A Simple Method for Evaluation of Superoxide Radical Production in Neural Cells under Various Culture Conditions: Application to Hypoxia
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- 1 January 1995
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
- Vol. 15 (1), 71-77
- https://doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.1995.8
Abstract
To evaluate the potential deleterious influence of oxygen-derived free radicals following hypoxia in a model of primary culture of neurons obtained from the fetal rat brain, superoxide radicals were measured as a function of time in the extracellular medium. Neuronal cells were grown for 8 days in the presence or absence of serum, then incubated in a buffered Krebs–Ringer solution containing 60 μ M acetyl-cytochrome c. The rate of superoxide radical formation was quantified spectrophotometrically by measuring the specific reduction of acetyl-cytochrome c. Under normoxic conditions (95% air-5% CO2), basal production of superoxide that increased with time was recorded. It was significantly more pronounced in cells grown in serum-free medium. Under both culture conditions, acute hypoxia (95% N2–5% CO2) for 6 h increased superoxide radical amounts in the extracellular medium, and they were still enhanced 3 h after reoxygenation. The addition of superoxide dismutase to the incubating medium abolished the detection of superoxide radicals. The present study describes a new reliable method for superoxide radical measurement in cells in vitro and demonstrates hypoxia/reoxygenation-induced overproduction of superoxide in cultured neurons that may account for cell injury.Keywords
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