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[58-61]. Prote<strong>in</strong> sulfhydryls [62] and tyrosyl residues are the pr<strong>in</strong>cipal targets of peroxynitrite <strong>in</strong> prote<strong>in</strong>s [63,64]. Nitration is maximal<br />
at physiological pH (pH 7.4), and its yield decreases under more acidic or basic conditions [64,65].<br />
Prote<strong>in</strong> Reactive nitrogen Species Pathological condition References<br />
ATP synthase complex I (FoF1 complex,<br />
F1-ATPase)<br />
Peroxynitrite<br />
<strong>in</strong>flammation, ischemia<br />
Creat<strong>in</strong>e k<strong>in</strong>ase Peroxynitrite myocardial <strong>in</strong>farction<br />
Cytochrome c Peroxynitrite <strong>in</strong>flammation, ischemia<br />
Glyceraldehy 3 phosphate dehydrogenase<br />
(GAPDH)<br />
Histone prote<strong>in</strong> (H2A)<br />
Manganese superoxide dismutase<br />
(MnSOD)<br />
NADH dehydrogenase (NADH ubiqu<strong>in</strong>one<br />
oxidoreductase, Complex I)<br />
Sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca 2+ ATPase<br />
(SERCA2, calcium pump 2)<br />
Peroxynitrite<br />
Peroxynitrite<br />
Peroxynitrite<br />
Peroxynitrite<br />
Peroxynitrite<br />
cardiovascular, neurological diseases<br />
systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid<br />
arthritis<br />
neurodegenerative diseases<br />
ischemia reperfusion<br />
myocardial <strong>in</strong>farction<br />
Serum prote<strong>in</strong>s Nitric oxide systemic lupus erythematosus<br />
Succ<strong>in</strong>ate dehydrogenase (complex II,<br />
succ<strong>in</strong>ate-coenzyme Q reductase)<br />
Peroxynitrite<br />
ischemia<br />
Synovial tissue prote<strong>in</strong>s nitric oxide rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis<br />
Tau prote<strong>in</strong> Peroxynitrite Alzheimer’s disease<br />
Table 2: Role of prote<strong>in</strong> tyros<strong>in</strong>e nitration <strong>in</strong> various pathological conditions.<br />
Souza et al (2008), Yeo et al (2008),<br />
Tsikas (2012), Peluffo and Radi<br />
(2007), Lee et al (2009)<br />
Figure 2: Immunohisto<strong>chemistry</strong> of prote<strong>in</strong> tyros<strong>in</strong>e nitration. The figure shows nitrotyros<strong>in</strong>e sta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of a human lymph node undergo<strong>in</strong>g nonspecific<br />
immune activation. The arrowheads <strong>in</strong>dicate 3-nitrotyros<strong>in</strong>e immunoreactivity <strong>in</strong> macrophages (adapted from Radi et al, 2001).<br />
Figure 3: Arteries immunosta<strong>in</strong>ed with anti-nitrotyros<strong>in</strong>e antibodies. (A) The nitrotyros<strong>in</strong>e immunosta<strong>in</strong><strong>in</strong>g of arteries from a healthy donor (B) chronic<br />
kidney disease patient (adapted from Guilgen et al, 2011).<br />
Nitration of tyros<strong>in</strong>e residues can profoundly alter prote<strong>in</strong> structure and function, suggest<strong>in</strong>g that prote<strong>in</strong> nitration may be<br />
fundamentally related to and predictive of oxidative cell <strong>in</strong>jury. The subsequent release of altered prote<strong>in</strong>s may enable them to act as<br />
antigens <strong>in</strong>duc<strong>in</strong>g antibodies aga<strong>in</strong>st self-prote<strong>in</strong>s. The biological significance of tyros<strong>in</strong>e nitration supports the formation of 3-NT <strong>in</strong><br />
vivo <strong>in</strong> diverse pathologic conditions and 3-NT is thought to be a relatively specific marker of oxidative damage mediated by peroxynitrite<br />
and other nitrogen free radical species. The immunoreactivity of 3-NT has been reported <strong>in</strong> several human pathological conditions. Free/<br />
prote<strong>in</strong>-bound tyros<strong>in</strong>e are attacked by various RNS, <strong>in</strong>clud<strong>in</strong>g peroxynitrite, to form free/prote<strong>in</strong>-bound 3-NT, which may provide<br />
<strong>in</strong>sight <strong>in</strong>to the mechanism of severe disease activity as seen <strong>in</strong> lupus patients [66]. In addition, numerous other disease states us<strong>in</strong>g nonhuman<br />
models have been shown to <strong>in</strong>volve the formation of 3-NT [67].<br />
Elevated levels of 3-nitrotyros<strong>in</strong>e have been reported is various human pathologies such as atherosclerosis, multiple sclerosis,<br />
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