Generation of superoxide in cardiomyocytes during ischemia before reperfusion.

Abstract

Although a burst of oxidants has been well described with reperfusion, less is known about the oxidants generated by the highly reduced redox state and low O(2) of ischemia. This study aimed to further identify the species and source of these oxidants. Cardiomyocytes were exposed to 1 h of simulated ischemia while oxidant generation was assessed by intracellular dihydroethidine (DHE) oxidation. Ischemia increased DHE oxidation significantly (0.7 +/- 0.1 to 2.3 +/- 0.3) after 1 h. Myxothiazol (mitochondrial site III inhibitor) attenuated oxidation to 1.3 +/- 0.1, as did the site I inhibitors rotenone (1.0 +/- 0.1), amytal (1.1 +/- 0.1), and the flavoprotein oxidase inhibitor diphenyleneiodonium (0.9 +/- 0.1). By contrast, the site IV inhibitor cyanide, as well as inhibitors of xanthine oxidase (allopurinol), nitric oxide synthase (nitro-L-arginine methyl ester), and NADPH oxidase (apocynin), had no effect. Finally, DHE oxidation increased with Cu- and Zn-containing superoxide dismutase (SOD) inhibition using diethyldithiocarbamate (2.7 +/- 0.1) and decreased with exogenous SOD (1.1 +/- 0.1). We conclude that significant superoxide generation occurs during ischemia before reperfusion from the ubisemiquinone site of the mitochondrial electron transport chain.

• Authors: L B Becker, T L vanden Hoek, Z H Shao, C Q Li, P T Schumacker
• Journal: The American journal of physiology (Am J Physiol) Vol. 277 Issue 6 Pg. H2240-6 (12 1999) ISSN: 0002-9513 [Print] United States
• PMID: 10600842 (Publication Type: Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.)

Chemical References

• Acetophenones
• Enzyme Inhibitors
• Methacrylates
• Reactive Oxygen Species
• Thiazoles
• Rotenone
• Superoxides
• Allopurinol
• myxothiazol
• acetovanillone
• Superoxide Dismutase
• NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester

Topics

• Acetophenones (pharmacology)
• Allopurinol (pharmacology)
• Animals
• Cells, Cultured
• Chick Embryo
• Cytosol (enzymology)
• Enzyme Inhibitors (pharmacology)
• Heart (drug effects)
• Kinetics
• Methacrylates
• Mitochondria, Heart (drug effects, metabolism)
• Myocardial Ischemia (metabolism)
• Myocardial Reperfusion
• Myocardium (cytology, metabolism)
• NG-Nitroarginine Methyl Ester (pharmacology)
• Oxidation-Reduction
• Reactive Oxygen Species (metabolism)
• Rotenone (pharmacology)
• Superoxide Dismutase (metabolism)
• Superoxides (metabolism)
• Thiazoles (pharmacology)