The degree of oxidative stress in the rat brain during ischemia and reperfusion in conditions of correction of the L-arginine-NO system.

The aim of the present work was to evaluate oxidative stress in the brains of rats during ischemia/reperfusion in conditions of correction of the L-arginine-NO system. Experiments on 128 rats with brain ischemia/perfusion in conditions of modulation of the L-arginine-NO system were used to study changes in the concentrations of (a) lipid peroxidation products, i.e., diene conjugates, malonic dialdehyde, and Schiff bases, and (b) antioxidant protection factors, i.e., retinol, alpha-tocopherol, and SH-groups. Administration of L-arginine and NO synthase inhibitors, i.e., the non-selective inhibitor N(omega)-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, the selective neuronal NO synthase inhibitor 7-nitroindasole, and the selective inhibitor of inducible NO synthase S-methylisothiourea, established that oxidative stress in rats with brain ischemia/perfusion is NO-dependent. NO formed by the various isoforms of NO synthase had different roles: hyperactivation of neuronal NO synthase was responsible for oxidative stress in both periods of brain ischemia/reperfusion, while increased inducible NO synthase activity was responsible in the late period.

[The degree of cerebal oxidative stress in rats during ischemia-reperfusion combined with a modulaion of L-arginine-NO system].

We estimated the cerebral oxidative stress during ischemia-reperfusion of the brain in conditions of modulated L-arginine-NO system in rats. In 128 rats, the changes in lipid peroxidation products (conjugated dienes, malondialdehyde, Schiff bases) and antioxidant defense factors (retinal, a-tocopherol, SH-groups) were studied. Analysis of the inhibitor (administration of NO synthase substrate L-arginine, non-selective inhibitor Nw-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester, selective inhibitor of neuronal NO synthase 7-nitroindasole, or selective inhibitor of inducible NO synthase S-methyl-isothiourea) showed the NO-dependent nature of oxidative stress in rats with brain ischemia-reperfusion. NO generated by different NO synthase isoenzymes played different roles: hyperactivation of the neuronal NO synthase was associated with oxidative stress during both brain ischemia-reperfusion periods, and the higher inducible NO synthase activity had such association only during the later period.

Influence of different oxygen modes on the blood oxygen transport and prooxidant-antioxidant status during hepatic ischemia/reperfusion.

Oxygen supply was corrected in rabbits during the hepatic ischemia/reperfusion by means of different breathing mixtures: hypoxic (14.8 % O(2)+85.2 % N(2)), hyperoxic (78 % O(2)+20.2 % N(2)+ 1.8 % CO(2)), or hypercapnic (5 % CO(2) in air). Hepatic ischemia was induced for 30 min by ligation of hepatic artery, reperfusion period lasted 120 min. Indices of blood oxygen transport (p50(act), pCO(2), pH, pO(2), etc.) and prooxidant-antioxidant balance (Schiff bases, conjugated dienes, catalase, retinol, alpha-tocopherol) were measured in the blood and liver. The severity of reperfusion damage was evaluated by the activities of alanine and aspartate aminotransferases (ALT, AST) in the blood. Hepatic ischemia/reperfusion resulted in higher p50(act) in hepatic venous and mixed venous blood in all experimental groups. The changes of p50(act) were most marked in the hypercapnic group and were the weakest in the hypoxic group. The rise in p50(act) was accompanied by higher levels of lipid peroxidation products, ALT and AST in blood and liver homogenates, and by a simultaneous fall of alpha-tocopherol and retinol concentrations, except in the hypoxic group. Catalase activity at the end of reperfusion increased under normoxia, decreased under hyperoxia or hypercapnia and did not change under hypoxia. The moderate hypoxia during reperfusion was accompanied by a better balance between the mechanisms of reactive oxygen species production and inactivation that may be observed by optimal changes in p50act and reduced the hepatic damage in this pathological condition.

[Serotonin participation in the mechanism of the cytoprotective action of polyglucin on the stomach]. / Uchastie serotonina v mekhanizme tsitoprotektornogo deistviia poligliukina na zheludok.

Experiments on rats with the use of ultrastructural analysis and fluorescent-histochemical and biochemical methods have shown serotonin to participate in the mechanism of the cytoprotective effect of polyglucin on the stomach. In the presence of experimental hyperthyrosis, intravenous injection of polyglucin coupled with hydrocortisone reduces the percentage of gastric mucosa lesions. This is a consequence of the restriction of serotonin release from serotonin-producing gastric cells.