The influence of intravenously administeres lactoferrin in early phase of coronnary thrombosis - histopathological analysis

Lactoferin (La) is an 80-kDa iron-binding glykoprotein. It shares a high degree of homology at amino acid sequence level and also the three dimensional conformation level with transferin. Afinity of Lf to iron is about 260times higher than that of transferin. Lf is present physiologically in exocrine secretions, eg.: tears, saliva, milk, sinovial fluid, seminal fluid and in the secondary granules of neutophils. The precise function of Lf in organism is considered to be very complex and is still a hot subject of scientific disputation. Lf was documented to act as antimicrobial, antiinflamatory and antitumoral agent. These effects are probably based on its iron chelating properties. Similarly La inhibits hydroxyl radical formation via Fenton reaction due to chelation of free iron. The catecholamine model of myocardial injury, represented by administration of synthetic catecholamine isoprenaline (ISO), posseses many pathophysiological similarities with acute myocardial infarction (AMI). The only possibility for myocardial tissue recovery in AMI represents the reperfusion of ischaemic myocardium. But this process is associated with tissue derangement due to burst of hydroxyl radical catalyzed by free iron (Fenton reaction). Therefore La has been proposed to have potentially positive effects in a catecholamine..