Oxidative stress causes a decline in lysosomal integrity during hypothermic incubation of rat hepatocytes.
Oxidative stress during cold preservation has been identified as a significant cause of cell injury but the process by which injury occurs is poorly understood. We examined loss of lysosomal integrity as a possible cause of cell injury during extended cold storage of isolated rat hepatocytes. After 21 h of hypothermia, there was a marked decline in lysosomal integrity, which was correlated with an increase in lipid peroxidation. When lipid peroxidation was prevented with the antioxidant Trolox (a vitamin E analog) or the iron chelator desferrioxamine, lysosomal integrity was preserved. In contrast, increasing lysosomal iron with ferric chloride caused an increase in lipid peroxidation and decreased lysosomal integrity. Loss of lysosomal integrity during cold preservation in this experimental model was consistent with iron-initiated oxidative stress. The progressive loss of lysosomal integrity during hypothermic incubation has the potential to affect liver function after transplantation.
School of Biochemical and Chemical Sciences, University of Western Australia, Crawley, WA 6009, Australia.
Peter G
PG
Arthur
Xianwa
X
Niu
Paul
P
Rigby
James H
JH
Steer
Gary P
GP
Jeffrey
D000818:Animals; D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D002839:Chromans / Q000494:pharmacology; D003080:Cold Temperature; D022781:Hepatocytes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000187:drug effects; D016031:Liver Transplantation; D008247:Lysosomes / Q000378:metabolism / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D014021:Tissue Preservation
D000975:Antioxidants; D002839:Chromans; C010643:6-hydroxy-2,5,7,8-tetramethylchroman-2-carboxylic acid