Myoglobin: From physiological roles to potential implications in cancer

IE Elkholi, ME Elsherbiny, M Emara - … et Biophysica Acta (BBA)-Reviews on …, 2022 - Elsevier
Myoglobin (MB) belongs to the well-studied globin proteins superfamily. It has been
extensively studied for its physiological roles in oxygen storage and transport for about a …

Perfluorocarbon blood substitutes

GP Biro, P Blais, AL Rosen - Critical reviews in oncology/hematology, 1987 - Elsevier
The salient physicochemical properties of the fluorocarbons are briefly reviewed, including
their solubility for the physiologically important gases and their properties relevant to …

Disruption of myoglobin in mice induces multiple compensatory mechanisms

A Gödecke, U Flögel, K Zanger… - Proceedings of the …, 1999 - National Acad Sciences
Myoglobin may serve a variety of functions in muscular oxygen supply, such as O2 storage,
facilitated O2 diffusion, and myoglobin-mediated oxidative phosphorylation. We studied the …

Myoglobin facilitates oxygen diffusion

MW Merx, U Flögel, T Stumpe, A Gödecke… - The FASEB …, 2001 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, the hemodynamic effects of acute myoglobin (Mb) inhibition with CO on
isolated hearts of wild‐type (WT) mice were examined at different degrees of oxygenation …

Myocardial oxygenation in vivo: optical spectroscopy of cytoplasmic myoglobin and mitochondrial cytochromes

AE Arai, CE Kasserra, PR Territo… - American Journal …, 1999 - journals.physiology.org
The oxygenation state of myoglobin and the redox state of cytochrome c provide information
on the PO 2 in the cytosol and mitochondria, respectively. An optical “window” from∼ 540 to …

Myoglobin function in exercising skeletal muscle

RP Cole - Science, 1982 - science.org
Short-term perfusion of the isolated dog gastrocnemius-plantaris muscle with hydrogen
peroxide resulted in a decrease in steady-state muscle oxygen consumption and isometric …

Clinical features, pathogenesis and management of drug-induced rhabdomyolysis

C Köppel - Medical toxicology and adverse drug experience, 1989 - Springer
Striated musculature is considered unusually tolerant to all kinds of injuries, and
rhabdomyolysis associated with drug overdose or chronic drug intake is a rare event. This …

Oxygen uptake by isolated perfused fish hearts with differing myoglobin concentrations under hypoxic conditions

JR Bailey, DH Sephton, WR Driedzic - Journal of molecular and cellular …, 1990 - Elsevier
Hearts from three species of fish with varying myoglobin content were perfused with
stepwise changes in input perfusate P o 2 from approximately 160 to 10 mmHg. Flow …

Intracellular O2 gradients in cardiac myocytes. Lack of a role for myoglobin in facilitation of intracellular O2 diffusion

DP Jones, FG Kennedy - Biochemical and biophysical research …, 1982 - Elsevier
The P 50 for oxygenation of myoglobin in intact cells was very high relative to that for
isolated myoglobin, and was changed by addition of agents that altered respiratory rate. The …

The fish heart as a model system for the study of myoglobin.

WR Driedzic - Comparative Biochemistry and physiology. A …, 1983 - europepmc.org
A model is presented for myoglobin study based upon naturally occurring differences in
myocardial myoglobin content in fish. The sea raven (Hemitripterus americanus) and the …