急性低氧/复氧胁迫对克氏原螯虾抗氧化-能量代谢的影响

为研究低氧/复氧胁迫对克氏原螯虾(Procambarus clarkii)抗氧化及能量代谢的影响,将克氏原螯虾暴露于(1.0±0.1) mg/L急性低氧胁迫和后续(6.8±0.2) mg/L复氧环境中,于低氧胁迫1h、6h及复氧1h、12h分别采集肝胰腺、鳃和血淋巴,研究低氧/复氧胁迫下克氏原螯虾抗氧化-能量代谢酶的活力变化,分析鳃和肝胰腺组织的超微结构改变。在低氧胁迫下,肝胰腺和血淋巴中SOD酶活力显著下降(P<0.05);复氧以后,肝胰腺、血淋巴及鳃组织中SOD酶活力均出现了显著上升(P<0.05)。SOD酶活力变化可能与复氧过程中超氧阴离子自由基的过量产生有关。在复氧12h后,血淋巴和鳃组织中MDA含量均出现了显著性增加(P<0.01),提示机体细胞在复氧胁迫下产生了脂质过氧化。在低氧胁迫下,肝胰腺、鳃和血淋巴中ACP、AKP酶活力显著上升(P<0.05);在复氧12h后,肝胰腺和鳃组织中ACP酶活力显著降低(P<0.01)。显示低氧/复氧胁迫影响了机体的非特异性免疫应答。在急性低氧胁迫下,肝胰腺、血淋巴与鳃组织中的LDH含量和总ATPase活力均显...     

血红素加氧酶1在斑马鱼低氧应激中的保护作用研究

实验探讨了低氧条件下血红素加氧酶1（Ho1）对斑马鱼的保护作用。Real-time PCR结果显示,低氧条件下斑马鱼ho1 mRNA水平在斑马鱼胚胎和离体培养细胞ZF4中显著增加,而在成鱼的不同组织中呈现不同的反应。低氧处理24h后,斑马鱼脑、鳃和肝脏中ho1 mRNA表达量明显上升,而在心脏和肾脏中ho1 mRNA表达量显著降低。用锌原卟啉IX（ZnPPIX）抑制ZF4细胞ho1的表达,采用CCK8试剂盒检测细胞存活率,结果显示抑制ho1表达可导致低氧条件下ZF4细胞存活率明显降低。利用Hoechst染色和caspase 3活性检测发现,在低氧条件下抑制ho1表达后ZF4细胞的凋亡率较对照组显著增加,而Ho1的诱导剂可显著降低低氧条件下抑制组的细胞凋亡率。这些结果表明斑马鱼Ho1可能通过抗细胞凋亡发挥低氧保护作用。     

茜素红S对中华倒刺鲃幼鱼不同组织抗氧化酶活性和脂质过氧化的影响

以中华倒刺鲃幼鱼[平均体长（12.3±0.6）cm,平均体重（41.8±3.6）g]为研究对象,通过测定不同浓度茜素红S溶液（ARS）浸泡24h后肝脏、脑和鳃组织中抗氧化酶（SOD、CAT、GSH-Px）的活性和丙二醛（MDA）含量,评估ARS对中华倒刺鲃幼鱼的生理生化影响。结果表明:除脑组织GSH-Px随着ARS浓度的升高而不断升高外,肝脏、鳃和脑组织的抗氧化酶活性均表现为低浓度被诱导而高浓度受抑制的规律,与ARS浓度呈抛物线型剂量效应关系。肝脏、鳃、脑组织抗氧化酶活性达到最大值所对应的浓度分别是300、300和400 mg/L。除鳃部MDA含量随着茜素红S浓度升高不断升高外,脑和肝脏组织的丙二醛含量随着ARS浓度的升高呈现出先降低后上升趋势。根据试验的结果,推荐120-200 mg/L为ARS染色标记中华倒刺鲃幼鱼（体长10 cm）的适宜浓度。     

Identification of robust hypoxia biomarker candidates from fin of medaka (Oryzias latipes)

Aquatic hypoxia caused by organic pollution and eutrophication is a pressing worldwide water pollution problem. Better methods for monitoring oxygen levels are needed to assist efforts to maintain and protect the health of natural aquatic environments. In this project, we used a Japanese ricefish (medaka, Oryzias latipes) 8K oligonucleotide array as a platform to identify potential hypoxic biomarkers in different organs (fin, gill, liver and brain) upon exposure to hypoxia. The microarray results were validated by qRT-PCR employing a subset of candidate biomarkers. Interestingly, the largest number and most significant of hypoxia responding array features were detected in hypoxia exposed fin tissues. We identified 173 array features that exhibited a significant response (over 2 fold change in expression) upon exposure to hypoxic conditions and validated a subset of these by quantitative RT-PCR. These gene targets were subjected to annotation and gene ontology mining. Positively identifiable gene targets that may be useful for development of a rapid and accurate biomarker test using fin clips are discussed in relation to previous reports on hypoxia responsive genes.     

Changes in tissue monoamine oxidase activity and resistance to acute hypoxia in rats during stress

Male Wistar rats exposed to different stresses developed shifts in the brain and liver monoaminoxidase activity. In the so called "cognitive" stimulation, the activity was enhanced in the brain and reduced in liver. Mild stresses also enhanced the activity in the brain. Extreme stimulation (starch peritonitis) caused a significant diminishing of the activity in the brain. All the stress schedules accompanied by enhancement of the brain monoaminoxidase activity increased the rats' tolerance of acute hypoxic hypoxia. Negative correlations between the blood lactic acid contents and the brain monoaminoxidase activity were revealed in rats of both the control and the "cognitive" groups. The findings suggest a direct interrelationship between post-stress shifts of the brain monoaminoxidase activity and the hypoxia tolerance.     

Effect of a short-term fasting and altitude hypoxia on the cytochrome oxidase activity of rat brain mitochondria

The effect of short-term fasting and thirst, prolonged fasting and hypoxic hypoxia upon the activity of cytochrome oxidase was studied in mitochondrial fractions obtained from the brain and the liver. The investigation was carried out in two groups of rats, 5 and 60 days old. a) The activity of cytochrome oxidase in mitochondria isolated from the brain cortex, subcortical regions and the medulla oblongata rises, while the changes in liver mitochondrial fractions are reverse. b) A significant increase of mitochondrial cytochrome oxidase was found in 5-day-old rats after both types of fasting and hypoxia in all regions of the brain, as well as in the liver. c) The cytochrome oxidase activity in brain and liver mitochondria of 60-day-old rats was not affected appreciably after 24 h nutritional deprivation, with the exception of a significant rise of activity in the medulla oblongata. Prolonged fasting and hypoxia again markedly increased the activity of this enzyme in all regions of the brain and in the liver.     

Differential Changes in Superoxide Dismutase Activity in Brain and Liver of Old Rats and Mice

Superoxide dismutase (SOD) activity was measured in the brain and liver of 24–26- and 3-month-old rats. No significant age-related differences in Cu/Zn-SOD activity were found in any of the tissues studied. A small but significant increase in total SOD activity was observed in the whole brain (10-20%), cerebral cortex (11%), and hypothalamus (18%) of old rats, whereas a much more important increase in Mn-SOD activity was found in the whole brain (48%), cerebral cortex (70%), striatum (60%), and hypothalamus (30%). The increase of Mn-SOD activity in the brain of old rats suggests the enzyme may play an important role in the process of aging. Mn-SOD is found only in the mitochondrion, which could be an important site of oxygen free radical production, and a significant increase in the enzyme activity was also found in the lung of hypoxic rats. A significant decrease in total SOD and Mn-SOD activity was observed in the liver of old rats. Preliminary experiments in 23–24-month-old mice similarly showed an increase and a decrease in total SOD and Mn-SOD activity, respectively, in the whole brain and liver. These results suggest that the regulatory mechanisms of Mn-SOD in the brain and liver vary differentially with age.     

