Glutathione oxidation as a trigger of mitochondrial depolarization and oscillation in intact hearts.

ABSTRACT: Depolarization of the mitochondrial inner membrane potential (DeltaPsi(m)) associated with oxidative stress is thought to be a critical factor in cardiac dysfunction and cell injury following ischemia-reperfusion or exposure to cardiotoxic agents. In isolated cardiomyocytes, mitochondrially-generated reactive oxygen species (ROS) can readily trigger cell-wide collapse or oscillations of DeltaPsi(m) but it is not known whether these phenomena scale to the level of the whole heart. Here we utilize two-photon laser scanning fluorescence microscopy to track DeltaPsi(m), ROS, and reduced glutathione (GSH) levels in intact perfused guinea-pig hearts subjected to simulated ischemia reperfusion or GSH depletion with the thiol oxidizing agent diamide. Exposure to oxidative stress by either method p

SUBMITTER: Slodzinski MK 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2604133 | biostudies-literature | 2008 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature