Issue 26, 2019

Fe in biosynthesis, translocation, and signal transduction of NO: toward bioinorganic engineering of dinitrosyl iron complexes into NO-delivery scaffolds for tissue engineering

Abstract

Iron, the most abundant transition metal ion in humans, participates in the biosynthesis, translocation, signal transduction, and transformation of nitric oxide through its encapsulation in the form of heme, [Fe–S], and [Fe(NO)2] cofactors within a variety of enzymes and proteins. After the review on nitric oxide synthase (NOS) and soluble guanylate cyclase (sGC) for the biosynthesis and detection of NO, in this report, we discuss the natural utilization of the [Fe(NO)2] motif for translocation of endogenous NO and the translational development of synthetic dinitrosyl iron complexes (DNICs) for biomedical applications. A mechanistic study of NO-release and NO-transfer reactivity of structure-characterized DNICs promoted the discovery of cell-penetrating and in vivo NO-delivery reactivity for treatment of cancer and wound healing in diabetes. Beyond activation of sGC and vasodilation, phase I/II clinical trials of glutathione-bound DNICs (Oxacom®) against hypertension encourage bioinorganic engineering of DNICs into scaffolds for tissue regeneration and repair relying on anti-bacterial, anti-inflammation, cytoprotective, and proliferative effects of NO.

Graphical abstract: Fe in biosynthesis, translocation, and signal transduction of NO: toward bioinorganic engineering of dinitrosyl iron complexes into NO-delivery scaffolds for tissue engineering

Article information

Article type
Perspective
Submitted
21 feb 2019
Accepted
01 apr 2019
First published
02 apr 2019

Dalton Trans., 2019,48, 9431-9453

Fe in biosynthesis, translocation, and signal transduction of NO: toward bioinorganic engineering of dinitrosyl iron complexes into NO-delivery scaffolds for tissue engineering

H. Hsiao, C. Chung, J. H. Santos, O. B. Villaflores and T. Lu, Dalton Trans., 2019, 48, 9431 DOI: 10.1039/C9DT00777F

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