Hypoxia and recovery perturb free radical processes and antioxidant potential in common carp (Cyprinus carpio) tissues

The effects of hypoxia exposure and subsequent normoxic recovery on the levels of lipid peroxides (LOOH), thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS), carbonylproteins, total glutathione levels, and the activities of six antioxidant enzymes were measured in brain, liver, kidney and skeletal muscle of the common carp Cyprinus carpio. Hypoxia exposure (25% of normal oxygen level) for 5h generally decreased the levels of oxidative damage products, but in liver TBARS content were elevated. Hypoxia stimulated increases in the activities of catalase (by 1.7-fold) and glutathione peroxidase (GPx) (by 1.3-fold) in brain supporting the idea that anticipatory preparation takes place in order to deal with the oxidative stress that will occur during reoxygenation. In liver, only GPx activity was reduced under hypoxia and reoxygenation while other enzymes were unaffected. Kidney showed decreased activity of GPx under aerobic recovery but superoxide dismutase (SOD) and catalase responded with sharp increases in activities. Skeletal muscle showed minor changes with a reduction in GPx activity under hypoxia exposure and an increase in SOD activity under recovery. Responses by antioxidant defenses in carp organs appear to include preparatory increases during hypoxia by some antioxidant enzymes in brain but a more direct response to oxidative insult during recovery appears to trigger enzyme responses in kidney and skeletal muscle.     

Effects of short-term and prolonged aerogenic hypoxia on gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase activity in the brain,liver, and biological fluids of young rats

Posthypoxic fluctuations in the levels of two excitatory amino acids, glutamate and aspartate, may be related to changes in mechanisms(s) which are responsible for their reuptake. As gamma-glutamyl transpeptidase (GGT) plays a role in mediating the uptake of glutamate and aspartate into various compartments of the brain, we studied changes in the activity of this enzyme in main regions of the brain in young and adult rats. We found a posthypoxic increase in bound GGT activity in some brain regions of 18-day-old animals after acute exposure, but no changes were observed after prolonged altitude hypoxia, with the exception of a decrease in cortical GGT activity. In contrast, acute hypoxia decreased GGT activity in the cortical capillaries to 59%, but prolonged hypoxic exposure was ineffective. However, the activity of soluble GGT in the cerebrospinal fluid of both groups of rats was several-times elevated in comparison with controls. At the same time, bound GGT activity was increased in the liver after acute or prolonged altitude hypoxia. The soluble GGT activity in plasma was only increased after prolonged exposure. Ninety days after prolonged hypoxic exposure the bound GGT activity was reduced in all brain regions to about 60–70% of controls (significantly higher in females than in males) as long-term developmental sequel from early postnatal hypoxia.     

Respiratory characters of three species of haplochromine cichlids: Implications for use of wetland refugia

Respiratory characters of three east African haplochromine cichlid species that differ in their use of hypoxic wetlands were examined to consider the potential of dissolved oxygen as one factor affecting habitat use. All three species had a large gill surface area, ranging from the 67th ( Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae ) to 98th ( Astatotilapia velifer ) percentile of the known gill size range for freshwater fishes. Pseudocrenilabrus multicolor victoriae was the most tolerant to hypoxia exhibiting the lowest aquatic surface respiration ( Rs )thresholds and lowest critical oxygen tension of the three species. Astatotilapia velifer had the highest ASR thresholds, gill ventilation rates, and level of surface activity of the three species, indicating a relatively low tolerance to hypoxia. Prognathochromis venator was intermediate in its response to hypoxia. These findings are discussed in light of survivorship and distribution patterns of these species following Nile perch introduction into Lake Nabugabo.     

