Abstract：
:(6R)-5,6,7,8-Tetrahydro-L-biopterin (R-THBP) is a cofactor not only for aromatic amino acid hydroxylases in mammalian tissues but also for nitric oxide synthase (NOS) induced by endotoxins or cytokines in some kinds of cells. Recently it has been reported that nitric oxide (NO) has biological activity in endothelium and in brain as well. NO activates soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC). Superoxide reacts with NO easily and shortens the half-life of NO actions. We found, in a study using rat cerebellar cytosol fraction, that R-THBP itself did not directly activate sGC, but activated sGC at concentrations ranging from 0.1 to 10 microM only under NO generating conditions of activated NOS and in the presence of sodium nitroprusside. In addition, R-THBP (1 microM) did not alter the NOS activity, which was determined by L-citrulline formation. These results suggest that R-THBP may regulate sGC activity associated with NO formation in the central nervous system.
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Arch Biochem Biophysjournal_title
Archives of biochemistry and biophysicsauthors
Nunokawa Y,Ishihara T,Kanai T,Noguchi Tdoi
10.1016/0003-9861(92)90472-9subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1992-11-01 00:00:00pages
726-30issue
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0003-9861issn
1096-0384pii
0003-9861(92)90472-9journal_volume
298pub_type
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journal_title：Archives of biochemistry and biophysics
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