Journal
FREE RADICAL BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
Volume 44, Issue 7, Pages 1286-1294Publisher
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.freeradbiomed.2007.10.060
Keywords
iron; ferritin; free radicals; retina; preconditioning
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Ischemic preconditioning (IPC) of the retina, accomplished by ischemia of short duration, is highly effective in preventing subsequent severe injury caused by iron-dependent free radical burst after prolonged ischemia. To investigate the mechanistic basis for IPC rescue, we examined changes in the levels of the retinal redox-active and labile iron pool, ferritin, and ferritin-bound iron. Prolonged ischemia severely impaired retinal function. with total loss of the full-field electroretinographic response. IPC provided marked protection against such injury. Histological examination revealed that ischemia-associated structural damage and loss of cells in the outer and inner nuclear layers were largely prevented by IPC. Ferritin levels decreased after prolonged ischemia but remained close to normal when the ischemic episode was preceded by IPC. The protective effect of IPC on retinal function and ferritin was blocked by a zinc-desferrioxamine complex known to interfere with iron signaling. The results suggest a mechanism whereby IPC activates an iron signaling pathway leading to a marked increase in ferritin levels, which mediates resistance to prolonged ischemia. (C) 2007 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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