Expression levels of genes associated with oxygen utilization,glucose transport and glucose phosphorylation in hypoxia exposed Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua)

Expression level of genes associated with oxygen [cytochrome oxidase 1 (COX1) and myoglobin (Mb)] and glucose utilization [glucose transporters (GLUTs) and hexokinases (HKs)] along with metabolic indices were determined in Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua) subjected to an hypoxic challenge of < 45% oxygen saturation for 24 days. There were two closely related HKs considered to be homologues of mammalian HKIs. HKIa and HKIb share 86% sequence identity and are both ubiquitously expressed. Mb was also expressed in many tissues with highest levels occurring in heart. Over the first 15 days of hypoxia there were transient increases in plasma lactate in hypoxic relative to normoxic fish associated with a significant decrease in liver glycogen. Over days 1–6, there were in ten of eleven cases, increased average (with a number of conditions being statistically significant) expression levels of GLUTs (1, 2, 4) and HKs (1a and b) in gill, heart, liver, and white muscle in hypoxic relative to normoxic fish. There were significant increases in COX1 and Mb expression levels in gill by day 24 but no changes in these aerobic indicators in heart or liver. Overall the data suggest a transient increase in genes associated with glucose utilization during the early part of the hypoxic challenge followed by alterations in gene expression in gill.     

杂交黄颡鱼与普通黄颡鱼幼鱼生长性能及耐低氧能力的比较

实验以杂交黄颡鱼(Pelteobagrus fulvidraco)和普通黄颡鱼幼鱼为实验对象, 拟通过8周的投喂生长和低氧胁迫实验, 比较研究杂交黄颡鱼与普通黄颡鱼的生长性能及耐低氧抗逆性。投喂生长实验: 经过8周的养殖, 杂交黄颡鱼平均体重为(19.60±0.88) g/尾, 显著高于普通黄颡鱼平均体重为(15.74±0.42) g/尾(P<0.05), 杂交黄颡鱼幼鱼较普通黄颡鱼幼鱼体重生长快24.52%; 杂交黄颡鱼幼鱼存活率为(87.78±1.92)%, 显著高于普通黄颡鱼幼鱼存活率(67.78±1.92)% (P<0.05), 杂交黄颡鱼幼鱼比普通黄颡鱼幼鱼存活率高 29.51%; 杂交黄颡鱼的饲料系数为1.18±0.14, 普通黄颡鱼饲料系数为1.36±0.21。低氧胁迫实验: 同时将杂交黄颡鱼和普通黄颡鱼置于在溶氧量(1.48 ± 0.27) mg/L的水体中, 分别在低氧胁迫0、6h、12h和24h后, 检测血清和肝脏中抗氧化酶活性以及脑和肝脏中缺氧诱导基因(HIF-1α)的相对表达量发现: 杂交黄颡鱼和普通黄颡鱼血清和肝脏中乳酸脱氢酶(LDH)活性、超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性和过氧化氢酶(CAT)活性在低氧胁迫后 6h以及总抗氧化能力(T-AOC)在低氧胁迫后 12h较低氧胁迫 0均出现显著性变化(P<0.05)且在低氧胁迫6h、12h和24h杂交黄颡鱼抗氧化酶活性均高于普通黄颡鱼; 杂交黄颡鱼和普通黄颡鱼脑和肝脏中缺氧诱导基因(HIF-1α)的相对表达量均在低氧胁迫后出现显著性上升(P<0.05)且在低氧胁迫6h、12h和 24h杂交黄颡鱼缺氧诱导基因(HIF-1α)的相对表达量均高于普通黄颡鱼。从无氧代谢能力、抗氧化能力以及缺氧诱导基因相对表达量3方面分析表明杂交黄颡鱼和黄颡鱼低氧胁迫短时间均具有一定的低氧耐受能力但随着胁迫时间延长均会出现氧化损伤且杂交黄颡鱼的耐低氧能力要显著性高于普通黄颡鱼。     

Lipid and fatty acid profiles in the brain, liver, and stomach contents of neonatal rats: effects of hypoxia

