TY - JOUR
T1 - Evaluation of dibromonitrosobenzene sulfonate as a spin trap in biological systems
AU - Samuni, Ayelet
AU - Samuni, Amram
AU - Swartz, Harold M.
PY - 1989
Y1 - 1989
N2 - In the present study dibromonitrosobenzene sulfonate (DBNBS) was examined for its suitability for spin trapping for ESR detection of superoxide radicals in biological systems. This nitroso spin trap recently has been reported to yield very persistent spin adducts with O2-· as well as with various carbon-centered radicals. In the present work the possible toxicity of DBNBS, the partitioning of its spin adducts into cells, and the stability of the adducts and the parent compound inside cells were studied. no significant toxicity was found. In cellular systems, however, DBNBS did not produce detectable adducts with O2-·; it also did not detectably trap superoxide generated in the xanthine/xanthine oxidase system. Both DBNBS and a DBNBS adduct preformed extracellularly and then added to cell suspensions were rapidly metabolized by cells. Intracellular spin adducts were not detected under any condition. Evidently, in spiute of its promising features, DBNBS will not be useful for spin trapping radicals in cellular systems or for detecting superoxide radicals in any biological system.
AB - In the present study dibromonitrosobenzene sulfonate (DBNBS) was examined for its suitability for spin trapping for ESR detection of superoxide radicals in biological systems. This nitroso spin trap recently has been reported to yield very persistent spin adducts with O2-· as well as with various carbon-centered radicals. In the present work the possible toxicity of DBNBS, the partitioning of its spin adducts into cells, and the stability of the adducts and the parent compound inside cells were studied. no significant toxicity was found. In cellular systems, however, DBNBS did not produce detectable adducts with O2-·; it also did not detectably trap superoxide generated in the xanthine/xanthine oxidase system. Both DBNBS and a DBNBS adduct preformed extracellularly and then added to cell suspensions were rapidly metabolized by cells. Intracellular spin adducts were not detected under any condition. Evidently, in spiute of its promising features, DBNBS will not be useful for spin trapping radicals in cellular systems or for detecting superoxide radicals in any biological system.
KW - Dibromonitrosobenzene sulfonate (DBNBS)
KW - Free radicals
KW - Hydroxyl radical
KW - Spin trap
KW - Superoxide
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U2 - 10.1016/0891-5849(89)90098-1
DO - 10.1016/0891-5849(89)90098-1
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C2 - 2546870
AN - SCOPUS:0024379202
SN - 0891-5849
VL - 7
SP - 37
EP - 43
JO - Free Radical Biology and Medicine
JF - Free Radical Biology and Medicine
IS - 1
ER -