title: Direct detection of paramagnetic species in adriamycin perfused rat hearts.
abstract: Direct detection of paramagnetic species in control and adriamycin-perfused rat hearts has been carried out. Depending on the flow rate of the perfusion solution (8,4,2 and 1 ml/min) different paramagnetic species were observed: Fe(III)(g = 2.12) at 4 ml/min; three types of oxygen centered radicals of which two in control hearts (g = 2.05 g = 2.038 g = g = 2.008) and the third one (g = 2.03 g = 2.005) in adriamycin perfused hearts, at 2 ml/min. The latter radical was the only one observed at perfusion rate of 1 ml/min both in control and adriamycin treated systems. A relationship between the intracellular enzymatic reductive activation of the anthracycline and the occurrence of ischemic conditions (4,2 and 1 ml/min) in myocardial tissues is proposed basing on the relative amounts of the paramagnetic species above mentioned.
authors.affiliation: Dipartimento di Chimica Inorganica e Metallorganica e Centro CNR, Milano, Italy.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Costa
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Malatesta
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Morazzoni
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Scotti
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Monti
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Paracchini
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004317:Doxorubicin / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005260:Female; D006321:Heart / Q000187:drug effects*; D010477:Perfusion; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D004317:Doxorubicin