Neonatal hypoxia leads to clinically significant fatty liver, presumably due to disturbances in lipid metabolism. To fully evaluate lipid metabolism, the present study analyzed the complete lipid profile of the brain, liver, and ingested stomach contents of 7-day-old rats exposed to hypoxia from birth. Hypoxia had negligible direct effects on lipid metabolism in the brain. Conversely, hypoxia exhibited direct effects on hepatic lipid metabolism that could not be fully explained by changes in dietary intake. Triacylglyceride concentration was significantly increased in the hypoxic liver but remained unchanged in the brain and stomach contents. Diacylglyceride concentration was increased in both the brain and liver, and this was associated with increased diacylglyceride in the stomach contents. Most n-3 and n-6 fatty acids were increased in the liver, but not in the brain, of hypoxic pups. These changes did not reflect those measured in the stomach contents. Saturated fatty acid concentrations were increased in both the hypoxic brain and liver, and these changes reflected those in the stomach contents. Hypoxia also increased total phospholipid concentration in the brain and stomach contents. We conclude that neonatal hypoxia indirectly affects specific lipid and fatty acid concentrations in the brain and liver through alterations in the absorbed stomach contents. Hypoxia also exhibits some direct affects through modulation of metabolic pathways in situ, mostly in the liver. In this respect, the neonatal brain exhibits tighter control on lipid homeostasis than the liver during neonatal hypoxia.     

低氧-复氧胁迫对鲢抗氧化酶活性及Cu/Zn-SOD和Mn-SOD基因表达的影响

为探究低氧-复氧胁迫对鲢(Hypophthalmichthys molitrix)抗氧化酶活性及Cu/Zn-SOD和Mn-SOD基因表达的影响, 对鲢进行急性低氧、持续低氧及复氧实验, 进而分析血清、心脏和肝脏中不同抗氧化酶和SODs基因表达的变化特征。结果表明: 在急性低氧胁迫后, 血清中总抗氧化能力(T-AOC)、过氧化氢酶(CAT)和谷胱甘肽过氧化物酶(GSH-PX)活性随着氧浓度的降低均呈上升趋势, 但超氧化物歧化酶(SOD)活性呈先升后降的趋势。在持续低氧胁迫后, 血清中T-AOC和GSH-PX活性随着低氧胁迫时间的增加显著升高(P<0.05); 心脏中SOD活性显著高于常氧水平(P<0.05), 但Cu/Zn-SOD和Mn-SOD基因表达在低氧胁迫24h时显著低于常氧水平(P<0.05); 肝脏中SOD活性在低氧胁迫24h时显著高于常氧水平(P<0.05), 且Cu/Zn-SOD和Mn-SOD基因表达在低氧胁迫24h时也显著高于常氧水平(P<0.05)。复氧后, 血清、心脏和肝脏中T-AOC、SOD、CAT和GSH-PX活性均能恢复至常氧水平, 且心脏和肝脏中Cu/Zn-SOD和Mn-SOD基因表达的也能恢复至常氧水平, 但肝脏中Mn-SOD基因表达恢复至常氧水平较在心脏中所需时间更少。因而, 鲢可以通过调节抗氧化酶的活性来保护自身免受氧化应激造成的损伤。研究为解析低氧胁迫下鲢抗氧化应激机制提供了基础。     

Hypoxia induces oxidative stress in tissues of a goby, the rotan Perccottus glenii

The effects of hypoxia (0.4 mg O₂/L) for 2, 6 or 10 h and subsequent normoxic recovery on the levels of lipid peroxides, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, protein carbonyls (CP), free thiols, and the activities of six antioxidant and associated enzymes were measured in the brain, liver, and skeletal muscle of the rotan Perccottus glenii. Hypoxia increased CP content in the brain (5.0–7.4-fold), liver (2.2–3.3-fold) and muscle (3.2–61-fold) relative to controls and the levels remained elevated during recovery. Lipid peroxide content rose within 2 h of hypoxia in all tissues examined with the most marked increase (8.7-fold) in the liver, but decreased again during longer hypoxic exposure except in the muscle. Levels of low-molecular mass thiols were transiently lowered after 2 h hypoxia in all tissues, but were higher compared with controls after longer hypoxic exposure and recovery. Hypoxia decreased protein thiol content in the liver and muscle that return to control levels during recovery. Experimental conditions affected enzyme activities in a different manner. Superoxide dismutase activity rose two-fold in the liver of hypoxic fish, and a similar tendency was seen in muscle glutathione-S-transferase. Activities of other enzymes were decreased or unchanged during hypoxia and elevated in some cases during normoxic recovery. Taken together, these data show that hypoxia resulted in the development of oxidative stress and a compensatory changes of antioxidant enzymes in the tissues.     

