TY - JOUR
T1 - Reaction of superoxide with trityl radical
T2 - Implications for the determination of superoxide by spectrophotometry
AU - Kutala, Vijay Kumar
AU - Parinandi, Narasimham L.
AU - Zweier, Jay L.
AU - Kuppusamy, Periannan
PY - 2004/4/1
Y1 - 2004/4/1
N2 - Superoxide radicals can be measured by redox methods which utilize the oxidation/reduction reactions of specific compounds. The redox methods, however, suffer from various interferences, which limit their use in the assay of superoxide. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy using spin traps has been widely used as an alternative and direct technique to measure superoxide radicals. In our recent study, we have demonstrated the detection of superoxide in cellular system by EPR spectroscopy with triarylmethyl (trityl) free radical, TAM Ox063. TAM is highly water-soluble and stable in the presence of many biological oxidizing and reducing agents such as hydrogen peroxide, ascorbate, and glutathione. TAM reacts with superoxide with an apparent second order rate constant of 3.1×103M-1s-1. In the present work, we investigated the feasibility of a spectrophotometric assay of superoxide by taking advantage of the newly formed distinct absorption peak corresponding to the product formed from the reaction between TAM and superoxide. The effects of different fluxes of superoxide and concentrations of TAM on the efficiency and sensitivity of quantification of superoxide were investigated and compared with the widely used cytochrome c method of superoxide determination. The results demonstrated that the TAM method is comparable to the cytochrome c method for the assay of superoxide and further revealed that the assay is not affected by the presence of hydrogen peroxide. In summary, the TAM spectrophotometric assay of superoxide provides a suitable alternative method to the cytochrome c assay to measure superoxide and further complements our earlier reported TAM-EPR assay of superoxide.
AB - Superoxide radicals can be measured by redox methods which utilize the oxidation/reduction reactions of specific compounds. The redox methods, however, suffer from various interferences, which limit their use in the assay of superoxide. Electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy using spin traps has been widely used as an alternative and direct technique to measure superoxide radicals. In our recent study, we have demonstrated the detection of superoxide in cellular system by EPR spectroscopy with triarylmethyl (trityl) free radical, TAM Ox063. TAM is highly water-soluble and stable in the presence of many biological oxidizing and reducing agents such as hydrogen peroxide, ascorbate, and glutathione. TAM reacts with superoxide with an apparent second order rate constant of 3.1×103M-1s-1. In the present work, we investigated the feasibility of a spectrophotometric assay of superoxide by taking advantage of the newly formed distinct absorption peak corresponding to the product formed from the reaction between TAM and superoxide. The effects of different fluxes of superoxide and concentrations of TAM on the efficiency and sensitivity of quantification of superoxide were investigated and compared with the widely used cytochrome c method of superoxide determination. The results demonstrated that the TAM method is comparable to the cytochrome c method for the assay of superoxide and further revealed that the assay is not affected by the presence of hydrogen peroxide. In summary, the TAM spectrophotometric assay of superoxide provides a suitable alternative method to the cytochrome c assay to measure superoxide and further complements our earlier reported TAM-EPR assay of superoxide.
KW - Cytochrome c
KW - Spectrophotometry
KW - Superoxide
KW - Trityl radical
KW - Xanthine oxidase
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U2 - 10.1016/j.abb.2004.01.020
DO - 10.1016/j.abb.2004.01.020
M3 - Article
C2 - 15019839
AN - SCOPUS:1542328872
SN - 0003-9861
VL - 424
SP - 81
EP - 88
JO - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
JF - Archives of Biochemistry and Biophysics
IS - 1
ER -