New Methods to Evaluate Endothelial Function: A Search for a Marker of Nitric Oxide (NO) In Vivo: Re-evaluation of NOx in Plasma and Red Blood Cells and a Trial to Detect Nitrosothiols

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  • A Search for a Marker of Nitric Oxide (NO) In Vivo: Re-evaluation of NOx in Plasma and Red Blood Cells and a Trial to Detect Nitrosothiols
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Although plasma NOx (NO2− and NO3−) has been used as an index of nitric oxide (NO) formation in vivo, many unreasonable results appeared even after active elimination of NOx contamination from laboratory ware. For example, plasma NOx concentrations did not increase during vasodilation mediated by the NO/cGMP pathway or after organ perfusion. A possible shift of NOx from plasma to erythrocytes (RBCs) as a cause of these phenomena has been excluded, leaving the destination of NOx (after leaving plasma) unknown. Kinetic analyses have revealed that steady state NOx concentrations in plasma and whole blood did not correlate with the NOx formation rate, but rather with the NOx elimination rate. Therefore, the supposition that the NO status is directly reflected by plasma NOx concentrations appears untenable. As nitrosothiols (R-SNOs), possible carriers of NO bioactivity, have been flagged as alternative indices of NO status in vivo, efforts have been made to detect these substances. When interference by ultrafiltration was eliminated, low molecular weight R-SNOs such as nitrosocystein and nitrosogluthathione were undetectable. However, a high-molecular weight R-SNO, nitrosoalbumin, was detected in human blood. Further research is required into the significance and practical use of nitrosoalbumin as a marker of NO in vivo.<br>

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