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Antioxidant enzyme status of ischemic and postischemic liver and ischemic kidney in rats

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Abstract

The specific activity of seven enzymes involved in protecting tissue from oxidative stress was determined in rat kidneys subjected to 0, 2, 4, or 8 h of normothermic ischemia and in isolated rat livers during control perfusion, after 2 h ischemia, and after 2 h ischemia plus 1 h of reperfusion. In general, none of the antioxidant enzymes measured showed any consistent variation throughout the ischemic period even though mitochondrial function was significantly decreased, indicating substantial cell injury. Glutathione peroxidase (Se-GSH-Px) activity remained constant during 8 h of ischemia, although a small (29%) increase above control activity was noted at 4 h of ischemia. Se-independent GSH-Px activity (non-Se-GSH-Px) and glutathione reductase (GSSG-Red) remained constant up to 8 h of ischemia, when we measured an increase of 158% above controls in non-Se-GSH-Px and a decrease of 35% relative to controls in GSSG-Red. In perfused livers, the only change in enzyme activity after 2 h of ischemia was an increased GSSG-Red activity of 21% above control. This increase persisted into the reperfusion phase (35% above control activity) and was accompanied by decreases in both forms of GSH-Px (28% Se-GSH-Px and 44% non-Se-GSH-Px).

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