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Ultrastructure, peroxisomes and lipid peroxidation in reperfused myocardium
D M Vaughan1, J R Koke, N Bittar
1Department of Biology, Southwest Texas State University, San Marcos 78666.
Cytobios
|January 1, 1988
Abstract:
Reperfusion injury was studied in dog myocardium using a transmission electron microscope and 3,3'-diaminobenzidine (DAB) to locate areas of peroxidatic activity. Dark electron dense DAB reaction product was observed in peroxisomes and damaged mitochondria. These results suggest attack by reactive oxygen species on mitochondrial membranes, which might result in the formation of lipid peroxides and prostaglandin-like compounds. It is suggested that the release of lipid peroxide or prostaglandins from the injured cells may contribute to reactive hyperaemia, ventricular fibrillation and angina.