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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 250, Issue 2 213-H220, Copyright © 1986 by American Physiological Society
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K. Harris, P. M. Walker, D. A. Mickle, R. Harding, R. Gatley, G. J. Wilson, B. Kuzon, N. McKee and A. D. Romaschin
To evaluate the temporal relationship and potential correlation between intramuscular phosphagen levels, lipid oxidation, and extent of muscle injury, a canine gracilis muscle model was used to study the consequences of a global ischemic episode for up to 7 h duration with reperfusion for 4 h. In this model the contralateral gracilis muscle was prepared identically to the test side but was not subjected to ischemia and thus served as a control. Blood flow, oxygen consumption, and lactate and glycerol release were measured before and after 2- and 7-h ischemic stress periods. The intramuscular metabolites, glycogen, lactate, phosphocreatine, and ATP, as well as free fatty acid conjugated dienes, were measured before, during, and after the ischemic insult. A 2-h ischemic insult resulted in minimal ultrastructural damage and complete regeneration of intramuscular phosphagens and glycogen on reperfusion with complete normalization of lipid oxidation products. In contrast, a 7-h ischemic insult resulted in profound injury at the ultrastructural level with an inability to restore intramuscular phosphagens and glycogen on reperfusion. This severe muscle injury correlated with a 2.5-fold increase in lipid oxidation products (free fatty acid conjugated dienes) and a decline in ATP levels below 5 mumol/g dry wt on reperfusion. Our results emphasize the prolonged glycolytic activity of skeletal muscle during global ischemia and document the increased production of oxygen free radical-mediated lipid oxidation products in irreversibly injured muscle.
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