Hemoglobin effects in the Saville assay

Nitric Oxide : Biology and Chemistry
Swati BasuDaniel B Kim-Shapiro

Abstract

There is a great need to establish accurate, sensitive methods for measuring the concentration of nitrosothiols. Although some progress may have been made recently, differing methodologies have lead to reports of basal levels of nitrosothiols in human plasma that differ by three orders of magnitude. The Saville assay has been widely accepted as an accurate method for measuring nitrosothiols, but one that suffers from sensitivity below that of some other methods. Recently, it has been suggested that when hemoglobin is included in reaction mixtures used for the Saville assay, the sensitivity can be increased by an order of magnitude. Here we show that, on the contrary, the presence of sufficient hemoglobin in the Saville assay decreases its sensitivity.

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