Background: 8-Aminoguanine exerts natriuretic and antihypertensive activity. Whether and how "free" 8-aminoguanine exists in vivo is unclear. Because 8-nitroguanosine is naturally occurring, we tested the hypothesis that 8-aminoguanine can arise from: pathway 1, 8-nitroguanosine → 8-aminoguanosine → 8-aminoguanine; and pathway 2, 8-nitroguanosine → 8-nitroguanine → 8-aminoguanine.
Methods: 8-Aminoguanine biosynthesis was explored in rats using renal microdialysis, mass spectrometry and enzyme kinetics.
Results: In Sprague-Dawley rats, 8-nitroguanosine infusions increased kidney levels of 8-nitroguanine, 8-aminoguanosine and 8-aminoguanine; 8-nitroguanine infusions increased 8-aminoguanine. Purine nucleoside phosphorylase (PNPase) converted 8-nitroguanosine to 8-nitroguanine and 8-aminoguanosine to 8-aminoguanine. Forodesine (PNPase inhibitor) reduced metabolism of 8-nitroguanosine by pathway 2 and shunted metabolism of 8-nitroguanosine to 8-aminoguanosine. In Dahl salt-sensitive rats, 8-nitroguanosine infusions increased kidney levels of 8-nitroguanine, 8-aminoguanosine and 8-aminoguanine. These results indicate that both pathways 1 and 2 participate in the biosynthesis of 8-aminoguanine in Sprague-Dawley and Dahl rats. Endogenous 8-aminoguanine in kidneys and urine were elevated many-fold in Dahl, compared to Sprague-Dawley, rats. The increased levels of 8-aminoguanine in Dahl rats were not due to alterations in pathways 1 and 2 but were associated with increased urine levels of endogenous 8-nitroguanosine suggesting that the "upstream" production of 8-nitroguanosine was increased in Dahl rats. Dahl rats are known to have high levels of peroxynitrite, and peroxynitrite is known to nitrate guanosine in biomolecules. Here we confirm that a peroxynitrite donor increases kidney levels of 8-aminoguanine.
Conclusion: 8-Aminoguanine occurs naturally via two distinct pathways and kidney levels of 8-aminoguanine are increased in Dahl rats, likely due to increased production of 8-nitroguanosine, a by-product of peroxynitrite chemistry.
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