BASIC CONCEPTS IN CARDIOLOGY The Oxygen Free Radical System: Potential Mediator of Myocardial Injury
BASIC CONCEPTS IN CARDIOLOGY The Oxygen Free Radical System: Potential Mediator of Myocardial Injury
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2010
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Arnold M. Katz;Billy Hammond;Michael;Hess
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Arnold M. Katz;Billy Hammond;Michael;Hess
The sequential univalent reduction of oxygen gives rise to very reactive intermediate products including super oxide anion radical, hydrogen peroxide and free hy droxyl radicals. Normally, the tissue concentration of these intermediate products of oxygen is severely limited; however, if oxygen free radicals are produced in excess of the capacity of the tissues to eliminate them, they may cause serious damage. The biochemistry and possible sources of free radical generation in animal models of ischemic/reperfusion injury are reviewed. The ability of In recent years there has been much new information con cerning the involvement of intermediate products of oxygen metabolism in both physiologic and pathologic conditions. The sequential univalent reduction of oxygen gives rise to very reactive intermediate products such as the superoxide anion radical, hydrogen peroxide and the free hydroxyl rad ical. The accumulation of these intermediate products of oxygen in normal tissues is limited by a family of superoxide dismutases, catalases and peroxidases, which serve as an intracellular defense mechanism against the overproduction of oxygen free radicals. If oxygen free radicals are produced in excess of the capacity of the tissue to eliminate them, they may cause serious damage. For example, oxygen free radicals have been shown to kill bacteria, lyse cells, initiate lipid peroxidation of cell membranes and inactivate en zymes. The ability of oxygen free radicals to damage a wide variety of cellular components has led to the suggestion that