title: Effect of hyperbaric oxygen on prostaglandin and thromboxane synthesis in the cortex and the striatum of rat brain.
abstract: The effect of a previous exposure to hyperbaric oxygen (HBO) on the synthesis capacity of prostaglandin (PG) and thromboxane (TX) was investigated in the brain of male rats. Three groups of rats were used: 1. Neurotoxic HBO (n = 11): The rats were exposed to sixfold the atmospheric pressure (101.3 kPa), i.e., 6 absolute atmospheres (ATA), of pure O2 up to the first convulsion (6 ATA O2); 2. Mild hyperoxia (n = 10): The rats were exposed to compressed air at the same absolute pressure and for a similar time than that of the neurotoxic HBO group (here PO2 is 1.26 ATA); 3. Normoxia at atmospheric pressure (PO2 is 0.21 ATA) for control. There was no convulsion in groups 2 and 3. Decompression of the high pressure groups lasted 15 min. After decapitation, samples of the frontal cortex and the striatum were taken, weighed, washed, and then incubated in Krebs-Ringer bicarbonate for 1 h. The release of eicosanoids in the medium was determined by enzyme immunoassay. Mild hyperoxia only significantly reduced in the striatum the release of 6-keto-PGF1 alpha (1.3 +/- 2.4 vs 10.9 +/- 6.6 pg/mg wet tissue, p < 0.001; mean +/- SD) and PGE2 (3.2 +/- 2.7 vs 7.8 +/- 6.5 pg/mg wet tissue, p < 0.05), whereas TXB2 did not change.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Physiologie, Faculté de Médecine, Brest, France.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mialon
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Barthélémy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D003342:Corpus Striatum / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D006931:Hyperbaric Oxygenation; D008297:Male; D011453:Prostaglandins / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013931:Thromboxanes / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D011453:Prostaglandins; D013931:Thromboxanes