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ArticleRedox biology2016

Cellular and subcellular oxidative stress parameters following severe spinal cord injury.

Nishant P Visavadiya, Samir P Patel, Jenna L VanRooyen, Patrick G Sullivan, Alexander G Rabchevsky

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Article in Redox biology, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 101 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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101 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 182 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Nishant P VisavadiyaSpinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, USA.
Samir P PatelSpinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, USA. Electronic address: skpate2@uky.edu.
Jenna L VanRooyenSpinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, USA.
Patrick G SullivanSpinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Anatomy & Neurobiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, USA.
Alexander G RabchevskySpinal Cord and Brain Injury Research Center, Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY 40536-0509, USA.
University of Kentucky · US

Funding

UK Spinal Cord &Brain Injury Research Center Core GrantP30NS051220 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI HALL, EDWARD D. · 2005 to 2015
$6.4M
Mitochondrial-Targeted Therapeutics for Treatment of Spinal Cord InjuryR01NS069633 · NINDS · UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY · PI RABCHEVSKY, ALEXANDER GEORGE, SULLIVAN, PATRICK G · 2011 to 2014
$1.4M
NINDS NIH HHS P30 NS051220NINDS NIH HHS R01 NS069633
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The present study undertook a comprehensive assessment of the acute biochemical oxidative stress parameters in both cellular and, notably, mitochondrial isolates following severe upper lumbar contusion spinal cord injury (SCI) in adult female Sprague Dawley rats. At 24h post-injury, spinal cord tissue homogenate and mitochondrial fractions were isolated concurrently and assessed for glutathione (GSH) content and production of nitric oxide (NO(•)), in addition to the presence of oxidative stress markers 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT), protein carbonyl (PC), 4-hydroxynonenal (4-HNE) and lipid peroxidation (LPO). Moreover, we assessed production of superoxide (O2(•-)) and hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) in mitochondrial fractions. Quantitative biochemical analyses showed that compared to sham, SCI significantly lowered GSH content accompanied by increased NO(•) production in both cellular and mitochondrial fractions. SCI also resulted in increased O2(•-) and H2O2 levels in mitochondrial fractions. Western blot analysis further showed that reactive oxygen/nitrogen species (ROS/RNS) mediated PC and 3-NT production were significantly higher in both fractions after SCI. Conversely, neither 4-HNE levels nor LPO formation were increased at 24h after injury in either tissue homogenate or mitochondrial fractions. These results indicate that by 24h post-injury ROS-induced protein oxidation is more prominent compared to lipid oxidation, indicating a critical temporal distinction in secondary pathophysiology that is critical in designing therapeutic approaches to mitigate consequences of oxidative stress.

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Oxidative StressAnimalsAntioxidantsBiomarkersFemaleGlutathioneHydrogen PeroxideLipid PeroxidationMitochondriaNitric OxideOxidation-ReductionProtein CarbonylationRatsReactive Oxygen SpeciesSpinal Cord InjuriesAntioxidantsBiomarkersGlutathioneHydrogen PeroxideNitric OxideReactive Oxygen Species3-Nitrotyrosine4-HydroxynonenalMitochondriaProtein carbonylRNSROS

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PMID26760911
PMCPMC4712315
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