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  • Title: Functional activity of mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase.
    Author: Valdez LB, Zaobornyj T, Boveris A.
    Journal: Methods Enzymol; 2005; 396():444-55. PubMed ID: 16291252.
    Abstract:
    The functional activity of mitochondrial nitric oxide synthase (mtNOS) is determined by inhibiting O2 uptake and by enhancing H2O2 production. The effect of mtNOS activity on mitochondrial O2 uptake is assayed in state 3 respiration in two limit conditions of intramitochondrial NO: at its maximal and minimal levels. The first condition is achieved by supplementation with L-arginine and superoxide dismutase (SOD), and the second by addition of an NOS inhibitor and oxyhemoglobin. The difference between state 3 O2 uptake in both conditions constitutes the mtNOS functional activity in the inhibition of cytochrome oxidase activity. The functional activity of mtNOS in enhancing mitochondrial H2O2 generation in state 4 is given by the NO inhibition of ubiquinol-cytochrome c reductase activity. Simple determinations with the oxygen electrode or the measurement of mitochondrial H2O2 production can be used to assay the effects of physiological and pharmacological treatments on mtNOS activity.
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