Identification of four major classes of sulfhydryl groups in human blood platelets. Ferricyanide titration of spin-labeled platelets. 1979

F A Robey, and G A Jamieson, and J B Hunt

Human blood platelets have been labeled with the sulfhydryl-specific spin labels, 4-iodoacetamido-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl and 3-maleimido-2,2,5,5-tetramethylpyrrolidine-1-oxyl. First, the ESR spectra of platelets labeled with either reagent revealed two classes of sulfhydryl groups, a mobile class and an immobile class. Second, when spin-labeled platelets were titrated with high concentrations of potassium ferricyanide (greater than 10(-3) M), there was a decrease in the peak heights of the mobile class of sulfhydryl groups due to dipole-dipole exchange. Third, plots of peak heights of the mobile class versus ferricyanide concentration revealed three classes of mobile sulfhydryl groups compared to a single immobile class. This technique may be used to show the relative locations of spin-labeled groups on cell surfaces.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D007700 Kinetics The rate dynamics in chemical or physical systems.
D001792 Blood Platelets Non-nucleated disk-shaped cells formed in the megakaryocyte and found in the blood of all mammals. They are mainly involved in blood coagulation. Platelets,Thrombocytes,Blood Platelet,Platelet,Platelet, Blood,Platelets, Blood,Thrombocyte
D004578 Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy A technique applicable to the wide variety of substances which exhibit paramagnetism because of the magnetic moments of unpaired electrons. The spectra are useful for detection and identification, for determination of electron structure, for study of interactions between molecules, and for measurement of nuclear spins and moments. (From McGraw-Hill Encyclopedia of Science and Technology, 7th edition) Electron nuclear double resonance (ENDOR) spectroscopy is a variant of the technique which can give enhanced resolution. Electron spin resonance analysis can now be used in vivo, including imaging applications such as MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING. ENDOR,Electron Nuclear Double Resonance,Electron Paramagnetic Resonance,Paramagnetic Resonance,Electron Spin Resonance,Paramagnetic Resonance, Electron,Resonance, Electron Paramagnetic,Resonance, Electron Spin,Resonance, Paramagnetic
D005292 Ferricyanides Inorganic salts of the hypothetical acid, H3Fe(CN)6.
D006801 Humans Members of the species Homo sapiens. Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D013113 Spin Labels Molecules which contain an atom or a group of atoms exhibiting an unpaired electron spin that can be detected by electron spin resonance spectroscopy and can be bonded to another molecule. (McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Chemical and Technical Terms, 4th ed) Spin Label,Label, Spin,Labels, Spin
D013438 Sulfhydryl Compounds Compounds containing the -SH radical. Mercaptan,Mercapto Compounds,Sulfhydryl Compound,Thiol,Thiols,Mercaptans,Compound, Sulfhydryl,Compounds, Mercapto,Compounds, Sulfhydryl

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