藏波罗花提取物对小鼠耐缺氧作用的研究

采用不同方法建立小鼠常压缺氧模型、亚硝酸钠中毒模型及急性脑缺血性缺氧模型,对藏波罗花提取物的耐缺氧活性进行研究。以0.5%羧甲基纤维素钠溶液为空白对照、盐酸普萘洛尔为阳性对照药,设置藏波罗花60%乙醇提取物、95%乙醇提取物的5g/kg、10g/kg、15g/kg三个剂量的给药组,通过观察小鼠存活时间,研究藏波罗花提取物对小鼠缺氧损伤的保护作用。结果显示,与空白对照组相比较,藏波罗花提取物各剂量组均能明显延长小鼠在常压缺氧、亚硝酸钠中毒及急性脑缺血性缺氧条件下的存活时间(P<0.05),表明藏波罗花提取物具有一定的耐缺氧活性,可提高实验小鼠的耐缺氧能力。     

西藏芫根提取物对小鼠抗缺氧作用的初步研究

实验研究西藏芫根提取物的抗缺氧活性.通过建立小鼠常压缺氧模型、急性脑缺血性缺氧模型以及亚硝酸钠中毒模型,以蒸馏水作为空白对照,盐酸普萘洛尔作为阳性对照,观察芫根水、65%乙醇及95%乙醇提取物的10 g/kg、15 g/kg和20 g/kg剂量组对小鼠缺氧的保护作用,同时观察各提取物10 g/kg剂量组对红细胞数量和血红蛋白含量的影响.结果表明,芫根水提取物、65%乙醇提取物及95%乙醇提取物均能明显延长模型小鼠在常压缺氧、急性脑缺血性缺氧及亚硝酸钠中毒时的存活时间,并可增加外周血象中红细胞数与血红蛋白含量,显示芫根提取物具有抗缺氧活性.     

阿里红多糖对小鼠抗疲劳和耐缺氧的作用*

目的:研究阿里红多糖对小鼠的抗疲劳和耐缺氧作用。方法:将48只小鼠随机分为4组(n=12),即对照组,低、中、高剂量阿里红多糖组(100、200、400 mg/kg)。各组小鼠按0.20 ml/10 g每日连续灌胃21 d后,观察不同剂量的阿里红多糖对小鼠负重游泳时间,运动后血清尿素氮、血乳酸、肝糖原、肌糖原含量和常压耐缺氧存活时间、断头后呼吸维持时间的影响。结果:与对照组相比,阿里红多糖能延长小鼠负重游泳时间、耐缺氧存活时间及断头后呼吸维持时间,其中中、高剂量组差异均极显著(P＜0.01),低剂量组差异显著(P＜0.05);阿里红多糖能降低运动小鼠血清尿素氮、血乳酸含量,增加运动小鼠肝糖原、肌糖原含量,且大都差异显著(P＜0.05)或极显著(P＜ 0.01)。结论:阿里红多糖具有抗疲劳作用和提高耐缺氧能力作用。     

平喘颗粒的药效学研究

目的:研究平喘颗粒的药效学作用。方法:小鼠随机分为空白组(或/和)模型组,喘嗽宁组(0.7 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(31.2 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(15.6 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(7.8 g/kg)。采用酚红外排,氨水引咳,二甲苯致小鼠耳廓肿胀,琼脂导致小鼠肉芽肿炎症,小鼠负重游泳,小鼠耐常压缺氧,小鼠巨噬细胞吞噬实验观察平喘颗粒的祛痰,镇咳,抗炎,抗疲劳,抗乏氧和提高免疫力作用。大鼠随机分为空白组、模型组、喘嗽宁组(0.486 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(21.6 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(10.8 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(5.4 g/kg),给予卵蛋白激发哮喘,观察平喘颗粒的平喘作用;豚鼠随机分为模型组、喘嗽宁组(0.419 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(18.6 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(9.3 g/kg)、平喘颗粒组(4.65 g/kg),喷入磷酸组胺和氯化乙酰胆碱,观察平喘颗粒的平喘作用。结果:平喘颗粒(31.2 g/kg、15.6 g/kg、7.8 g/kg)可显著提高小鼠酚红的排出量(P0.05),延长氨水致小鼠咳嗽的潜伏期(P0.05),减少氨水所致小鼠咳嗽次数(P0.05),减少二甲苯致小鼠耳廓肿胀程度(P0.05),减少琼脂导致小鼠肉芽肿重量(P0.01),提高小鼠负重游泳时间(P0.05),提高小鼠耐常压缺氧时间(P0.05),可显著提高小鼠巨噬细胞吞噬能力(P0.05)。平喘颗粒(21.6 g/kg、10.8 g/kg、5.4 g/kg)延长卵蛋白致大鼠哮喘发作的潜伏期(P0.05);平喘颗粒(18.6 g/kg、9.3 g/kg、4.65 g/kg)延长磷酸组胺和氯化乙酰胆碱致豚鼠哮喘发作的潜伏期(P0.05)。结论:平喘颗粒具有较好的镇咳,祛痰,抗急、慢性炎症,抗疲劳,抗乏氧,提高免疫力,平喘的作用。     

