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Protein & Peptide Letters

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ISSN (Print): 0929-8665
ISSN (Online): 1875-5305

Identification of Site(s) of Insulin Nitration by Peroxynitrite and Characterization of Its Structural Change

Author(s): Y. Wang, Y. Luo, R. Zhong, D. Gao and S. Cui

Volume 15, Issue 10, 2008

Page: [1063 - 1067] Pages: 5

DOI: 10.2174/092986608786071111

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Abstract

Insulin nitration mediated by peroxynitrite (ONOO(-)) has been implicated in diabetes and diabetic cardiovascular complications. In this study, we identified the nitration sites of porcine insulin by infusion of ONOO(-) and quantified its secondary structural change. Insulin was cleaved with V8 protease to six peptides (four of them contained each tyrosine residue), then analyzed by HPLC-MS and further confirmed the nitration sites by HPLC-MS/MS. At low accumulated doses of peroxynitrite, the main products were two different mono-nitrated insulin species at Tyr-A19 and Tyr-B26 with Tyr-A19 being predominant as shown by peptide mapping. Also, the content of α-helix structure of insulin reduced to 22.9 % and random-coil structure increased to 30.2 % (compare with native insulin of 41.7 % and 13.7 %, respectively) as determined by FTIR spectra.

Keywords: Peroxynitrite, Insulin, Tyrosine nitration, HPLC-MS, FTIR


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