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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
5
pubmed:dateCreated
1996-2-1
pubmed:abstractText
The capacity of N-acetylcysteine to directly scavenge hydroxyl radical produced by rat hearts reperfused after 90 min of low-flow ischemia was assessed by the hydroxylation of 4-hydroxybenzoate into 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate using a gas chromatography-mass spectrometric assay. Reperfused hearts showed a massive release of 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate, lactate dehydrogenase, and total glutathione, contained less reduced and oxidized glutathione, but maintained spontaneous beating and coronary flow rates close to preischemic values. Compared to untreated hearts: reperfused hearts treated with N-acetylcysteine from the start of ischemia (i) released four times less 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate, but similar amounts of lactate dehydrogenase or glutathione, (ii) showed a nitric oxide-dependent increase in coronary flow rate, and (iii) contained less oxidized glutathione, but similar amounts of reduced glutathione. Reperfused hearts receiving N-acetylcysteine since the last 5 min of ischemia had also a four-times lower 3,4-dihydroxybenzoate release, but their coronary flow rate response was similar to that of untreated hearts. These results indicate that N-acetylcysteine can directly scavenge hydroxyl radicals produced by reperfused ischemic hearts, although this effect is not associated with any protective effects as indicated by the lactate dehydrogenase and glutathione release and cannot explain the nitric oxide-dependent reperfusion hyperemia.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Nov
pubmed:issn
0891-5849
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
627-38
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Acetylcysteine, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Coronary Circulation, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Free Radical Scavengers, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Glutathione, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Glutathione Disulfide, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Heart, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Hydroxybenzoic Acids, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Hydroxyl Radical, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-L-Lactate Dehydrogenase, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Male, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Myocardial Ischemia, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Myocardial Reperfusion, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Myocardium, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Nitric Oxide, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Rats, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Rats, Sprague-Dawley, pubmed-meshheading:8529922-Time Factors
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of N-acetylcysteine in the rat heart reperfused after low-flow ischemia: evidence for a direct scavenging of hydroxyl radicals and a nitric oxide-dependent increase in coronary flow.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Nutrition, University of Montréal, Québec, Canada.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't