[The effect of oxidative stress on brain nitric oxide synthase activity in vivo and in vitro].

Autor: Onufriev MV; Institute of Higher Nervous Activity and Neurophysiology, Russian Acad. Sci., Moscow, Russia., Stepanichev MIu, Mitrokhina OS, Moiseeva IuV, Lazareva NA, Guliaeva NV
Jazyk: ruština
Zdroj: Rossiiskii fiziologicheskii zhurnal imeni I.M. Sechenova [Ross Fiziol Zh Im I M Sechenova] 1999 Apr; Vol. 85 (4), pp. 531-8.
Abstrakt: Within 8 days of a 10-min cardiac arrest, accumulation of material reacting with 2-thiobarbituric acid was revealed in the hippocampus (74%) and cerebellum (47%) of male Wistar rats. Oxidative stress was accompanied by a twofold decrease of the nitric oxide synthase activity in the brain tissue. In vitro experiments showed a dose-dependent decrease of nitric oxide synthase activity in the brain homogenates as a result of the oxidative stress induced by hydrogen peroxide or sodium hypochlorite. The findings suggest that the oxidative stress may decrease nitric oxide synthase activity as a result of direct effects of the active oxygen on the enzyme.
Databáze: MEDLINE