香栓菌提取物的止咳化痰作用及耐缺氧药理活性研究

本文分别采用浓氨水引咳法、酚红排秘法、常压耐缺氧法、对抗亚硝酸钠中毒性缺氧法,心肌缺血性缺氧法,探讨香栓菌子实体不同极性提取物的止咳化痰及其耐缺氧药理活性。将雄性小鼠随机分组（每组10只）,分别为阴性对照组（NCG）、阳性对照组、香栓菌石油醚提取物低TSPEE(L) 0.025g/kg、中TSPEE(M) 0.05g/kg、高TSPEE(H) 0.1g/kg剂量组、香栓菌水提物低TSWE(L) 0.5g/kg、中TSWE(M) 1.0g/kg、高TSWE(H) 2.0g/kg剂量组。小鼠的检测指标包括咳嗽潜伏期、咳嗽次数、咳嗽抑制率、止咳活性（%）、酚红排泌量、化痰率（%）、常压条件下耐缺氧存活时间、亚硝酸钠中毒存活时间、急性脑缺血性存活时间及血清中SOD、MDA、IL-2、IL-4、IgG含量。结果表明,TSPEE(L)无明显效果;TSPEE(M)具有显著化痰作用（P<0.05）;TSPEE(H)可延长急性脑缺氧存活时间（P<0.05）,并提高SOD、IL-2、IL-4、IgG含量,降低MDA含量（P<0.05）;TSWE(L)可增强咳嗽抑制率并增强止咳活性,同时延长常压条件下缺氧存活时间（P<0.05）;TSWE(M)除中毒性脑缺氧试验外均具有显著性作用（P<0.05）;TSWE(H)可增强咳嗽抑制率、提高止咳活性、增加亚硝酸钠中毒存活时间（P<0.05）,同时增加常压条件和急性脑缺血条件下缺氧存活时间（P<0.01）并且提高SOD、IL-2、IL-4、IgG含量,降低MDA含量（P<0.01）。综上所述,香栓菌子实体石油醚提取物和水提取物具有止咳化痰及耐缺氧作用。     

Anti-hypoxia activity of a polysaccharide extracted from the Sipunculus nudus L

A water-soluble polysaccharide, named as SNP, was extracted and fractioned from the body wall of Sipunculus nudus L. by DEAE-Sepharose anion exchange and Sepharose CL-6B column chromatography. The evaluation for anti-hypoxia activity demonstrated that SNP had significant anti-hypoxic activity on normobarie hypoxia, chemical intoxicant hypoxia and acute cerebral ischemia hypoxia models in mice. SNP also enhanced the number of red blood cell count (RBC) and the concentration of hemoglobin (HGB). The structural characteristics of SNP investigated by high performance size exclusion chromatography, Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and gas chromatography-mass spectrometry indicated that SNP was a homogeneous polysaccharide with a molecular mass of 350 kD and was composed of rhamnose (28%), fucose (16%) and galactose (56%). The results suggested that SNP could be explored as a novel potential anti-hypoxia agent.     

