Biomedical subjects
Publications and source records attributed to L Vong.
The intensity of [14C]leucine incorporation into heart, liver, brain, muscle, and blood plasma protein in gophers under deep artificial hypothermia has been studied. It was shown that the intensity of protein synthesis decreased sharply under these conditions. Insignificant incorporation of [14C]leucine into proteins was observed during the first two hours after the onset of hypothermia and then ceased completely.
The intensity of labelled leucine penetration from the blood-circulating system to the tissues and its incorporation into proteins of some organs of gophers have been studied under hibernation and hypothermia. It is shown that, in spite of the low temperature of the gopher body under hibernation, the intensity of amino acids transfer from the blood to the tissue was approximately the same as in active state. But the rate of proteins synthesis under hibernation considerably decreases though it is not completely stopped. Under artificial hypothermia of the mammals the transition of amino acids from the blood to the tissue is considerably hampered. Under these conditions the incorporation of labelled amino acids is completely stopped.