title: Measurement of myocardial free radical production during exercise using EPR spectroscopy.
abstract: Exercise is associated with an increase in oxygen flux through the mitochondrial electron transport chain that has recently been demonstrated to increase the production of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in skeletal muscle. This study examined whether exercise also causes free radical production in the heart. We measured ROS production in seven chronically instrumented dogs during rest and treadmill exercise (6.4 km/h at 10 degrees grade; and heart rate, 204 +/- 3 beats/min) using electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy in conjunction with the spin trap alpha-phenyl-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) (0.14 mol/l) in blood collected from the aorta and coronary sinus (CS). To improve signal detection, the free radical adducts were deoxygenated over a nitrogen stream for 15 min and extracted with toluene. The hyperfine splitting constants of the radicals were alpha(N) = 13.7 G and alpha(H) = 1.0 G, consistent with an alkoxyl or carbon-centered radical. Resting aortic and CS PBN adduct concentrations were 6.7 and 6.3 x 10(8) arbitrary units (P = not significant). Both aortic and CS adduct concentrations increased during exercise, but there was no significant difference between the aortic and CS concentrations. Thus, in contrast to skeletal muscle, submaximal treadmill exercise did not result in detectable free radical production by the heart.
authors.affiliation: Cardiovascular Division, University of Minnesota Medical School, Mayo Mail Code 508, 420 Delaware Street SE, Minneapolis, MN 55455, USA. trave004@umn.edu
authors.forename: Jay H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Traverse
authors.forename: Yuri E
authors.initials: YE
authors.lastname: Nesmelov
authors.forename: Melanie
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Crampton
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Lindstrom
authors.forename: David D
authors.initials: DD
authors.lastname: Thomas
authors.forename: Robert J
authors.initials: RJ
authors.lastname: Bache
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002245:Carbon Dioxide / Q000097:blood; D003326:Coronary Circulation / Q000502:physiology; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D003627:Data Interpretation, Statistical; D004285:Dogs; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism*; D006339:Heart Rate / Q000502:physiology; D018482:Muscle, Skeletal / Q000378:metabolism; D009206:Myocardium / Q000378:metabolism*; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D010100:Oxygen / Q000097:blood; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000502:physiology; D005082:Physical Exertion / Q000502:physiology*; D012146:Rest / Q000502:physiology; D013113:Spin Labels
chemical_list: D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D005609:Free Radicals; D009589:Nitrogen Oxides; D013113:Spin Labels; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; C029217:phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone; D010100:Oxygen