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Hypoxia and reoxygenation in working rat hearts were investigated in this study. Cardiac hemodynamic parameters which decline immediately under hypoxic conditions, recover during reoxygenation. Biochemical and ultrastructural alterations exhibit a more complicated pattern. There is a primary phase in hypoxic perfusion up to 15 min with a steep increase of ADP contents and ATPase activities, and a severe fall of ATP/ADP ratios in mitochondria, as well as in tissue. High CAT (carboxyatractyloside) sensitivity of the ATPase is observed at 5 min of hypoxia. Furthermore, the number of ATPase particles visible at the inner mitochondrial membrane decreases. During the ensuing second phase of hypoxic perfusion (from 30 min on) the damage of mitochondrial ultrastructure becomes more evident. The amount of ATPase particles visible at the inner mitochondrial membrane further decreases. ATPase activities fluctuate, however, they remain connected with the membrane during hypoxia. ATP/ADP ratios attain values of almost 1. During reoxygenation (after 30 min of hypoxia) the levels of mitochondrial adenine nucleotides, oxidative phosphorylation rate and respiratory control index increase within 20 min and then slightly decline again. The ATP/ADP ratio is diminished in the course of reoxygenation. ATPase activity also decreases within 20 min of reoxygenation and the ADP/O ratio reaches control values. The ATPase activity gains its highest sensitivity towards CAT at 10 min of reoxygenation attaining a value similar to that of 5 min of hypoxic perfusion. It is suggested that hypoxia and reoxygenation under our conditions result in reversible derangement of ATPase and mitochondrial membrane structure.
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PMID:Hemodynamic and mitochondrial parameters during hypoxia and reoxygenation in working rat hearts. 171 Aug 98

Numerous hepatic cell lineage pathways have been proposed for the development of hepatocarcinogensis induced by chemical carcinogens in rats. The roles of bile ductule cells and hepatocytes in the development of carcinogenesis were investigated using light and electron microscopic procedures to detect differences in morphology and in the phenotypic expression of antigens that are associated with each cell type. In early stages of hepatocarcinogenesis (4-10 weeks after initiation of feeding of a choline-deficient ethionine containing diet), both bile ductulelike (BDL) cells and hepatocytes were seen in mitosis. At the light microscope level, BDL cells showed intense cytoplasmic pyronin (RNA) staining and were positive for the antigens defined by monoclonal antibody 270.38 (bile ductule cells and "oval" cell marker) and glutathione-S-transferase (Yp isoform), whereas hepatocytes were positive for the antigens defined by monoclonal antibodies 270.26 and 258.26 (liver parenchymal cell markers), catalase activity (peroxisome marker) and adenosine triphospatase activity (bile canalicular marker). The authors frequently encountered BDL cells and hepatocytes in close proximity. Ultrastructural examination showed extensive plasma membrane appositions between a subset of BDL cells and hepatocytes. Desmosome structures, tight junctions, microvilli interdigitations and ATPase-positive bile canalicularlike structures were present along the contiguous plasma membrane domains of BDL cells and hepatocytes. Many of the BDL cells attached to hepatocytes were also attached to other BDL cells that had retained a basal lamina. In many cases, BDL cells connected to both hepatocytes and other BDL cells were no longer completely surrounded by basal lamina and had acquired a dual polarity as a consequence of their sharing apical and lateral membrane domains with both BDL cells and hepatocytes. BDL cells showed increased numbers of microperoxisomes (catalase positive organelles) and numerous free ribosomes. Hepatocytes showed a prominent development of the smooth endoplasmic reticulum, a feature prominent in hepatocytes within hyperplastic nodules. Since BDL cells and hepatocytes proliferate and BDL cells and hepatocytes develop intercellular junction sites, the authors propose that both cell types in early stages of carcinogenesis have the capacity to enter the cell lineage pathway leading to the development of hepatocarcinoma. Furthermore, the finding that BDL cells and hepatocytes form multiple attachment sites at the level of the plasma membrane, suggests the possibility that at some stage convergence of separate hepatic cell pathways may occur.
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PMID:Characterizations of and interactions between bile ductule cells and hepatocytes in early stages of rat hepatocarcinogenesis induced by ethionine. 175 May 8

