title: NO-dependent mechanisms of adaptation to hypoxia.
abstract: In studying NO-dependent mechanisms of resistance to hypoxia, it was shown that (1) acute hypoxia induces NO overproduction in brain and leaves unaffected NO production in liver of rats; (2) adaptation to hypoxia decreases NO production in liver and brain; and (3) adaptation to hypoxia prevents NO overproduction in brain and potentiates NO synthesis in liver in acute hypoxia. Dinitrosyl iron complex (DNIC, 200 microg/kg, single dose, iv), a NO donor, decreases the resistance of animals to acute hypoxia by 30%. Nomega-nitro-L-arginine (L-NNA, 50 mg/kg, single dose, ip), a NO synthase inhibitor, and diethyl dithiocarbamate (DETC, 200 mg/kg, single dose, iv), a NO trap, increases this parameter 1.3 and 2 times, respectively. Adaptation to hypoxia developed against a background of accumulation of heat shock protein HSP70 in liver and brain. A course of DNIC reproduced the antihypoxic effect of adaptation. A course of L-NNA during adaptation hampered both accumulation of HSP70 and development of the antihypoxic effect. Therefore, NO and the NO-dependent activation of HSP70 synthesis play important roles in adaptation to hypoxia.
authors.affiliation: Institute of General Pathology and Pathophysiology, Moscow, Russia. nii@pathophys.msk.ru
authors.forename: I Y
authors.initials: IY
authors.lastname: Malyshev
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Zenina
authors.forename: L Y
authors.initials: LY
authors.lastname: Golubeva
authors.forename: V A
authors.initials: VA
authors.lastname: Saltykova
authors.forename: E B
authors.initials: EB
authors.lastname: Manukhina
authors.forename: V D
authors.initials: VD
authors.lastname: Mikoyan
authors.forename: L N
authors.initials: LN
authors.lastname: Kubrina
authors.forename: A F
authors.initials: AF
authors.lastname: Vanin
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology*; D000818:Animals; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism / Q000503:physiopathology* / Q000517:prevention & control; D008297:Male; D009569:Nitric Oxide / Q000502:physiology*; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D018840:HSP70 Heat-Shock Proteins; D009569:Nitric Oxide; D019001:Nitric Oxide Synthase