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Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol 259: H525-H531, 1990;
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AJP - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, Vol 259, Issue 2 525-H531, Copyright © 1990 by American Physiological Society

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Complement activation and white cell sequestration in postischemic skeletal muscle

B. B. Rubin, A. Smith, S. Liauw, D. Isenman, A. D. Romaschin and P. M. Walker
Division of Vascular Surgery, Toronto General Hospital, Ontario, Canada.

After skeletal muscle ischemia, tissue damage is augmented during reperfusion. White blood cells (WBCs) and complement proteins may participate in the reperfusion injury. The purpose of this study was to define the kinetics of classical and alternative pathway complement activation and WBC sequestration by postischemic skeletal muscle during the first 48 h of reperfusion in vivo. The isolated canine gracilis muscle model was used. Systemic levels of the complement proteins factor B (alternative pathway) and C4 (classical pathway) were quantitated by hemolytic assay. WBC sequestration was measured by gracilis arterial-venous WBC differences and tissue myeloperoxidase activity. Reperfusion was associated with an 18% decrease in systemic factor B levels but no consistent change in systemic C4 levels. WBCs were sequestered during the first 4 h of reperfusion, and tissue myeloperoxidase activity was elevated 97-fold after 48 h of reperfusion. These results suggest that skeletal muscle ischemia-reperfusion stimulates 1) activation of the alternative but not the classical complement pathway and 2) an immediate and prolonged sequestration of WBCs.


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