Abstract
The rat carotid body tissue reveals a photometrically measurable haem signal with absorbance maxima at 560 nm, 518 nm and 425 nm, suggesting the presence of a b-type cytochrome; this was confirmed by pyridine haemochrome and CO spectra. The quantity of cytochrome b was estimated to be 310 pmol.mg of protein-1. This haem is capable of H2O2 formation, which can be inhibited by 10 microM-diphenyliodonium (DPI). The hypoxia-induced increase in nervous chemoreceptor discharge and the reduction of FAD and NAD(P)+ were also inhibited by DPI (10 microM). These results suggest that an oxidase such as the NAD(P)H oxidase of neutrophils may act as a pO2 sensor protein in the rat carotid body, probably inducing the pO2 chemoreceptor process by H2O2 formation.
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Created | 10 years ago (Aug. 10, 2015, 5:18 p.m.) |
Deposited | 3 years, 9 months ago (Nov. 25, 2021, 1:41 p.m.) |
Indexed | 3 weeks, 5 days ago (Aug. 6, 2025, 9:41 a.m.) |
Issued | 34 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 1990) |
Published | 34 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 1990) |
Published Print | 34 years, 8 months ago (Dec. 15, 1990) |
@article{Cross_1990, title={Involvement of an NAD(P)H oxidase as a pO2 sensor protein in the rat carotid body}, volume={272}, ISSN={1470-8728}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1042/bj2720743}, DOI={10.1042/bj2720743}, number={3}, journal={Biochemical Journal}, publisher={Portland Press Ltd.}, author={Cross, A R and Henderson, L and Jones, O T G and Delpiano, M A and Hentschel, J and Acker, H}, year={1990}, month=dec, pages={743–747} }