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In a feline model of regional intestinal ischemia, reoxygenation resulted in a rise in the concentration of oxidized glutathione, from 2.3 ± 0.7 to 4.1 ± 0.5% of the total glutathione. Also conjugated diene as an indirect measurement for lipid peroxidation increased after reperfusion from 2.5 ± 0.5 µmol/g to 5.5 ± 1.2 µgmol/g tissue. These results are in line with the hypothesis that ischemia results in an accumulation of hypoxanthine and a conversion of xanthine dehydrogenase into its O2-dependent form. Upon reoxygenation, hypoxanthine can be oxidized giving yield to a burst of O2 and its interconversion products. These may initiate peroxidative tissue damage. Pretreatment of the cats with superoxide dismutase inhibited the biochemical alterations and protected the tissue from peroxidation damage.
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Younes, M., Mohr, A., Schoenberg, M.H. et al. Inhibition of lipid peroxidation by superoxide dismutase following regional intestinal ischemia and reperfusion. Res. Exp. Med. 187, 9–17 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01854963
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