Sampling of low molecular weight iron by microdialysis following spinal cord injury
✍ Scribed by Romulo de Castro Jr.; Nancy W. Alcock; David J. McAdoo
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 1999
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 67 KB
- Volume
- 57
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0360-4012
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✦ Synopsis
We combined the use of desferrioxamine as an iron chelator, microdialysis sampling, and iron analysis by atomic absorption spectroscopy to measure extracellular levels of low molecular weight (LMW) iron in vivo in the spinal cord. Low molecular weight iron is free iron plus iron bound to small molecules. We show that the extracellular LMW-iron concentration is not increased significantly in situ by trauma to the rat spinal cord, suggesting that an extracellular elevation in LMW-iron at the site of injury is not the major initiating factor for lipid peroxidation following spinal cord injury.