[The use of 31P NMR in the study of in vivo dynamics of phosphorus-containing metabolites in the rat brain after frontal lobectomy].
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The peculiarities of brain energy metabolism were studied in male rats before and during cerebral ischemia of various severity elicited by bilateral common carotid arteries ligation. A multidimensional analysis was applied. In the rats which died after the ischemia, the NAD + NADH+/phosphocreatine (PCr) ratio and ATP content before ligation were higher than those in the surviving group. Also the strength of relationships between parameters of NMR spectra in each correlation matrix were 10 times higher and the variability of elements in each matrix was significantly lower in victims than those in the surviving group. The development of severe ischemia and the animals death were accompanied by an increase in the inorganic phosphate content, decrease in pH and stepwise disappearing of PCr and ATP. In animals surviving the same brain ischemia model, the changes in 31P spectra parameters pointed to some increase in the ratio of NAD + NADH+ only to ATP + ADP but not to PCr, and to an increase in summarized strength of correlation between 31P spectra parameters with the variability of elements decreased within each correlation matrix. Detection of these changes can be helpful in the diagnosis of mild ischemia without neurological deficit which already needs preventive therapy against more severe ischemia.
Initial levels of phosphate brain metabolites were measured using 31P NMR spectroscopy in rats which subsequently died or survived under bilateral ligation of common carotid arteries. A multidimensional analysis was applied. In the rats which died after the brain ischemia: (1), NAD and NADH+ concentrations were much higher than those of creatine phosphate or ATP (i.e. baseline dysbalance existed between the systems of hydrogen acceptors and major macroergic substances); (2), the force of relationships between parameters of NMR spectra in each correlation matrix were 10 times higher and the variability of elements in each matrix was significantly lower than those of the surviving group. These regularities can be used in detection of special groups at high professional risk and in designing individual procedures of prevention and treatment of cerebral circulation disorders. The data are valuable in terms of development of drugs which would correct the dysbalance between hydrogen acceptors and macroergic systems thus providing a metabolic defense for the ischemic brain.
Protective effects of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid on bioenergetic reactions were studied in brain of rats with ischemia using 31P-NMR spectroscopy in vivo. Intraperitoneal preadministration of gamma-hydroxybutyric acid at a dose of 400 mg/kg within 30-40 min before ischemia led to a decrease in the ATP pool in ischemic brain tissue, to alteration in the PCr/ATP ratio in the 31P-NMR spectrum, to prevention of Pi concentration increase and to increase in the intracellular acidosis development rate. Possible mechanisms of the gamma-hydroxybutyric acid effects on bioenergetic reactions in nervous tissue during ischemia are discussed.
Protective effects of verapamil on dynamics of phosphorus-containing metabolites were studied during 30 min complete ischemia by means of 31P NMR. Verapamil appears to decrease the ATP and creatine phosphate pools consumption in ischemic brain tissue. The efficiency of the drug depended on the administration procedure and was not similar in two different models of ischemia. Possible mechanisms of the verapamil effect on bioenergetics of nervous tissue are discussed.
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