Free radical damage in neonatal rat cardiac myocyte cultures: effects of alpha-tocopherol, Trolox, and phytol

Free Radical Biology & Medicine
K D Massey, K P Burton

Abstract

A number of investigations have implicated free radicals in the progression of ischemic/reperfusion injury. alpha-Tocopherol has been found to attenuate alterations due to ischemia and reperfusion in an isolated heart model. The present study was intended to directly examine neonatal rat cardiac ventricular cell cultures exposed to a free radical generating system catalyzed by xanthine oxidase. The effectiveness of alpha-tocopherol in the attenuation of the resultant changes and the mechanism by which the effects of alpha-tocopherol may be exerted were evaluated. Cultures were either nontreated or pretreated for 18 h with 20 microM alpha-tocopherol or the subcomponents of the alpha-tocopherol molecule, phytol and Trolox. Exposure of cell cultures to free radicals resulted in significant increases in lipid peroxidation products, release of both lactate dehydrogenase and 3H-arachidonate, and structural alterations. Pretreatment with alpha-tocopherol showed significant attenuation of the changes associated with exposure to free radicals. Trolox and phytol at equal molar doses were not as effective as alpha-tocopherol in protecting the myocytes against injury. Thus, alpha-tocopherol seems beneficial in its ability to reduce free ra...Continue Reading

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