title: Effect of pulmonary-generated reactive oxygen species on left-ventricular dysfunction associated with cardio-pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury.
abstract: The purpose of the present study was to demonstrate the contribution of pulmonary-generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) on cardiac dysfunction using a rat model of ischemia-reperfusion (IR) injury. Three groups of rats were subjected to regional IR injury in (i) lung, (ii) heart, (iii) lung + heart. A fourth (control) group of rats were instrumented using the same methods but without induction IR. Hemodynamic data were recorded in real time. Blood from the proximal aorta was sampled during baseline, ischemia, and reperfusion, mixed with α-phenyl-N-tert-butylnitrone (PBN) for measuring ROS by electron paramagnetic resonance spectrometry. Data were analyzed by a two-way analysis of variance. The results showed that the lung IR generated an increased burst of ROS that resulted in significant cardiac dysfunction, including hypotension and ECG changes. The results indicated that generation of ROS as a result of acute IR lung injury may be sufficiently large enough to cause direct cardiac dysfunction that is independent of injury caused to the myocardium as a result of regional myocardial IR injury alone.
authors.affiliation: Department of Internal Medicine, Davis Heart and Lung Research Institute, The Ohio State University, 420 West 12th Ave, Room 116, Columbus, OH, 43210, USA, Mahmood.Khan@osumc.edu.
authors.forename: Mahmood
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Khan
authors.forename: Mark E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Brauner
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Plewa
authors.forename: Vijay K
authors.initials: VK
authors.lastname: Kutala
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Angelos
authors.forename: Periannan
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Kuppusamy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D006321:Heart / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008168:Lung / Q000378:metabolism*; D008297:Male; D015428:Myocardial Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism*; D015427:Reperfusion Injury / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D018487:Ventricular Dysfunction, Left / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species