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Objective To investigate the effects of dexamethasone on prevention of apoptosis in pulmonary tissues of rats after simulated weightlessness. Methods Tail suspension was used to simulate weightlessness. Thirty Sprague-Dawley male rats were divided randomly into 3 groups: control group, tail suspension for 7 days group, and dexamethasone treatment after suspension group. TUNEL technique was used to detect cell apoptosis in pulmonary tissues. Results The rate of apoptotic cells in the lung of rats suspended for 7 day was higher than that of control group(P
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To investigate the changes of cell apoptosis genes in pulmonary tissue of tail suspended rats during simulated weightlessness, 40 Spragno Dawley male rats were divided into 4 groups: suspended for 7d,control of 7d, suspended for 21d, and control of 21d.Tail suspension(-30?) was used as weightlessness simulation.The condition of bcl 2/bax in pulmonary tissues was detected by in situ hybridization. The results showed that the level of bcl 2 mRNA in pulmonary tissue of 7d tail suspended rats decreased significantly( P 0 05). The results also showed that the level of bax mRNA in pulmonary tissue of 7d tail suspended rats increased significantly( P 0 05).It can be concluded that there are certain changes of cell apoptosis genes in pulmonary tissue of 7d tail suspended rats during simulated weightlessness.
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To investigate the changes of vascular endothelial growth factor mRNA (VEGFmRNA) in pulmonary tissues of tail suspended rats during simulated weightlessness,the experiments were conducted on 40 Spragno Dawley male rats,divided into 4 groups:suspended for 7d,control of 7d and suspended for 21d,control of 21d.Tail suspension(-30?) was used as weightlessness simulation.The condition of VEGFmRNA in pulmonary tissues was examined by hybridization in situ. The results showed that the level of VEGFmRNA in pulmonary tissues of 7d tail suspended rats increased significantly( P