Neurochemical analysis of the amygdala basolateral nucleus of rats during anxiety tests

Chlordiazepoxid, phenibut, indoter, campiron, campironin, when administered into the amygdala, improve the anxiety condition of rats in avoidance tests and resemble by their effects dophamine, GABA, or serotonin. Observed differences in the anxiolytic effects between anxiosedative and anxioselective agents seem to be due to an unequal contribution of the monoamin- and aminoacidotergic transmitters into the mechanisms of heteromodal aversive anxiety genesis in the basolateral area of the amygdalar complex.     

Effects of delta-sleep-inducing peptide during ischemic injury of the rat brain

An anti-ischemic effect of the delta-sleep-inducing peptide (DSIP) was found in rats. The DSIP effect was more obvious than that of the MK-801. The data obtained is discussed considering a possible use of the DSIP for brain stroke prophylaxis.     

Gas exchange and oxygen transport during long term hypothermia following a hypothermal apnea in rats

The data obtained show that, at the initial stages of hypothermia, a decrease in the oxygen consumption and carbon dioxide production, cardiac output, and heart rate occurred in accordance with the temperature coefficient. Suppression of the tissue gas exchange was unrelated to disorders in the lung gas exchange but determined rather by a progressing weakening of heart activity, decrease in the cardiac output, and increase in the general vascular peripheral resistance.     

The effect of ionizing radiation with low dose rate on the state of electron transfer chain of enterocyte mitochondria of rat small intestine

The influence of ionizing radiation with low absorbed dose rate (55 mGy x min(-1)) in 1, 12 and 24 hours after irradiation in doses of 0.1; 0.5 and 1.0 Gy on functional state of the electron transfer chain of the rat small intestine mitochondria was investigated by assessment of the oxygen consumption rate. The uncoupling of oxidation and phosphorylation, a decrease of phosphorylation rate and inhibition of ATP hydrolysis reactions were established in mitochondria in dependence on the irradiation dose and time interval after irradiation. The functional peculiarities of the oxidation-phosphorylation coupling sites of the mitochondrial electron transfer chain were detected.     

Complete conformational family of 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxyguanosine: quantum chemical and electron density topological study

Comprehensive conformational analysis of the biologically active nucleoside 2',3'-didehydro-2',3'-dideoxyaguanosine (d4G) has been performed at the MP2/6-311++G(d,p)//DFT B3LYP/6-31G(d,p) level of theory. The energetic, geometrical and polar characteristics of twenty d4G conformers as well as their conformational equilibrium were investigated. The electron density topological analysis allowed us to establish that the d4G molecule is stabilized by nine types of intramolecular interactions: O5'H...N3, O5'H...C8, C8H...O5', C2'H...N3, C5'H1...N3, C5'H2...N3, C8H...H1C5', C8H...H2'C5' and N2H1...O5'. The obtained results of conformational analysis permit us to think that d4G may be a terminator of the DNA chain synthesis in the 5'-3' direction. Thus it can be inferred that d4G competes with canonical 2'-deoxyaguanosine in binding an active site of the corresponding enzyme.     

Effect of hydroxylated fullerene C60(OH)25 on macrophage plasma membrane integrity

Our study has shown that the damaging effect of hydroxylated fullerene C60(OH)25 on mouse peritoneal macrophage plasma membranes increased when we enlarged the concentration of fullerene in the incubation media (from 0.005 to 0.5 mg/ml), the incubation temperature (from 22 degrees C to 37 degrees C) and the time of incubation (from 30 to 90 min). In conditions of the H2O2-induced membrane damage, fullerene was observed to intensify the H2O2-induced damaging effect at a concentration of 0.05 mg/ml and reduce it at a concentration of 0.5 mg/ml. In conditions of the UV-induced membrane damage, it was discovered that the damaging effect of UV increased when C60(OH)25 nanoparticles were added to the incubation media before irradiation and decreased when they were added after irradiation. Eventual participation of ROS in damaging effects of C60(OH)25 was discussed.     

Effect of synthetic tripeptides on hemopoietic stem cells in norm and after gamma-irradiation

Our work was aimed at researching into the influence of dipeptide (gamma-dGlu-dTrp) "Timodepressin" and this dipeptide-based tripeptides on the colony-forming ability of the irradiated in vitro bone marrow and hemopoietic stem cells of the normal organism. Also studied was the effect of various doses (1-1000 microg/kg) of one oftripeptides (dAla-gammadGlu-dTrp) on the output of exogenous splenic colonies in the case of its introduction 48 hours before irradiation. It is shown that the mode of influence of the preparations produced on the basis ofdipeptides dGlu-dTrp and gamma-dGlu-dTrp on the initial stages ofa hemopoiesis in the normal and irradiated organism depends on the nature of the additional amino-acid residue and its optical orientation.     

Effect of radiation-induced bystander chemosignals of mice on the humoral immune response in spleen and lymph nodes of intact recipients

The ability of post-radiation (4 Gy) bystander chemosignals (the volatile components of mouse urine) to distantly modulate the humoral immune response to the sheep red blood cells in the spleen and popliteal lymph nodes of intact recipients has been investigated. It was shown that the exposure of animals to chemosignals before antigen injection resulted in the decrease and increase of the immune response in the spleen and lymph nodes, respectively. When animals were exposed to chemosignals after the antigenic stimulus, an increased immune response was observed in both spleen and lymph nodes. The contribution of radiation-induced bystander signaling in the response of socially organized animals to the effect of ionizing irradiation is discussed.