Fig. 1.
Time course of changes in superoxide and peroxynitrite (ONOO−) levels during IR. A: The fluorescence probe DHE, via its stable (ethidium) or unstable and labile 2-hydoxyethidium (2-OH-E+) product was used to assess intracellular emission online in isolated hearts at the LV free wall. B: Dityrosine (DiTyr) fluorescence formed from L-tyrosine in the presence of ONOO− was used to monitor ONOO− online similar to that described for the DHE fluorescence probe. TC: Time control; IR10: 30 min ischemia and 10 min reperfusion; N=4–5 hearts/group/probe; Values are mean ± SEM. *: p < 0.05 vs. TC. See Table 1 for functional data.