title: [Thioredoxin-1 expression level in hippocampal neurons of rats exposed to hypobaric hypoxia].
abstract: It was shown recently that preconditioning by 3-time repetitive mild hypoxia significantly augmented expression of thioredoxin-1 (Trx-1) antioxidant protein at 3 h after subsequent acute severe hypoxia in rat hippocampus as compared to the expression of this protein in non-preconditioned rats. However, it was unclear whether this augmentation was due to an accumulation of Trx-1 during the preconditioning before severe hypoxia or by a modification of reaction to severe hypoxia itself. To answer this question, Trx-1 expression level after preconditioning without subsequent severe hypoxia was studied in an experiment on 12 mature male Wistar rats. Trx-1 expression was studied by immunocytochemistry 3 h and 24 h after thrice-repeated mild hypobaric hypoxia (three 2h treatments at 360 Torr spaced by 24 h intervals). 24 h after the last hypoxic treatment, Trx-1 immunoreactivity was significantly decreased in the neurons of all the hippocampal regions studied (CA1, CA2, CA3 and dentate gyrus). In CA3 it was also decreased at 3 h after hypoxia. These findings indicate that mild preconditioning hypoxia, by itself, does not increase, but on the contrary, decreases Trx-1 expression. It may be concluded that the augmentation of Trx-1 content in the preconditioned animals is due to a modified reaction to severe hypoxia, but is not the result of Trx-1 accumulation during preconditioning.
authors.forename: S A
authors.initials: SA
authors.lastname: Stroev
authors.forename: E I
authors.initials: EI
authors.lastname: Tiul'kova
authors.forename: T S
authors.initials: TS
authors.lastname: Glushchenko
authors.forename: I A
authors.initials: IA
authors.lastname: Tugoĭ
authors.forename: M O
authors.initials: MO
authors.lastname: Samoĭlov
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Pelto-Huikko
mesh_terms: D000222:Adaptation, Physiological / Q000502:physiology; D000818:Animals; D006624:Hippocampus / Q000378:metabolism*; D000860:Hypoxia / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000503:physiopathology; D008297:Male; D009474:Neurons / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats; D017208:Rats, Wistar; D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species / Q000378:metabolism; D013879:Thioredoxins / Q000096:biosynthesis*
chemical_list: D017382:Reactive Oxygen Species; C495697:Txn1 protein, rat; D013879:Thioredoxins