不同中药复方及不同提取方法提取液对小鼠耐缺氧作用的影响*

目的: 探讨不同中药处方组成及其不同提取方法的复方提取物对小鼠耐缺氧能力的影响,以优选其处方组成和制备提取方法。方法: 将雄性BALB/c小鼠随机分成6组:空白对照组、复方丹参组、复方红景天醇-水提取组(红景天、黄芪、黄精、枸杞子)、复方红景天水提取组、复方黄芪醇-水提取组(黄芪、黄精、枸杞子)、复方黄芪水提取组,每组30只,每组小鼠连续灌胃给药10 d,空白组灌胃灭菌注射用水,复方丹参组0.15 g/kg,复方红景天醇-水提取组和水提取组3 g/kg,复方黄芪醇-水提取组和水提取组1.7 g/kg。各组于末次灌胃1 h后进行常压耐缺氧实验、亚硝酸钠中毒存活实验和急性脑缺血缺氧实验,并测定小鼠脑组织氧化应激相关抗氧化物酶活性和代谢物含量。结果: 与空白对照组相比,复方丹参组、复方黄芪醇-水提取组和水提取组常压耐缺氧存活时间均显著延长(P＜0.01),脑缺血缺氧后张口喘气次数均显著增加(P＜0.05)。各组注射亚硝酸钠后存活时间没有统计学差异。与空白对照组相比,复方黄芪水提取组T-AOC、SOD、GSH和CAT活性均显著升高(P＜0.05,P＜0.01),MDA含量均显著降低(P＜0.01),与复方丹参组相比,复方黄芪水提取组SOD、CAT、GSH活性均显著升高(P＜0.01,P＜0.05),MDA含量显著降低(P＜0.05)。结论: 复方黄芪水提取组的耐缺氧效果最好,原复方红景天全方可以剔除红景天由黄芪、黄精、枸杞子组成,其提取方法为水提。     

山葵树叶提取物在力竭运动大鼠中的抗疲劳机制研究

山葵树叶中含有丰富的矿物质和维生素,体外研究证实山葵树叶提取物具有较好的体外抗氧化活性。然而,山葵树叶提取物在体内的抗氧化和抗疲劳作用尚不明确。本研究分别按照100 mg/kg·bw、200 mg/kg·bw和500 mg/kg·bw的剂量对SD大鼠灌胃山葵树叶提取液4周。研究显示,山葵树叶提取物可以剂量依赖性方式提高大鼠的力竭游泳时间(p<0.05)。山葵树叶提取物可显著降低力竭游泳大鼠血清Lac和BUN水平并升高NEFA水平。山葵树叶提取物可提高大鼠的肝糖原和肌糖原含量。山葵树叶提取物可提高大鼠血清和组织SOD、GSH-Px和CAT水平并降低MDA水平。山葵树叶提取物可上调大鼠肝组织中ORM1、CCR5的m RNA和蛋白水平。本研究表明山葵树叶提取物可有效提高力竭游泳大鼠的抗疲劳能力。山葵树叶提取物的抗疲劳作用与减少乳酸堆积、增加脂肪动员、减少糖原分解、提高抗氧化活性有关。此外,山葵树叶提取物的抗疲劳作用与上调ORM1和CCR5的表达有关。     

Anti-stress and Anti-fatigue Effects of Fermented Rice Bran

The anti-stress and anti-fatigue effects on rats and mice of a hot water extract of rice bran fermented with Saccharomyces cerevisae IFO 2346 were investigated. Oral administration (1 g/kg/day) of the hot water extract of fermented rice bran (FRB) inhibited major changes in the weight of the adrenal, thymus, spleen and thyroid, showing an anti-stress effect. The hot water extract of FRB also inhibited increases in the GPT and LDH activity, cholesterol and glucose in the serum. The administration (1 g/kg/day) for 2 weeks significantly prolonged the swimming time, resulting in an increase in the anti-fatigue effect. It is considered from these results that FRB had anti-stress and anti-fatigue effects.     

Anti-stress and anti-fatigue effects of fermented rice bran.

The anti-stress and anti-fatigue effects on rats and mice of a hot water extract of rice bran fermented with Saccharomyces cerevisae IFO 2346 were investigated. Oral administration (1 g/kg/day) of the hot water extract of fermented rice bran (FRB) inhibited major changes in the weight of the adrenal, thymus, spleen and thyroid, showing an anti-stress effect. The hot water extract of FRB also inhibited increases in the GPT and LDH activity, cholesterol and glucose in the serum. The administration (1 g/kg/day) for 2 weeks significantly prolonged the swimming time, resulting in an increase in the anti-fatigue effect. It is considered from these results that FRB had anti-stress and anti-fatigue effects.     

