title: Decreased sulfhydryl groups in the reperfused myocardial tissue of a rat model of myocardial infarction.
abstract: The aim of this study was to determine whether myocardial injury resulting from temporary ischemia followed by reperfusion can be measured by assaying sulfhydryl groups in the affected tissue of a rat model of myocardial infarction. We studied 3 groups: a control group (n = 6), which underwent surgery without left coronary artery (LCA) ligation; group NoR (n = 9), in which the LCA was ligated for 3 h; and group I + R (n = 7), in which 30 min LCA ligation was followed by 3 h reperfusion. The sulfhydryl group content of myocardial tissue was assayed by measuring the fluorescence produced by incubating heart sections with N-(7-dimethylamino-4-methyl-3-coumarinyl) maleimide (DACM), which binds sulfhydryl groups. The fluorescence intensity (FI) of normal and infarcted myocardium was quantified by our computerized system of microscopic fluorophotometry. Indices such as sulfhydryl group content, the size of the low-FI area [% AREA(lower FI)] and the relative decrease in FI [%FI(decrease)]) in the infarct zone were calculated. Both %AREA(lower FI) and %FI(decrease) were significantly higher in the infarcted zone of animals in NoR and I + R groups than in control animals. Both indices were higher in infarct tissue from animals in the I + R group than in the NoR group. These changes suggest that sulfhydryl group content is significantly reduced in tissue that has been subjected to ischemia-reperfusion. Microscopic fluorophotometry, as defined by DACM staining of myocardial tissue, may help to delineate areas of myocardial reperfusion injury.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Medicine, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Tochigi, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maezawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Manaka
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Yamakawa
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ogawa
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Iizuka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004195:Disease Models, Animal; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008297:Male; D008301:Maleimides; D009203:Myocardial Infarction / Q000378:metabolism*; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism*; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008301:Maleimides; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C019347:N-(7-dimethylamino-4-methylcoumarinyl)maleimide