Ischemia Reperfusion Injury Flashcards
List some pathophysiological processes involved in IR?
- Activation of neutrophils
- platelets
- cytokines
- reactive nitrogen species
- reactive oxygen species (ROS)
- the coagulation system
- the endothelium
- the xanthine-oxido-reductase enzyme system
Source: JVECC SOAR 2004
What are the most common syndromes associated with IR in veterinary medicine?
GDV, ATE, resus from haemorrhagic shock, organ transplantation (?), diaphragmatic hernia, head trauma, mesenteric torsion, intestinal incarceration, spinal cord trauma.
Source: JVECC SOAR 2004
What is a free radical?
a molecule with one or more unpaired electrons in the outer shell. Since not all of the species that cause oxidative injury are technically free radicals(i.e., hydrogen peroxide is not a free radical, but is a key player in oxidative damage), a more appropriate term is ROS. ROS can react with all biological molecules
Source JVECC SOAR 2004
What are ROS generating organelles adjacent to?
Antioxidant mechanisms - thought to be the most important inate defense against ROS damage
Source JVECC SOAR 2004
Why are ROS thought to effect lipids most frequently?
This is believed tobe due to lipids’ propensity to contain double bonds and their ubiquitous presence in cell membranes
Source JVECC SOAR 2004
What may occur when two radicals interact?
May result in a more damaging product than the original radical or may terminate the cycle of damage
An example is when nitric oxide (NO) combines with superoxide (O2-) creating peroxynitrite (OONO-), which is 2000 times more damaging than hydrogen peroxide (H2O2)
Source JVECC SOAR 2004
Describe lipid peroxidation
Occurs mainly by hydoxyl (OH-) or peroxynitrite.
They initiate lipid peroxidation by abstraction of a proton from the polyunsaturated fatty acid forming a peroxy-radical. This then goes on to attack other PUFA in the cell membrane, propagating a chain reaction until all substrate is destroyed or an antioxidant is encountered.
Source JVECC SOAR 2004
What are the consequences of lipid peroxidation?
severely damages cell membranes, causing alterations in
- enzyme systems
- receptors,
- ion channels
and increases permeability to calcium and other ions.
In addition, the products of lipid peroxidation are also thought to initiate inflammation, apoptosis, and inactivation of thiol-containing enzymes.
Source JVECC SOAR 2004
What are antioxidants?
defined as substances that can delay or prevent oxidation of lipids, DNA, or proteins.
Antioxidant proteins, such as albumin, haptoglobin, ferritin, and cerulo-plasmin are abundant in plasma.
Intracellular enzymatic antioxidants include superoxide dismutase(SOD), catalase, and glutathione peroxidase
Source: JVECC SOAR 2004
WHat is generally considered the first line defense against ROS formation?
Glutathione peroxidase synthesis
Source: JVECC SPAR 2004
How does glutathione act?
Reduces hydrogen peroxide to water
There are two forms, one catalyzes the conversion of hydrogen peroxide and lipid peroxides and requires selenium as a cofactor
The other form doesn’t need selenium, but only catalyzes the reduction of hydrogen peroxide.
Oxidative stress has been shown to be associated with a depletion of GSH
Source JVECC SOAR 2004
What is the second line defense against ROS?
Vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols)
What is the second line defense against ROS?
Vitamin E (tocopherols and tocotrienols)
What is the action of vitamin E?
Vitamin E inhabits the lipophilic interior of the cell membrane, where the PUFAs are located, andis a chain-breaking scavenger, halting lipid peroxidation
When a wave of lipid peroxidation reaches vitamin E, it is oxidized to a free radical, sparing any adjacent PUFAs from oxidation.
Vitamin C (ascorbicacid) then combines with the E radical forming a poorly reactive, water-soluble, vitamin C radical, and regenerating vitamin E. Vitamin C is the most abundant water-soluble antioxidant and it can directly scavenge ROS or regenerate vitamin E Source JVECC SOAR 2004
does the length and magnitude of decreased blood flow corrolate with severity of ischemic injury?
Yes
Source: JVECC SOAR 2004