Spin trapping
Spin trapping is an
Spin traps
The most commonly used spin traps are alpha-phenyl N-tertiary-butyl nitrone (PBN) and 5,5-dimethyl-pyrroline N-oxide (DMPO). More rarely, C-nitroso spin traps such as 3,5-dibromo-4-nitrosobenzenesulfonic acid (DBNBS) can be used: often additional hyperfine information is derived, but at a cost of specificity (due to facile non-radical addition of many compounds to C-nitroso species, and subsequent oxidation of the resulting hydroxylamine).
5-Diisopropoxyphosphoryl-5-methyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide (DIPPMPO) spin trapping has been used in measuring superoxide production in mitochondria.
A comprehensive list of Spin Trapping molecules is maintained by the IUPAC.[5][failed verification]
Radical detection
A common method for spin-trapping involves the addition of radical to a
Advances
It is worth noting that the radical adduct (or products such as the hydroxylamine) can often be stable enough to allow non-EPR detection techniques. The groups of London, and Berliner & Khramtsov have used NMR to study such adducts and Timmins and co-workers used charge changes upon DBNBS trapping to isolate protein adducts for study. A major advance has been the development of anti-DMPO antibodies by Mason's group, allowing study of spin trapping reactions by a simple immuno-based techniques.
See also
References
- ^ Spin Trapping Concept
- ^ Application of Spin Trapping in Biology
- ^ Spin Trapping Reagents
- ^ A chemical and kinetic evaluation of spin trapping by 5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide in the reaction of |FeIIIEDTA|−1 with peroxide, Author: Saunders, Frances Y. 1960- Published: 1990. The paper could be downloaded from archive.org, covering the introduction of Spin Trapping in Page 10:
- In 1968 a special technique called spin-trapping was developed by several independent groups12,16 for the detection and identification of short-lived radicals ... involves the capture of short-lived radicals by a diamagnetic molecule to form a long-lived radical species... and can be easily observed by EPR. ... is a convenient, readily applicable technique which is used extensively ... study of biochemical radical processes.
- The superscript indices 12 and 16 above refer respectively to "Janzen, E. G. In Free Radicals in Biology, Vol. IV; Pryor, W. A., Ed.; New York: Academic Press, 1980; p115", and "Janzen, E. G., Accounts of Chemical Research, 1971, 4.,31."
- In 1968 a special technique called spin-trapping was developed by several independent groups12,16 for the detection and identification of short-lived radicals ... involves the capture of short-lived radicals by a diamagnetic molecule to form a long-lived radical species... and can be easily observed by EPR. ... is a convenient, readily applicable technique which is used extensively ... study of biochemical radical processes.
- ^ A detailed and structured list of Spin Traps by IUPAC
External links
- Synthesis and application of a radical trapping agent
- NXY-059, a Free Radical–Trapping Agent ...
- The free radical trapping agent N-tert.-butyl-alpha-phenylnitrone (PBN) ...
- New Method in Free Radical Chemistry Using 2,4-Diphenyl-4-methyl-1-pentene as Radical Trapping Agent
- Spin trapping by nitrosoalkanes: Mechanisms of Some Photochemically Induced Reactions, Jan Willem Hartgerink