title: Release of 4-hydroxynonenal, an aldehydic mediator of inflammation, during postischaemic reperfusion of the myocardium.
abstract: For the first time it was demonstrated that 4-hydroxynonenal (HNE) is formed by the myocardium. 1 to 2 pmol HNE/min/mg protein were released from isolated perfused hearts of 18-month-old WKY rats during a normoxic period of perfusion. During the first minutes of reperfusion following 30 min of ischaemia, the mean value of HNE release increased in comparison to pre-ischaemic HNE release (pre-ischaemic control). However, the alterations were significant only in the second minute of reperfusion. HNE liberation significantly intensified during the early reperfusion period of hearts of 18-month-old spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHR, with cardiac hypertrophy and congestive heart failure) in comparison with the pre-ischaemic control period. Furthermore, HNE liberation from those hearts was higher than from hearts of normotensive control animals (WKY rats). Maximum quantities were observed 2 min after ischaemia, with 6 to 10 pmol HNE/min/mg protein. The results suggest that the formation of chemotactic products of radical-induced lipid peroxidation, such as HNE, is markedly increased in reperfused hypertrophic and failing myocardium, and emphasize the role of HNE as a possible chemotactic agent during postischaemic reoxygenation.
authors.affiliation: Clinic of Physical Medicine, Medical Faculty (Charite), Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Grune
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Siems
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Schönheit
authors.forename: I E
authors.initials: IE
authors.lastname: Blasig
mesh_terms: D000447:Aldehydes / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D006332:Cardiomegaly / Q000503:physiopathology; D002634:Chemotaxis, Leukocyte; D006321:Heart / Q000502:physiology*; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000503:physiopathology; D007249:Inflammation; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation; D008297:Male; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000503:physiopathology*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D011918:Rats, Inbred SHR; D011921:Rats, Inbred WKY; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species
chemical_list: D000447:Aldehydes; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C027576:4-hydroxy-2-nonenal