红景天提取物提高高强度跑台运动小鼠的抗氧化能力

为了考察红景天提取物对高强度跑台运动小鼠的抗氧化能力的影响,本研究将30只昆明小鼠随机分成对照组、模型组和红景天提取物组,每组10只。红景天提取物组小鼠按照500 mg/kg bw的剂量灌胃红景天提取液(2 m L)。对照组和模型组小鼠灌胃等体积的蒸馏水,共灌胃4周。采用硫酸蒽酮比色法检测小鼠肝脏和肌肉组织糖原的含量;采用硫代巴比妥酸比色法检测小鼠骨骼肌组织中的丙二醛(MDA)水平;采用RT-PCR和Western blotting检测骨骼肌组织中的超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-Px)和过氧化氢酶(CAT)的表达水平;采用苏木精和伊红(HE)染色评价骨骼肌病理改变。研究显示,模型组小鼠的跑台运动时间显著低于红景天提取物组(61.32 min vs 83.22 min,p<0.05);与模型组相比,红景天提取物组小鼠骨骼肌的炎性细胞浸润明显减轻,肌纤维排列明显改善;红景天提取物组的肝糖原和肌糖原含量均显著高于模型组;红景天提取物组小鼠骨骼肌组织中的MDA水平显著低于模型组;红景天提取物组的SOD、GSH-Px和CAT m RNA和蛋白表达水平均显著高于模型组;红景天提取物可通过上调抗氧化酶表达来增加抗氧化能力,减弱骨骼肌损伤,并增加机体的抗疲劳能力。     

Effect of prolonged intermittent hypoxia and exercise training on glucose tolerance and muscle GLUT4 protein expression in rats

We compared the chronic effect of intermittent hypoxia and endurance training on the glucose tolerance and GLUT4 protein expression in rat skeletal muscle. Thirty-two Sprague-Dawley rats were matched for weight and assigned to one of the following four groups: control, endurance training, hypoxia, or hypoxia followed by endurance training. Hypoxic treatment consisted of breathing 14% O₂ for 12 h/day under normobaric conditions, and the training protocol consisted of making animals swim 2 times for 3 h/day. At the end of the 3rd week, an oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT) was performed 16 h after treatments. At the end of the 4th week, GLUT4 protein, mRNA, and glycogen storage in skeletal muscle were determined. Endurance training significantly improved OGTT results. Glycogen content and GLUT4 protein expression in the plantaris and red gastrocnemius, but not in the soleus or white gastrocnemius muscles, were also elevated. Chronic intermittent hypoxia also improved OGTT results, but did not alter GLUT4 protein expression. Additionally, hypoxia followed by exercise training produced significant increases in GLUT4 protein and mRNA in a greater number of muscles compared to endurance training alone. Both exercise training and hypoxia significantly reduced body mass, and an additive effect of both treatments was found. In conclusion, chronic intermittent hypoxia improved glucose tolerance in the absence of increased GLUT4 protein expression. This treatment facilitated the exercise training effect on muscle GLUT4 expression and glycogen storage. These new findings open the possibility of utilizing intermittent hypoxia, with or without exercise training, for the prevention and clinical treatment of type 2 diabetes or insulin resistance.     

西伯利亚白刺籽油的抗疲劳活性

目的考察西伯利亚白刺籽油的抗疲劳活性,为开发利用白刺提供依据。方法以西伯利亚白刺籽油为供试品,以ICR小鼠为受试动物,分为空白对照组、阳性对照组和样品组低、中、高3个剂量进行小鼠负重游泳实验,观察样品对小鼠抗疲劳的影响。结果西伯利亚白刺籽油高剂量组小鼠负重游泳时间显著延长（P〈0.05）,运动后血乳酸含量比空白对照组小鼠减少40%,同时肝糖元含量显著提高。结论西伯利亚白刺籽油在提高抗疲劳性方面有一定的功效。     

Effects of endurance exercise training on muscle glycogen accumulation in humans.

The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether endurance exercise training increases the ability of human skeletal muscle to accumulate glycogen after exercise. Subjects (4 women and 2 men, 31 +/- 8 yr old) performed high-intensity stationary cycling 3 days/wk and continuous running 3 days/wk for 10 wk. Muscle glycogen concentration was measured after a glycogen-depleting exercise bout before and after endurance training. Muscle glycogen accumulation rate from 15 min to 6 h after exercise was twofold higher (P < 0.05) in the trained than in the untrained state: 10.5 +/- 0.2 and 4.5 +/- 1.3 mmol. kg wet wt(-1). h(-1), respectively. Muscle glycogen concentration was higher (P < 0.05) in the trained than in the untrained state at 15 min, 6 h, and 48 h after exercise. Muscle GLUT-4 content after exercise was twofold higher (P < 0.05) in the trained than in the untrained state (10.7 +/- 1.2 and 4.7 +/- 0.7 optical density units, respectively) and was correlated with muscle glycogen concentration 6 h after exercise (r = 0.64, P < 0.05). Total glycogen synthase activity and the percentage of glycogen synthase I were not significantly different before and after training at 15 min, 6 h, and 48 h after exercise. We conclude that endurance exercise training enhances the capacity of human skeletal muscle to accumulate glycogen after glycogen-depleting exercise.     

