The effects of various metalloporphyrins on hepatic heme oxygenase (EC 1.14.99.3) activity were examined in order to identify compounds that could inhibit heme degradation to bile pigment and might therefore be utilized to suppress the development of hyperbilirubinemia in the newborn. Among nine metal-protoporphyrin IX chelates (i.e., metal-hemes) studied, Sn-heme, Mn-heme, and Zn-heme substant...

Petroporphyrins, geoporphyrins, or metalloporphyrins are the original petroleum biomarkers, identified by Alfred Treibs more than a century ago and first molecular evidence for biogenic origins of petroleum. Since discovery, analytical strategies have been developed to identify porphyrins in its fractions. This review focuses on advances enabled ultrahigh resolving power Fourier transform ion c...

Porphyrins and porphyrin derivatives have an outstanding potential for discovery of novel pharmacological agents due to their ability for numerous chemical modifications and a variety of mechanisms of biological effects. New water-soluble Ag and Zn derivatives of tetrachloride meso-tetra (4-N-oxiethylpyridyl) porphyne were synthesized. Cyto- and genotoxicity of these substances were tested in v...

Oxidative and nitrative stress is a well-known phenomenon in cisplatin-induced nephrotoxicity. The purpose of this work is to study the role of two metalloporphyrins (FeTMPyP and MnTBAP), water soluble complexes, in cisplatin-induced renal damage and their ability to scavenge peroxynitrite. In cisplatin-induced nephropathy study in mice, renal nitrative stress was evident by the increase in pro...

The synthesis and characterization of new meso-substituted and -substituted unsymmetrical metallorphyrins has been described. A new modified Alder method was used for the synthesis of unsymmetrical porphyrins. Reaction of these unsymmetrical porphyrins with metal chlorides and nitrates afforded the corresponding metalloporphyrins in high yields with excellent purity. These porphyrins and their...

Alterations of the chemical structure of protoporphyrin IX markedly altered the activation of soluble guanylate cyclase purified from bovine lung. Hydrophobic side chains at positions 2 and 4 and vicinal propionic acid residues at positions 6 and 7 of the porphyrin ring (protoporphyrin IX, mesoporphyrin IX) were essential for maximal enzyme activation (K. = 7-8 nM; V, = 6-8 Kmol of cGMP/min/mg)...