In a recent overview on stunning, Bolli listed the three pillars on which theories on stunning rest: its causation by oxygen radicals, the amplification of damage by Ca2+ overload, and the resulting excitation contraction uncoupling. Our own experiments with SOD and catalase do not convince us that stunning is caused by free radicals, because we and others were unable to show improvement. An important pathway of radical generation, i.e., xanthine oxidase, does not exist in the hearts of several families of mammals, but stunning can of course be produced in these species. We agree with Bolli that stunning represents a disturbance of electromechanical coupling, but we acknowledge the controversy that exists with regard to the subcellular seat of the defect. Our results would support hypotheses that pinpoint the defect to the sarcoplasmic reticulum. However, the possibility of multiple defects should also be considered: Our finding of altered Ca2+ ATPase expression and Kusuoka's finding of altered myofibrillar Ca2+ sensitivity are not necessarily mutually exclusive but may be complementary, or may represent different stages of ischemic damage. Our finding of decreased myosin expression may help to explain the long persistence of the contractile defect. From the available evidence, the hypothetial possibility evolves that stunning is not just an injury, but rather the unmasking of a regulatory mechanism to protect the heart against premature or further damage. The observation that coronary occlusion causes both stunning and preconditioning by a parallel, and not by a sequential, mechanism and that a multitude of genes alter their expression in order to protect the myocyte argue for a regulatory change.
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PMID:Molecular mechanisms in "stunned" myocardium. 175 39

Glyceraldehyde and other simple monosaccharides autoxidize under physiological conditions, forming dicarbonyl compounds and hydrogen peroxide via intermediate free radicals. These products may have deleterious effects on cell components. In this paper we study the effect of glyceraldehyde autoxidation on red-cell ATPase activities. The autoxidation of glyceraldehyde in imidazole-glycylglycine buffer, measured by oxygen consumption, depends on the buffer concentration and decreases in the presence of superoxide dismutase and catalase. The addition of DETAPAC inhibits the autoxidation almost completely. When human red-blood-cell membranes are incubated with glyceraldehyde, the red-blood-cell ATPase activities decrease significantly. The addition of DETAPAC, GSH and DTE (dithioerythritol) protects the enzyme from inactivation, but superoxide dismutase and catalase have no effect. Methylglyoxal (a dicarbonyl which is analogous to hydroxypyruvaldehyde derived from glyceraldehyde autoxidation) proved to have a powerful inhibitory action on ATPase activities. The addition of DTE completely protects the enzyme from inactivation, suggesting that the sulphydryl groups of the active site of the enzyme are the critical targets for dicarbonyl compounds.
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PMID:Oxidative inhibition of red blood cell ATPases by glyceraldehyde. 183 54

1. Peroxisomes were isolated from bovine and rat liver by use of differential and density gradient centrifugations. 2. In the final density gradient (Nycodenz) a distinct peak of ATPase activity codistributed with the peroxisome marker catalase and was well separated from the bulk of the ATPase activity and from markers for other subcellular organelles. 3. The peroxisome-associated ATPase had a pH optimum of 7.5 and was inhibited by N-ethylmaleimide, by N,N'-dicyclohexylcarbodiimide and by 7-chloro-4-nitrobenzo-2-oxa-1,3-diazole, but was unaffected by up to 30 microM n-tributyltin chloride. 4. Prolonged incubation with oligomycin at high concentrations indicated that 50% of peroxisomal ATPase was resistant to this inhibitor. The oligomycin-sensitive ATPase activity required at least a four-fold higher ratio of inhibitor to protein for inhibition than mitochondrial ATPase did. It was concluded that oligomycin-sensitive and oligomycin-resistant ATPase may be associated with liver peroxisomes.
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PMID:Properties of ATPase activity associated with peroxisomes of rat and bovine liver. 183 59