玛咖提取物对运动耐力和脊神经元线粒体超微结构的影响

目的：探索玛咖提取物对运动耐力和脊神经元线粒体超微结构的影响。方法：50只Wistar大鼠随机分为5组。对照组：不进行游泳,灌胃等量蒸馏水;单纯游泳组：游泳,灌胃等量蒸馏水,玛咖提取物组（设4.0,5.3,8.0 g/kg 3个剂量组）：游泳,给予相应剂量的玛咖提取物。游泳大鼠在游泳池内循环水流自由游泳,连续游泳并给药15 d,第16天游泳耐力测试后无痛处死大鼠,用投射电子显微镜观察脊髓神经元线粒体超微结构,放免法测定肌肉肌糖元、检测肌肉中丙二醛（MDA）、超氧化物歧化酶（SOD）、谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶（GSH-Px）和游离钙水平。结果：与单纯游泳组比,沉下前游泳时间和游泳总时间分别延长了（%）19.83、60.28、77.55和55.34、73.91、94.47,差异均有统计学意义（P均<0.01）;沉下次数分别减少了（%）34.35、51.18、57.96,差异有统计学意义（P<0.01）;MDA和游离钙含量分别降低了（%）20.10、31.49、38.72,差异有统计学意义（P<0.01）和6.42、17.58、26.35;SOD、GSH-Px和肌糖原含量分别升高了（%）5.12、22.74、52.53、44.22、77.79、98.45,差异有统计学意义（P<0.01）和35.08、47.83、81.88,差异有统计学意义（P<0.01）;脊神经元线粒体的体密度（VD）、面密度（SD）和数密度（ND）分别减小了（%）7.79、18.18、31.17,16.95、27.34、43.31和13.51、23.19、43.15。结论：玛咖提取物具有保护脊髓神经元线粒体结构、抗氧化、增加肌糖原和提高运动能力等作用。     

Effect of various doses of cocaine on endurance capacity in rats

To determine the effects of a variety of doses of cocaine on endurance capacity, rats were injected intraperitoneally with either 0.1, 0.5, 2.5, 12.5, or 20 mg/kg body wt 20 min before running to exhaustion at 26 m/min up a 10% grade. Animals given saline ran 116 +/- 9 (SE) min. At doses of 12.5 and 20 mg/kg, cocaine reduced endurance time significantly (34 and 74%, respectively). At rest the drug had no effect on liver or fast-twitch muscle glycogen but significantly reduced (20-40%) soleus glycogen at the two highest doses. However, at exhaustion, the quantity of glycogen depleted in the fast-twitch red and white vastus muscles was similar in all groups despite the reduced run times of the animals receiving a higher dose implying a greater rate of glycogenolysis due to cocaine. Blood lactate in the 20 mg/kg group (9.9 +/- 1.2 mM) at exhaustion was nearly twice that of the saline controls at exhaustion (5.1 +/- 0.6). Before exercise plasma norepinephrine (at doses of 2.5, 12.5 and 20 mg/kg) was higher than saline controls and remained higher (20 mg/kg groups) at exhaustion. We conclude that high doses of cocaine cause rapid muscle glycogen depletion and early fatigue. The mechanism by which cocaine causes these effects is not clear.     

Nigella sativa oil attenuates chronic nephrotoxicity induced by oral sodium nitrite: Effects on tissue fibrosis and apoptosis

Objectives: Sodium nitrite, a food preservative, has been reported to increase oxidative stress indicators such as lipid peroxidation, which can affect different organs including the kidney. Here, we investigated the toxic effects of oral sodium nitrite on kidney function in rats and evaluated potential protective effects of Nigella sativa oil (NSO).

Methods: Seventy adult male Sprague–Dawley rats received 80?mg/kg sodium nitrite orally in the presence or absence of NSO (2.5, 5, and 10?ml/kg) for 12 weeks. Morphological changes were assessed by hematoxylin and eosin, Mallory trichome, and periodic acid–Schiff staining. Renal tissues were used for measurements of oxidative stress markers, C-reactive protein, cytochrome C oxidase, transforming growth factor (TGF)-beta1, monocyte chemotactic protein (MCP)-1, pJNK/JNK, and caspase-3.

