to be additional potential targets of HNO. Indeed, as determined in the current work, selenols are targeted by HNO. Such reactions appear to result only in formation of diselenide products, which can be easily reverted back to the free selenol. This characteristic is distinct from the reaction of HNO with thiols/thiolproteins. These findings suggest that, unlike thiolproteins, selenoproteins are resistant
一氧化氮(NO)作为哺乳动物细胞内源性产生的信号传导物种的发现,引起了对氮氧化物
化学生物学研究的巨大兴趣。其中,
硝酰氧基(氮杂酮,HNO)作为心血管疾病的治疗剂具有潜在的作用。HNO的已知靶标包括血红素/血红素蛋白和含
硫醇/含
硫醇的蛋白。最近,由于它们在氧化还原信号传导和细胞防御中的作用,
硒醇和
硒蛋白也被认为是HNO的其他潜在靶标。确实,如当前工作所确定,
硒醇是HNO的目标。这样的反应似乎仅导致二
硒化物产物的形成,其可以容易地还原成游离
硒醇。该特征不同于HNO与
硫醇/
硫醇蛋白的反应。