The effect of oxidant stress produced by redox cycling of substituted 1,4-naphthoquinones on the activity of platelet (Na(+)-K+)ATPase and the active transport of serotonin (5-HT) was studied. 2-Methyl-1,4-naphthoquinone (menadione) produced a concentration-dependent (0-100 microM) and time-dependent (2-20 min) stimulation of platelet 5-HT transport. Exogenous superoxide dismutase (250 units) and/or catalase (500 units) failed to block the stimulation. Fluoxetine, an inhibitor of the platelet 5-HT transporter, blocked menadione-induced stimulation of 5-HT uptake as did ouabain, an inhibitor of platelet (Na(+)-K+)ATPase. The structure-activity relationship of select 1,4-naphthoquinones suggested that stimulation was due to redox cycling and not arylation. The kinetics of 5-HT transport revealed that menadione markedly increased the maximal rate of 5-HT transport (Vmax control = 20.6 +/- 2.0 pmol/10(8) platelets/4 min vs Vmax menadione = 46.4 +/- 3.9 pmol/10(8) platelets/4 min) but did not significantly alter the Km values. The activity of (Na(+)-K+)ATPase was determined by measuring the uptake of 86Rb+ into intact platelets. Menadione produced a concentration-dependent and time-dependent stimulation of platelet 86Rb+ uptake. These changes in platelet (Na(+)-K+)ATPase activity paralleled the changes observed in 5-HT transport and were inhibited in a concentration-dependent manner by ouabain. The data have shown that the redox cycling of 1,4-naphthoquinones caused an increase in (Na(+)-K+)ATPase activity that resulted in the stimulation of the rate of platelet 5-HT transport.
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PMID:Stimulation of platelet serotonin transport by substituted 1,4-naphthoquinone-induced oxidant stress. 184 80

Prostacyclin (PGI2) did not alter the basal perfusion pressure in the isolated rat mesenteric arteries perfused with Krebs' solution, but produced a biphasic effect in arteries preconstricted with norepinephrine or arginine vasopressin: constriction, then prolonged dilation. Both these components of PGI2 effect were diminished in arteries denuded of their endothelia by a 10 min perfusion with distilled water or p-bromophenacyl bromide (10 microM). The present study elucidates the mechanism of these PGI2 actions. Indomethacin (0.28 microM) SQ 29548 (1 microM, thromboxane A2 receptor antagonist), saralasin (1 microM, angiotensin II receptor antagonist) or the free radical scavengers, superoxide dismutase (60 U/ml) and catalase (40 U/ml) did not inhibit the initial vasoconstriction, suggesting it was not mediated through endothelially generated thromboxane A2, angiotensin II or oxygen-derived free radicals. However, ethylene glycol bis(beta-aminoethyl ether)-N,N'-tetraacetic acid (50 microM; Ca++ chelating agent), 8-(diethyl-amino)octyl 3,4,5-trimethoxy benzoate (10 microM; intracellular Ca++ antagonist), or neomycin (5 mM; phospholipase-C inhibitor) abolished the vasoconstriction. Ouabain (0.5 mM) did not affect the vasodilation, but perfusion with excess (50 mM) or 0 K+ Krebs' solution abolished it, suggesting this PGI2 action involves changes in membrane K+ conductance via a mechanism independent of Na+/K+ adenosine triphosphatase. Vasodilation evoked by BRL 34915 (K+ channel activator) was similarly attenuated under these conditions, but not by ouabain. Furthermore, procaine (1 mM; nonspecific K+ channel inhibitor), but not apamin (0.5 microM) or tetraethylammonium (10 mM) blocked PGI2- and BRL 34915-induced vasodilation.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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PMID:Mechanism of vascular actions of prostacyclin in the rat isolated perfused mesenteric arteries. 210 93

