Spin trapping: ESR parameters of spin adducts.

The heme synthesis and degradation pathways: role in oxidant sensitivity. Heme oxygenase has both pro- and antioxidant properties.

Molecular and cellular aspects of thiol-disulfide exchange.

Free radical generation by early glycation products: a mechanism for accelerated atherogenesis in diabetes.

Oxygen-derived free radicals and related oxidants are ubiquitous and short-lived intermediates formed in aerobic organisms throughout life. These reactive species participate in redox reactions leading to oxidative modifications in biomolecules, among which proteins and lipids are preferential targets. Despite a broad array of enzymatic and nonenzymatic antioxidant systems in mammalian cells and microbes, excess oxidant formation causes accumulation of new products that may compromise cell function and structure leading to cell degeneration and death. Oxidative events are associated with pathological conditions and the process of normal aging. Notably, physiological levels of oxidants also modulate cellular functions via homeostatic redox-sensitive cell signaling cascades. On the other hand, nitric oxide ( • NO), a free radical and weak oxidant, represents a master physiological regulator via reversible interactions with heme proteins. The bioavailability and actions of • NO are modulated by its fast reaction with superoxide radical ( O 2 • − ), which yields an unusual and reactive peroxide, peroxynitrite, representing the merging of the oxygen radicals and • NO pathways. In this Inaugural Article, I summarize early and remarkable developments in free radical biochemistry and the later evolution of the field toward molecular medicine; this transition includes our contributions disclosing the relationship of • NO with redox intermediates and metabolism. The biochemical characterization, identification, and quantitation of peroxynitrite and its role in disease processes have concentrated much of our attention. Being a mediator of protein oxidation and nitration, lipid peroxidation, mitochondrial dysfunction, and cell death, peroxynitrite represents both a pathophysiologically relevant endogenous cytotoxin and a cytotoxic effector against invading pathogens.

https://www.pnas.org/content/pnas/115/23/5839.full.pdf

Oxygen radicals, nitric oxide, and peroxynitrite: Redox pathways in molecular medicine

Free radical metabolites of L-cysteine oxidation.

A Direct Electron Spin Resonance and Spin-trapping Investigation of Peroxyl Free Radical Formation by Hematin/Hydroperoxide Systems*

Sulfate anion free radical formation by the peroxidation of (Bi) sulfite and its reaction with hydroxyl radical scavengers

The formation of sulfur trioxide radical anion during the prostaglandin hydroperoxidase-catalyzed oxidation of bisulfite (hydrated sulfur dioxide).

[17O]oxygen hyperfine structure for the hydroxyl and superoxide radical adducts of the spin traps DMPO, PBN and 4-POBN.

Carolyn Mottley

Papers

Free radical metabolites of L-cysteine oxidation.

A Direct Electron Spin Resonance and Spin-trapping Investigation of Peroxyl Free Radical Formation by Hematin/Hydroperoxide Systems*

Sulfate anion free radical formation by the peroxidation of (Bi) sulfite and its reaction with hydroxyl radical scavengers

The formation of sulfur trioxide radical anion during the prostaglandin hydroperoxidase-catalyzed oxidation of bisulfite (hydrated sulfur dioxide).

[17O]oxygen hyperfine structure for the hydroxyl and superoxide radical adducts of the spin traps DMPO, PBN and 4-POBN.