Controlled light-induced gas phase nitric oxide release from S-nitrosothiol-doped silicone rubber films.

The light induced nitric oxide (NO) release properties of S-nitroso-N-acetylpenicillamine (SNAP) and S-nitrosoglutathione (GSNO) NO donors doped within polydimethylsiloxane (PDMS) films (PDMS-SNAP and PDMS-GSNO respectively) for potential inhaled NO (iNO) applications is examined. To achieve photolytic release of gas phase NO from the PDMS-SNAP and PDMS-GSNO films, narrow-band LED light sources are employed and the NO concentration in a N2 sweep gas above the film is monitored with an electrochemical NO sensor. The NO release kinetics using LED sources with different nominal wavelengths and optical power densities are reported. The effect of the NO donor loading within the PDMS films is also examined. The NO release levels can be controlled by the LED triggered release from the NO donor-doped silicone rubber films in order to generate therapeutic levels in a sweep gas for suitable durations potentially useful for iNO therapy. Hence this work may lay the groundwork for future development of a highly portable iNO system for treatment of patients with pulmonary hypertension, hypoxemia, and cystic fibrosis.

Capillary electrophoresis coupled to contactless conductivity detection for the analysis of S-nitrosothiols decomposition and reactivity.

S-Nitrosothiols (RSNO) are composed of a NO group bound to the sulfhydryl group of a peptide or protein. RSNO are very important biological molecules, since they have many effects on human health. RSNO are easily naturally decomposed by metal ions, light, and heat, with different kinetics. They can furthermore undergo transnitrosation (NO moieties exchange), which is a crucial point in physiological conditions since the concentration ratios between the different nitrosothiols is a key factor in many physiopathological processes. There is therefore a great need for their quantitation. Many S-nitrosothiol detection and quantitation methods need their previous decomposition, leading thus to some limitations. We propose a direct quantitation method employing the coupling of capillary electrophoresis with a homemade capacitively coupled contactless conductivity (C(4) D) detector in order to separate and quantify S-nitrosoglutathione and its decomposition products. After optimization of the method, we have studied the kinetics of decomposition using light and heat. Our results show that the decomposition by light is first order (kobs   =  (3.40 ± 0.15) × 10(-3)  s(-1) ) while that using heat (at 80°C) is zeroth order (kobs,80°C   =  (4.34 ± 0.14) × 10(-6)  mol L(-1) s(-1) ). Transnitrosation reaction between S-nitrosoglutathione and cysteine was also studied, showing the possibility of separation and detection of all the products of this reaction in less than 2.5 min.

Mechanistic studies of the reactions of nitrone spin trap PBN with glutathiyl radical.

We performed mechanistic studies of the reaction of PBN with the physiologically relevant glutathiyl radical, GS*, formed upon oxidation of the intracellular antioxidant, glutathione, GSH. The scavenging rate constant of GS* by PBN has been measured directly by laser flash photolysis and indirectly by competitive EPR of the spin adduct of PBN and another spin trap, DMPO (5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide), and was found to be 6.7 x 107 M(-1) s(-1). Reverse decomposition of the paramagnetic PBN-glutathiyl radical adduct to the nitrone and thiyl radical was observed for the first time. The rate constant for the reaction of the monomolecular decomposition of the radical adduct was found to be 1.7 s(-1). Diamagnetic, EPR-invisible products of PBN adduct degradation were studied by 1H NMR and 19F NMR using newly synthesized fluorine-substituted PBN.