HIROSHI SHIBUYA, NOBUHIRO OHKOHCHI, KAZUHIKO SEYA, and SUSUMU SATOMI ies, we have demonstrated that the susceptibility of hepatoThis study was designed to determine the source of cytes to lipid peroxidation increases with the duration of cold reactive oxygen species (ROS) and whether Kupffer cells ischemia 7 and that neutrophils cause lipid peroxidation by modulate the injury of perfused rat liver after cold presreleasing superoxide in the perfused rat liver after cold preservation. The livers of male Lewis rats pretreated with ervation. 8 In addition, many investigators have demonschizophyllan glucan (SPG) (10 mg/kg, SPG group) or strated that scavengers for ROS and allopurinol, an inhibitor gadolinium chloride (5 mg/kg; Gd group) and untreated of xanthine oxidase, have a protective effect against ischemia/ rats (control group) were preserved in University of Wisreperfusion injury. 9,10 Another concern has been the identificonsin solution for 0, 12, and 24 hours at 4ЊC and then cation of the primary source of ROS. Several reports have perfused for 60 minutes with oxygenated Krebs-Henseimplicated xanthine oxidase as a major source of ROS during leit bicarbonate buffer. Real-time chemiluminescence reperfusion. 9,11 Other investigators have proposed neutro-(CL) of the liver during perfusion was measured using phils or Kupffer cells as the primary source of ROS. 12,13 Rea sensitive photomultiplier, and reperfusion injury was cent studies, however, have questioned whether the quantity assessed by measuring lipid peroxidation and lactate deof ROS generated during reperfusion is sufficient to cause hydrogenase release. CL intensity reached a peak within direct injury through lipid peroxidation. 14 Alternatively, ROS 5 minutes of reperfusion, and superoxide dismutase acts in signal transduction for subsequent injurious events.
15completely inhibited this CL in all groups. In the control Thus, the source of ROS and its impact on the pathogenesis group, the total CL intensity was high after 24 hours of of reperfusion injury remain controversial.
preservation. It significantly (P õ .05 vs. control group)Little has been reported about direct measurement of ROS increased in the SPG group, while it decreased in the in a whole organ after cold preservation. Chemiluminescence Gd group after 12 and 24 hours of preservation. The total (CL) is used as a direct method for measuring ROS. A lumi-CL intensity decreased by 70% when diphenyliodonium nol-enhanced CL technique has been reported to be useful to chloride (100 mmol/L; an NADPH oxidase inhibitor) was determine ROS in the perfused rat liver during warm ischadded to the perfusate before preservation of untreated emia/reperfusion. 16,17 However, luminol CL is not a specific rats. Lipid peroxidation and lactate dehydrogenase reindicator of superoxide generation, since luminol would react lease significantly (P õ .05) deteriorated in the SPG with a wide variety of oxidants. 18 Recently, 2-methyl-6-[pgroup, while they ameliorated in the Gd group after 24 methoxyphenyl]-3,7-dihyd...