title: [Changes of cortex mitochondrial function in chronic traumatic brain injury rats].
abstract: This experimental study was aimed to evaluate the injurious effects of chronic traumatic brain injury on cortex mitochondrial function in rats. The head of rat was impacted by a metal sphere in a weight-drop device twice per day for 30 days, cortex mitochondria were isolated. Then the mitochondria membrane fluidity, swelling, respiratory function, the activities of mitochondria respiratory enzymes and superoxide dismutase (SOD), the levels of phospholipid, malondial dehyde (MDA) and Ca2+ were determined to analyze the function of mitochondria. The data indicated that chronic closed traumatic brain injury caused severe neuronal mitochondrial injuries. The swelling of mitochondria was aggravated, the decomposability of mitochondrial membrane phospholipid was increased, the membrane fluidity of mitochondria was decreased; the chronic closed traumatic brain injury also significantly depressed the activities of respiratory enzymes and SOD of mitochondria, increased the level of MDA and Ca2+. The chronic closed traumatic brain injury induced damage to rat cortex mitochondria. The mechanisms may be derived from the secondary increase of free radicals induced by mitochondrial membrane injury and the obstacle of rat brain energy metabolism.
authors.affiliation: Binzhou Medical College, Yantai 264003, China.
authors.forename: Shuping
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Jingwei
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Tian
authors.forename: Jianxiong
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Yang
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D020208:Brain Injury, Chronic / Q000473:pathology* / Q000503:physiopathology*; D002540:Cerebral Cortex / Q000473:pathology / Q000503:physiopathology*; D008297:Male; D008928:Mitochondria / Q000473:pathology / Q000502:physiology*; D011897:Random Allocation; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley