Disease relevance of p-Nitrobenzaldehyde

• The enzymatic activity toward 4-nitrobenzaldehyde of recombinant AIAR expressed in Escherichia coli was about 16% of that of rat AFAR [1].
• Using the Photobacterium phosphoreum toxicity test, the joint toxicological effect for Mixture I (containing p-nitrobenzaldehyde and 1-nitronaphthalene) and Mixture II (containing p-nitrobenzaldehyde and malononitrile) were determined in water and in aqueous solutions of HPCDs [2].

High impact information on p-Nitrobenzaldehyde

• However, PGD2, PGE2, 9,10-phenanthrenequinone, p-nitrobenzaldehyde, DL-glyceraldehyde, D-glucuronic acid, D-glucose, D-xylose, menadione, p-nitroacetophenone, dihydroxyacetone, succinic semialdehyde, phenylglyoxal, and testosterone were not substrates for these crystallins [3].
• In contrast, AKR1A1 reduces a broad spectrum of carbonyl-containing compounds, displaying highest specific activity for SSA, 4-carboxybenzaldehyde, 4-nitrobenzaldehyde, pyridine-3-aldehyde, pyridine-4-aldehyde, 4-hydroxynonenal, phenylglyoxal, methylglyoxal, 2,3-hexanedione, 1, 2-NQ, 16-ketoestrone and d-glucuronic acid [4].
• (p-Nitrobenzoyl)formic acid is an excellent alternate substrate, whose decarboxylation product p-nitrobenzaldehyde inhibited both enzymes possibly at a Cys221, the only one still present in the fusion enzyme [5].
• The effects of modifiers (NAD+, NADH, propionaldehyde, chloral hydrate, diethylstilboestrol and p-nitrobenzaldehyde) on the hydrolysis of p-nitrophenyl (PNP) pivalate (PNP trimethylacetate) catalysed by cytoplasmic aldehyde dehydrogenase are reported [6].
• 5. Using pyrazole as the dead-end inhibitor, we find that the single-turnover time courses for the reduction of benzaldehyde, p-nitrobenzaldehyde, anisaldehyde, and acetaldehyde at pH above 7 all show evidence for the formation and decay of an intermediate [7].

Biological context of p-Nitrobenzaldehyde

• Bovine lens cytoplasmic aldehyde dehydrogenase exhibits Michaelis-Menten kinetics with acetaldehyde, glyceraldehyde 3-phosphate, p-nitrobenzaldehyde, propionaldehyde, glycolaldehyde, glyceraldehyde, phenylacetylaldehyde and succinic semialdehyde as substrates [8].
• Active site cobalt(II)-substituted liver alcohol dehydrogenase: characterization of intermediates in the reduction of p-nitrobenzaldehyde by rapid-scanning ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy [9].
• A similar effect of substrate was found for the inhibitor Statil (IC50 450-750 nM with 4NB, 26-71 nM with glucose substrate) [10].
• Lastly, by using the charge of carbon atom (C*) in the carbochain of cyanogenic toxicant, a mechanism-based QSAR model (M = -0.161 - 7.721C* with r2 = 0.847, SE = 0.227, F = 27.657, p = 0.003) was derived to assess toxicological joint effects between p-nitrobenzaldehyde and cyanogenic toxicants [11].
• The enzyme also catalyzes the carbonyl reduction of nonsteroidal aldehydes and ketones such as metyrapone, p-nitrobenzaldehyde and a novel insecticide (NKI 42255), and, based on this pluripotent substrate specificity, was named 3alpha-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase/carbonyl reductase (3alpha-HSD/CR) [12].

Anatomical context of p-Nitrobenzaldehyde

• A significant increase of AR activity was found in cerebellum (26%), brainstem (19%), hypothalamus (13%), striatum (11%) and midbrain (6%) of old rats; up to now, the determination of the enzyme activity in the different brain regions has been carried out only with p-nitrobenzaldehyde [13].
• A significant decrease in AR activity in old rats was found in kidney with p-nitrobenzaldehyde (30%), D-xylose (31%), DL-glyceraldehyde (33%), pyridine 3-aldehyde (27%) and in duodenum with p-nitrobenzaldehyde (21%), but a significant increase was found in duodenum with pyridine 3-aldehyde (29%) [14].

Associations of p-Nitrobenzaldehyde with other chemical compounds

• The activities toward 15KD-PGF2 alpha (r = 0.85, P < 0.01) and 4BP (r = 0.84, P < 0.01), but not PNBA (r = 0.53, not significant) or PNAP (r = 0.52, not significant), were closely correlated with the relative amounts of the high molecular weight immunoreactive proteins determined with a densitometer [15].
• We report the cloning and characterization of a benzyl alcohol dehydrogenase gene (ntnD) which encodes the enzyme for the catabolism of 4-nitrobenzyl alcohol and benzyl alcohol to 4-nitrobenzaldehyde and benzaldehyde, respectively [16].
• In previous investigations it was demonstrated that photochemical decomposition of CAP in vitro by UV-A leads to formation of p-nitrobenzaldehyde (pNB), p-nitrobenzoic acid (pNBA) and p-nitrosobenzoic acid (pNOBA); the latter comprises up to 45 mol% of the starting amount of CAP [17].
• In comparison to other mammalian and yeast aldo-keto reductases, Ypr1p has relatively high affinity for D,L-glyceraldehyde (1.08 mM) and hexanal (0.39 mM), but relatively low affinity for 4-nitrobenzaldehyde (1.07 mM) [18].
• Bacterial recombinant CHCRs showed typical carbonyl reductase activities towards 4-benzoylpyridine, 4-nitrobenzaldehyde and pyridine 4-carboxyaldehyde [19].

Gene context of p-Nitrobenzaldehyde

• AHR-A2 exhibited a defined specificity toward p-nitrobenzaldehyde as substrate, whereas the other enzymes exhibited broad specificities toward various aliphatic, aromatic, and monosaccharide aldehydes [20].
• This indicated that M79175 was the most effective inhibitor tested of aldose reductase with 4NB in vitro [21].
• In untreated mice, carbonyl reductase activity towards 15KD-PGF2 alpha was not detected, whereas the activities towards PNAP and PNBA were detected, which activities were lower than those in rats and hamsters [22].
• This radiotracer has been synthesized using nucleophilic displacement of the activated nitro group of p-nitrobenzaldehyde by NCA 18F- obtained from the 18O (p, n) reaction on enriched water [23].
• The activity of the reductase with p-nitrobenzaldehyde and 3-indolacetaldehyde and the similarity of its physical properties with the 'low Km' aldehyde reductase of porcine brain previously reported indicates that these enzymes may be identical [24].

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