Abstract

At a concentration much lower than that usually employed for measuring cytosolic ionized Ca 2+ concentrations, arsenazo III underwent a one-electron reduction by rat liver cytosolic fraction or a hypoxanthinexanthine oxidase system to produce an azo anion radical metabolite. NADH, NADPH, N 1-methylnicotinamide, hypoxanthine, and xanthine, in that order, could serve as a source of reducing equivalents for the production of this free radical by the cytosolic fraction. The steady-state concentration of the azo anion radical and the arsenazo III-stimulated O 2 consumption were enhanced by calcium and magnesium. Antipyrylazo III was ineffective in increasing O 2 consumption by rat liver cytosolic fraction and gave a much weaker ESR signal of an azo anion radical with both the liver cytosolic fraction, in the presence of NADH, and the hypoxanthine-xanthine oxidase system.

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