Results: NSO significantly reduced sodium nitrite-induced elevation in serum urea and creatinine, as well as increasing normal appearance of renal tissue. NSO also prevented reductions in glycogen levels caused by sodium nitrite alone. Moreover, NSO treatment resulted in dose-dependent significant reductions in fibrosis markers after sodium nitrite-induced 3- and 2.7-fold increase in MCP-1 and TGF-beta1, respectively. Finally, NSO partially reduced the elevated caspase-3 and pJNK/JNK.

Discussion: NSO ameliorates sodium nitrite-induced nephrotoxicity through blocking oxidative stress, attenuation of fibrosis/inflammation, restoration of glycogen level, amelioration of cytochrome C oxidase, and inhibition of apoptosis.     

精酮合剂对小鼠的抗疲劳作用

通过观察小鼠负重力竭游泳时间探讨精氨酸-酮戊二酸盐(精酮合剂,AAKG)对小鼠的抗疲劳作用,分别测定小鼠游泳前后血清尿素含量、肝糖原含量、全血乳酸含量等指标以探讨AAKG抗疲劳机制。结果表明,经AAKG处理过的小鼠负重游泳时间(4.71±1.36min)比对照组小鼠(3.01±0.46min)明显延长(P<0.05),AAKG组小鼠血清尿素氮含量(177.94±17.7mg/L)明显低于对照组(202.38±8.95mg/L)(P<0.05),AAKG组小鼠乳酸曲线下面积(85.88±9.74mmol/L)也显著低于对照组(112.82±17.10mmol/L)(P<0.05),而AAKG组小鼠肝糖原含量(11.95±0.35mg/g)显著性高于对照组小鼠(8.42±0.97mg/g)(P<0.05)。本实验结果表明AAKG具有较好的抗疲劳作用,推测与其能够提高小鼠代谢能力和增强应激能力有关。     

无创性肢体缺血预适应对小鼠抗应激能力的影响

目的:探讨无创性肢体缺血预适应在提高小鼠抗应激能力方面的作用。方法:小鼠分为正常组、对照组、预适应组和药物组,进行常压耐缺氧、耐疲劳负重游泳、耐高、低温实验,分别记录各种应激状态下小鼠的耐受时间,测定常压缺氧耐受后小鼠血清中SOD的活性和负重游泳后血清中乳酸的含量。结果:预适应组能显著提高小鼠常压耐缺氧时间,且SOD活性较对照组有显著的提高,但提高的程度均低于普萘洛尔组。预适应组平均游泳时间显著延长,且程度与咖啡因组相当。预适应能明显延长高温下小鼠的存活时间,且延长程度与氯丙嗪没有显著性差异。与正常组比较,预适应组能显著延长小鼠的耐低温时间。结论:无创性肢体缺血预适应能提高小鼠耐缺氧、抗疲劳、耐高温和耐低温的能力。     

HYPOXIC SURVIVAL OF NORMOGLYCAEMIC YOUNG ADULT AND ADULT MICE IN RELATION TO CEREBRAL METABOLIC RATES12

The hypoxic tolerance and the cerebral metabolic rates (CMR) of young adult mice (20 to 25 g, 4 to 5 weeks old) and adult mice (30 g and above, 6 to 7 weeks old), respectively, were determined and their interrelationship was evaluated. CMRs increased from 25 mmol - P/kg.min to 38 mmol/kg.min as the animals grew older from young to full adulthood. Concurrently the tolerance to aerogcnic hypoxia (5% O₂-95%j N₂) declined. The effects of hypoxia on the cerebral energy metabolism were greater in adult than in young adult animals. It is concluded that the full metabolic maturation of the brain is reached in adult animals only. They become more dependent on an adequate oxygen supply as the aerobic activity of the energy metabolism of the brain is further increasing. Hypoxic gasping occurred while the pool of cerebral energy reserves was still far from being depleted. A failure to utilize energy reserves rather than their exhaustion is suggested as the ultimate cause of death from hypoxia. An acid-soluble form of glycogen or related polyglucan was found in addition to the usual amounts of insoluble glycogen. It was utilizcd rapidly during hypoxia and ischaemic anoxia and it may, therefore, constitute an additional source of carbohydrate substrates in thc brain.