Iron homeostasis is maintained in the brain, but not the liver, following mild hypoxia

Alterations in iron metabolism or oxidative damage in response to hypoxic incidents have been examined following re-oxygenation of the hypoxic tissue. To understand the consequences of decreased tissue oxygen on iron load, metal-catalyzed redox activity and oxidative modifications in isolation from re-oxygenation, the present study exposed mice to either normoxia, or mild hypoxia (380 Torr; approximately 10% normobaric oxygen) where the tissue was not allowed to re-oxygenate prior to examination. Brain, liver and skeletal muscle were examined for Fe3+ load, metal-catalyzed redox activity and oxidative modifications to proteins (N(epsilon)-(carboxymethyl)lysine), lipids (4-hydroxynonenal pyrrole) and nucleic acids (8-hydroxyguanosine). Hypoxia induced a 43% increase in the iron content of the liver (P < 0.001) as determined by ICP-MS and a 3.8-fold increase in Fe3+ load (P < 0.001) as determined by Perl's stain. There was a corresponding 2-fold increase in metal-catalyzed redox activity (P < 0.01) in the liver, but no change in the expression of oxidative markers. In contrast, non-significant increases in Fe3+ and metal-catalyzed redox activity were observed in the cerebral cortex, and molecular and granular layers of the hippocampus and cerebellum. Interestingly, hypoxia significantly decreased oxidative modifications to proteins and lipids, but not nucleic acids in most brain regions examined. In addition, hypoxia did not alter the Fe content of skeletal muscle, or the contents of Zn, Cu, Ni or Mn in liver, skeletal muscle, cerebral cortex or hippocampus. Together, these results indicate that there is a tighter regulation of iron metabolism in the brain than the liver, which limits the redistribution of Fe3+ following hypoxia.     

The effect of taurine on the activity of transport ATPases and of energy metabolism enzymes in different tissues of rats with acute hypoxic hypoxia]

The membrane activity of Na+, K(+)-ATPase, Mg2+, Ca(2+)-ATPase, mitochondrial NAD-isocitrate dehydrogenase, mitochondrial and cytosolic L-glycerol-3-phosphate dehydrogenase was determined in the liver and brain of Wistar rats under acute hypoxic hypoxia against the background of preventive taurine administration. It was shown that preliminary taurine treatment prevented a decrease of hypoxia in activity of Na+. K(+)-ATPase and mitochondrial calcium-dependent enzymes, mostly in the liver. Changes in the intracellular calcium content and biomembrane structure have been discussed as the mechanisms of the taurine effect on the enzymes' activity.     

Effect of mitochondria and microsomal fractions on glycolytic activity of rat brain and liver tissues under hypoxia

It is found that acute hypoxia inhibits the glycolytic activity of postmitochondrial fraction in the liver, activates in the brain, but has no effect on glycolysis under conditions of a preliminary administration of diethylaminoethylamide of parachlorophenoxyacetic acid--antihypoxic preparation. In the processes of two- and four-week interrupted training of adaptation to hypoxia the activity of the liver glycolytic system rises. Suspensions of the mitochondric and microsomal fraction added in definite ratios to the postmitochondrial fraction of the brain and liver intensify its glycolytic activity both in control and hypoxic animals. The activating effect of mitochondria is higher as compared with the control when glycolysis is decreased; when glycolysis is increased the phenomenon is not observed. A mechanism of the found changes in glycolysis and the validity of the tissue glycolysis estimation from the activity of the postmitochondrial fraction are discussed.