Abstract
Head trauma with cerebral contusion causes extravasation of red blood cells, followed by hemolysis and deposition of iron-containing blood products within the neuropil. Liberation of heme compounds is associated with deposition of hemosiderin, and with gliosis, neuronal loss and occasionally the development of seizures. In this experiment we injected components of red blood cell contents into rat amygdala, and then measured the rate of appearance of products of lipid peroxidation. Injection of microliter volumes of hemin and hemoglobin, with hematoprotoporphyrin and rodent plasma injection and contralateral uninjected tissue as controls, showed that the presence of the iron moiety within the protoporphyrin ring was required to initiate and propagate peroxidation. Free radical reactions initiated by iron or heme deposited within the neuropil may be a fundamental reaction associated with brain injury responses, and possibly with posttraumatic epileptogenesis.
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