Abstract:
:The excessive generation of free radicals is thought to be one of the major mechanisms leading to tissue injury in various pathological conditions, including ischemia, inflammation, and trauma. Conversion of xanthine dehydrogenase (XDH) to xanthine oxidase (XO) contributes to the formation of superoxide, an oxygen radical. We measured XDH and XO activity using a newly developed fluorometric assay in an experimental spinal cord injury model in rats. XO activity increased by more than 100% 4 h after spinal cord trauma. Total (XDH + XO) activity also increased by 96% during the same period. Allopurinol, an inhibitor of XO (100 mg/kg/day x 2 days, i.p.), completely inhibited plasma and spinal cord XO activity but did not affect posttraumatic edema determined by water content or polymorphonuclear (PMN) cell infiltration reflected by myeloperoxidase (MPO) activity in traumatized spinal cord. These results indicate that XDH conversion to XO may not be the major mechanism of oxygen radical formation in the pathogenesis of vasogenic edema or inflammatory response in this experimental spinal cord injury model in rats.
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J Neurotraumajournal_title
Journal of neurotraumaauthors
Xu J,Beckman JS,Hogan EL,Hsu CYdoi
10.1089/neu.1991.8.11subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1991-04-01 00:00:00pages
11-8issue
1eissn
0897-7151issn
1557-9042journal_volume
8pub_type
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2016-05-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2015-07-15 00:00:00
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更新日期:2004-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2016-03-01 00:00:00
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