TitleTriuret: a novel product of peroxynitrite-mediated oxidation of urate.
Publication TypeJournal Article
Year of Publication2004
AuthorsRobinson KM, Morré JT, Beckman JS
JournalArch Biochem Biophys
Volume423
Issue1
Pagination213-7
Date Published2004 Mar 01
ISSN0003-9861
KeywordsMass Spectrometry, Oxidation-Reduction, Peroxynitrous Acid, Urea, Uric Acid
Abstract

Urate is an efficient antioxidant and has recently emerged as a competitive inhibitor of tyrosine nitration by peroxynitrite. In vivo and in vitro studies demonstrate the large extent to which urate prevents nitration and establish the biological importance of the reaction between urate and peroxynitrite. The existing lack of characterization of this reaction has led us to focus our studies upon the mechanism of urate oxidation and the products formed. An oxidation product has been previously isolated and mass spectrometry revealed a mass of 146, which spontaneously fragmented into several other ion peaks without use of MS/MS mode. Here, we propose the novel oxidation product to be triuret (H(2)NCONHCONHCONH(2)). Triuret accurately reproduced the peculiar mass spectrum. Identification of the oxidation product helps to develop the mechanism of peroxynitrite-mediated oxidation of urate and can help explain urate's potential as both an antioxidant for tyrosine nitration while paradoxically acting as a pro-oxidant for lipids and sulfhydryls.

DOI10.1016/j.abb.2003.10.011
Alternate JournalArch. Biochem. Biophys.
PubMed ID14871483
Grant ListP01 ES00040 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
P30 ES00210 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States
R01 ES033291 / ES / NIEHS NIH HHS / United States