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M E Murphy1, H Sies.
Abstract
Superoxide dismutase (SOD) rapidly scavenges superoxide (O2-) and also prolongs the vasorelaxant effects of nitric oxide (NO), thought to be the endothelium-derived relaxing factor. This prolongation has been ascribed to prevention of the reaction between O2- with NO. We report that SOD supports a reversible reduction of NO to NO-. When cyanamide and catalase were used to generate NO- in the presence of SOD, NO was measured by the conversion of HbO2 to MetHb. When SOD[Cu(I)] was exposed to NO anaerobically, NO- was trapped by MetHb forming nitrosylmyoglobin. When NO was generated by 3-morpholinosydnonimine hydrochloride in the presence of SOD, NO- or a similar reductant was formed, which reduced catalase compound II and promoted the formation of the catalase [Fe(III)]-NO complex. It is, therefore, conceivable that SOD may protect NO and endothelium-derived relaxing factor by a mechanism in addition to O2- scavenging and that NO- may be a physiologically important form of endothelium-derived relaxing factor.Entities:
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Year: 1991 PMID： 1961756 PMCID： PMC53031 DOI： 10.1073/pnas.88.23.10860
Source DB: PubMed Journal: Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A ISSN： 0027-8424 Impact factor: 11.205