title: Generation of free radicals and the damage done to the sarcoplasmic reticulum during reperfusion injury following brief ischemia in the canine heart.
abstract: Free radical generation was studied by the electron spin resonance (ESR) technique using alpha-phenyl N tert butyl nitrone (PBN) in a brief ischemia-reperfusion model of the canine heart, and correlated with biochemical changes of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR). ESR spectra (aH=0.3-0.4mT, aN=1.43-1.58mT) were observed as PBN spin adducts, which peaked at levels 5-fold above the control levels at 5 min after reperfusion. The simulated coupling constants of PBN spin adducts suggested that the sample should contain at least 2 carbon-centered radicals at 5 min after reperfusion (radical A: aH=0.350mT, aN=1.485mT; radical B: aH=0.370mT, aN=1.615 mT). At this time point, a significant reduction in Ca-ATPase activity of the SR was found without degradation of the major ATPase protein. Superoxide dismutase (SOD) significantly reduced the intensity of the PBN spin adduct signals and preserved the Ca-ATPase activity of the SR to 80% of the control level. Reperfusion injury after brief ischemia may be the result of inactivation of intracellular Ca-ATPase by free radicals generated during reperfusion, and SOD contributes to the protective effect by scavenging the radicals.
authors.affiliation: The Third Department of Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, Showa University, Tokyo, Japan.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Itoh
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Yanagishita
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Aoki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Koba
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Iwata
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Ishioka
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Arata
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Mukae
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Geshi
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Konno
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Katagiri
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Utsumi
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004285:Dogs; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D004594:Electrophysiology; D005609:Free Radicals; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000473:pathology*; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D005609:Free Radicals; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase