
语种:English
出版社:The National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America
摘要:Here we report the structural characterization of the product formed from the reaction between hydroethidine (HE) and superoxide ([IMG]f1.gif" BORDER="0">). By using mass spectral and NMR techniques, the chemical structure of this product was determined as 2-hydroxyethidium (2-OH-E+). By using an authentic standard, we developed an HPLC approach to detect and quantitate the reaction product of HE and [IMG]f1.gif" BORDER="0"> formed in bovine aortic endothelial cells after treatment with menadione or antimycin A to induce intracellular reactive oxygen species. Concomitantly, we used a spin trap, 5-tert-butoxycarbonyl-5-methyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide (BMPO), to detect and identify the structure of reactive oxygen species formed. BMPO trapped the [IMG]f1.gif" BORDER="0"> that formed extracellularly and was detected as the BMPO-OH adduct during use of the EPR technique. BMPO, being cell-permeable, inhibited the intracellular formation of 2-OH-E+. However, the intracellular BMPO spin adduct was not detected. The definitive characterization of the reaction product of [IMG]f1.gif" BORDER="0"> with HE described here forms the basis of an unambiguous assay for intracellular detection and quantitation of [IMG]f1.gif" BORDER="0">. Analysis of the fluorescence characteristics of ethidium (E+) and 2-OH-E+ strongly suggests that the currently available fluorescence methodology is not suitable for quantitating intracellular [IMG]f1.gif" BORDER="0">. We conclude that the HPLC/fluorescence assay using HE as a probe is more suitable reactive oxygen species for detecting intracellular [IMG]f1.gif" BORDER="0">.