Detection of hydrogen atom adduct of spin-trap DEPMPO. The relevance for studies of biological systems

J Chem Inf Model. 2005 Nov-Dec;45(6):1716-8. doi: 10.1021/ci050173d.

Abstract

We proposed EPR spectroscopy using spin-trap DEPMPO as a novel method for the detection of a hydrogen atom (*H) produced by chemical and biological systems. In complex EPR spectra of DEPMPO adducts in biological systems, spectral lines of unknown origin have been observed. We have assumed (Bacić, G.; Mojović, M. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci. 2005, 1048, 230-243) that those lines represent the spectrum of a hydrogen atom (*H) adduct i.e., DEPMPO/H. An electrochemical system known to produce only *H radicals was used here in order to obtain a separate spectrum of the DEPMPO/H adduct. An acquired spectrum as well as a computer spectral simulation of the DEPMPO/H adduct showed considerable resemblance with additional lines in the EPR spectra of DEPMPO adducts in biological systems-plant plasma membranes and cell walls. This shows that such a radical is produced by plants as well as that DEPMPO is suitable for detection in both electrochemical and biological systems.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Cell Membrane / chemistry
  • Cyclic N-Oxides / chemistry*
  • Electrochemistry
  • Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Hydrogen / chemistry*
  • Plants / chemistry
  • Plants / ultrastructure
  • Spin Labels*
  • Spin Trapping*

Substances

  • Cyclic N-Oxides
  • Spin Labels
  • 5-diethoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1-pyrroline N-oxide
  • Hydrogen