Evaluation of the role of xanthine oxidase in myocardial reperfusion injury

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Evaluation of the role of xanthine oxidase in myocardial reperfusion injury

SL Thompson-Gorman and JL Zweier
Department of Medicine, Johns Hopkins Medical Institutions, Baltimore, Maryland 21224.

The free radical-generating enzyme xanthine oxidase has been hypothesized to be a central mechanism of the injury which occurs in postischemic tissues; however, its importance remains controversial. Much attention has focused on the role of this enzyme in myocardial reperfusion injury. While xanthine oxidase has been observed in ischemic tissue homogenates, the presence and importance of radical generation by the enzyme in intact tissues are unknown. Therefore, we performed electron paramagnetic resonance, nuclear magnetic resonance and hemodynamic studies to measure the presence and significance of xanthine oxidase-mediated free radical generation in the isolated rat heart. When isolated perfused rat hearts were reperfused after 30 min of global ischemia, myocardial function and coronary flow were significantly improved in the presence of the definitive xanthine oxidase blocker oxypurinol. Free radical concentrations measured by spin-trapping with 5,5'-dimethyl-1-pyrroline-N-oxide were significantly decreased by oxypurinol and the energetic state of the heart was improved as reflected by an increased recovery of phosphocreatine and a higher phosphocreatine/Pi ratio. ATP recovery, however, was not altered, indicating that the improved functional and metabolic state of the heart was not due to ATP salvage. Spectrophotometric assays for the enzyme showed an increase in the amount of xanthine oxidase relative to dehydrogenase following ischemia, and a total available xanthine oxidase pool in the rat heart of approximately 150 milliunits/g of protein. Thus, xanthine oxidase is a significant source of the oxidative injury which occurs upon reperfusion of the ischemic rat heart.
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