Date of Award
2016
Publication Type
Doctoral Thesis
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Department
Chemistry and Biochemistry
Keywords
gasotransmitter, hydrogen sulfide, nitric oxide
Supervisor
Mutus, Bulent
Rights
info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
Creative Commons License
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Abstract
The discovery of nitric oxide (NO), a toxic gas, as a gasotransmitter produced by mammalian cells has generated interest in other gases that may act as signaling molecules. One of those gases is hydrogen sulfide (H2S), produced by the transsulfuration enzymes CBS and CSE, which has been postulated to be a gasotransmitter like NO. We developed a microplate-based colourimetric assay for free H2S gas. Solutions of dissolved H2S spontaneously release gaseous H2S. In our assay gaseous H2S is released from solution, and reacts with silver embedded on the underside of a microplate cover, forming Ag2S, which can be quantified by absorbance. Using this assay the kinetic parameters of CSE were measured, as was H2S production from mouse liver homogenates. H2S has been postulated to signal through modification of cysteine residues on proteins (S-sulfuration), and the first protein shown to be S-sulfurated was GAPDH.
Recommended Citation
Jarosz, Artur Pawel, "Analysis and Functional Studies of the Gasotransmitters Hydrogen Sulfide and Nitric Oxide" (2016). Electronic Theses and Dissertations. 5736.
https://scholar.uwindsor.ca/etd/5736