title: Identification of free radicals in myocardial ischemia/reperfusion by spin trapping with nitrone DMPO.
abstract: The spin trapping ESR technique was applied to investigate oxygen-derived radicals in ischemic and post-ischemic rat hearts. Using 5,5'-dimethyl-l-pyrroline-N-oxide, carbon-centered radicals were identified during ischemia and oxy-radical adducts (superoxide anion radical, O.-2 and hydroxyl radicals, .OH) in post-ischemic rat heart. The formation of these spin adducts was inhibited by superoxide dismutase, suggesting that superoxide plays a role in the adducts' formation. The results demonstrate that oxygen derived free radicals are important byproducts of abnormal oxidative metabolism during myocardial ischemic and reperfusion injuries.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D003327:Coronary Disease / Q000378:metabolism*; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005609:Free Radicals; D006878:Hydroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism; D008297:Male; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains; D013113:Spin Labels; D013481:Superoxides / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D005609:Free Radicals; D006878:Hydroxides; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D013113:Spin Labels; D013481:Superoxides; D017665:Hydroxyl Radical; C017245:5,5-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-1-oxide