| Literature DB >> 16483808 |
Dario Ghigo1, Chiara Riganti, Elena Gazzano, Costanzo Costamagna, Amalia Bosia.
Abstract
The measurement of nitric oxide synthase activity in cell lysates is often performed by radiochemical assay that quantifies the conversion of L-[3H]arginine to L-[3H]citrulline. We have developed a spectrophotometric procedure which continuously recycles NADPH through the addition of glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase to the cell lysate. This allows nitric oxide synthase to operate linearly for hours, so that nitric oxide-derived nitrite accumulates at amounts sufficient to be detected with the Griess assay. The incorporation of cycling of NADPH also improves the radiochemical assay for nitric oxide synthase activity.Entities:
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Year: 2006 PMID： 16483808 DOI： 10.1016/j.niox.2006.01.002
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Nitric Oxide ISSN： 1089-8603 Impact factor: 4.427