Magnesium-deficiency potentiates free radical production associated with postischemic injury to rat hearts: Vitamin E affords protection |
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Authors: | Jay H Kramer Vladimír Miík William B Weglicki |
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Institution: | a Department of Medicine, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA b Department of Physiology, Division of Experimental Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA |
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Abstract: | Preexisting magnesium deficiency may alter the susceptibility of rat hearts to postischemic oxidative injury (free radicals). This was examined in rats maintained for 3 weeks on a magnesium-deficient (Mg-D) diet with or without concurrent vitamin E treatment (1.2 mg/day, SC). Magnesium-sufficient (Mg-S) rats received the same diet supplemented with 100 mmol Mg/kg feed. Following sacrifice, isolated working hearts were subjected to 30-, 40-, or 60-min global ischemia and 30-min reperfusion. Postischemic production of free radicals was monitored using electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy and spin trapping with -phenyl-N-tert butylnitrone (PBN, 3 mM final); preischemic and postischemic effluent samples were collected and then extracted with toluene. PBN/alkoxyl adduct(s) (PBN/RO·; H = 1.93 G,N = 13.63 G) were the dominant signals detected in untreated Mg-S and Mg-D postischemic hearts, with comparably higher signal intensities observed for the Mg-D group following any ischemic duration. Time courses of postischemic PBN/RO· detection were biphasic for both groups (maxima: 2–4 and 8.5–12.5 min), and linear relationships between the extent of PBN/RO· production and the severity of both mechanical dysfunction and tissue injury were determined. Following each duration of ischemia, Mg-D hearts displayed greater levels of total PBN adduct production (1.7 –2.0 times higher) and lower recovery of cardiac function (42–48% less) than Mg-S hearts. Pretreating Mg-D rats with vitamin E prior to imposing 40-min ischemia/reperfusion, led to a 49% reduction in total PBN/RO· production, a 55% lower LDH release and a 2.2-fold improvement in functional recovery, compared to untreated Mg-D hearts. These data suggest that magnesium deficiency predisposes postischemic hearts to enhanced oxidative injury and functional loss, and that antioxidants may offer significant protection against pro-oxidant influence(s) of magnesium deficiency. |
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Keywords: | Postischemic hearts Dietary magnesium deficiency Vitamin E Electron spin resonance spectroscopy Spin trapping Free radical production Reperfusion injury Free radicals |
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