The hepatotoxicity of CCl4 is mediated through its initial reduction by cytochrome P-450 to the CCl3.radical. This radical then damages important metabolic systems such as the ATP-dependent microsomal Ca2+ pump. Previous studies from our laboratory on isolated microsomes have shown that NADPH in the absence of toxic agents inhibits this pump. We have now found in in vitro incubations that CCl4 (0.5-2.5 mM) enhanced the NADPH-dependent inhibition of Ca2+ uptake from 28% without CCl4 to a maximum of 68%. These concentrations are in the range found in the livers and blood of lethally intoxicated animals (Dambrauskas, T., and Cornish, H. H. (1970) Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 17, 83-97; Long, R.M., and Moore, L. (1988) Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 92, 295-306) and are toxic to cultured hepatocytes (Long, R. M., and Moore, L. (1988) Toxicol. Appl. Pharmacol. 92, 295-306). The inhibition of Ca2+ uptake was due both to a decrease in the Ca2(+)-dependent ATPase and to an enhanced release of Ca2+ from the microsomes. The NADPH-dependent CCl4 inhibition was greater under N2 and was totally prevented by CO. GSH (1-10 mM) added during the incubation with CCl4 prevented the inhibition. This protection was also seen when the incubations were performed under nitrogen. When samples were preincubated with CCl4, the CCl4 metabolism was stopped, and then the Ca2+ uptake was determined; GSH reversed the CCl4 inhibition of Ca2+ uptake. This reversal showed saturation kinetics for GSH with two Km values of 0.315 and 93 microM when both the preincubation and the Ca2+ uptake were performed under air, and 0.512 and 31 microM when both were performed under nitrogen. Cysteine did not prevent the NADPH-dependent CCl4 inhibition of Ca2+ uptake. CCl4 increased lipid peroxidation in air, but no lipid peroxidation was seen under nitrogen. Lipid peroxidation was only modestly reversed by GSH. GSH did not remove 14C bound to samples preincubated with the 14CCl4. Although EDTA (100 microM) decreased the CCl4 inhibition, the metal-complexing agents deferoxamine (100 microM) and diethyldithiocarbamate (100 microM) had no effect on the inhibition of the pump. Similarly, the reactive oxygen scavengers catalase (65 micrograms/ml), superoxide dismutase (15 micrograms/ml), mannitol (10 mM), and dimethyl sulfoxide (50 mM) also had no effect. Our results suggest that the initial toxicity of CCl4 for the Ca2+ pump results from the metabolism of CCl4 to the CCl3. radical. This radical then directly oxidizes the Ca2+ pump, leading to decreased Ca2+ uptake.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 400 WORDS)
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PMID:The in vitro NADPH-dependent inhibition by CCl4 of the ATP-dependent calcium uptake of hepatic microsomes from male rats. Studies on the mechanism of the inactivation of the hepatic microsomal calcium pump by the CCl3.radical. 214 Mar 58

Incubation of rabbit heart microsomes with Adriamycin and NADPH resulted in the oxidation of approximately 25% of protein thiols and 66% inhibition of Ca-ATPase activity. Thiol oxidation and Ca-ATPase inactivation were iron-dependent and could be catalysed by ferritin. Removal of contaminating catalase revealed that both processes required H2O2 which could be supplied by O2 under aerobic conditions. However, O2- was not involved. Butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), alpha-tocopherol and beta-carotene inhibited lipid peroxidation of microsomes, but did not inhibit thiol oxidation or the inactivation of Ca-ATPase. Likewise, the hydroxyl radical scavengers benzoate, formate and mannitol were not inhibitory. Glutathione (GSH), however, prevented inactivation of Ca-ATPase. It is concluded that Adriamycin-enhanced redox reactions involving iron and H2O2 are responsible for oxidizing microsomal thiol groups and inhibition of Ca-ATPase. Disruption of Ca transport within the myocyte by this process could contribute to the cardiotoxicity of Adriamycin.
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PMID:Thiol oxidation and inhibition of Ca-ATPase by adriamycin in rabbit heart microsomes. 215 95

Effects of oxygen free radicals on Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase and ATP-independent Ca2(+)-binding activities were examined in rat heart sarcolemma. Membranes were incubated with different oxygen radical generating media such as xanthine + xanthine oxidase, hydrogen peroxide, and hydrogen peroxide + Fe2+. In the presence of xanthine + xanthine oxidase, Ca2+ ATPase activity was stimulated and this effect was prevented by the addition of superoxide dismutase. Hydrogen peroxide also showed a significant increase in Ca2(+)-ATPase activity in a dose-dependent manner and this effect was blocked by catalase. On the other hand, a combination of hydrogen peroxide + Fe2+ decreased Ca2(+)-ATPase activity; this depression was prevented by the addition of D-mannitol. The observed change in Ca2(+)-ATPase activity due to oxygen free radicals was associated with changes in Vmax, whereas Ka remained unaffected. Both xanthine + xanthine oxidase and hydrogen peroxide increased whereas, hydrogen peroxide + Fe2+ inhibited the ATP-independent Ca2(+)-binding activities. It is suggested that oxygen free radicals may influence Ca2+ movements in the cell by altering the Ca2+/Mg2+ ATPase and Ca2(+)-binding activities of the membrane and these effects may be oxygen-radical species specific.
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PMID:Alterations in heart sarcolemmal Ca2(+)-ATPase and Ca2(+)-binding activities due to oxygen free radicals. 215 97


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