Inducible Nitric Oxide Synthase Expression and Plasma Bilirubin Changes in Rats under Intermittent Hypoxia Treatment

Chau-Heng Chien ； Chii-Min Hwu ； Teh-Ling Liou ； Zih-Ling Huang ； Amy Ru Shen ； Victoria Hui Yang ； Chia-Wei Lee ； Eileen Jea Chien

《The Chinese Journal of Physiology》 49卷5期 (2006/10) Pp. 275-280

並列摘要

It has been reported that intermittent hypoxia treatment prevents oxidative injuries to the brain and protects the heart against ischemia-reperfusion injury. Both anti-oxidative defensive systems and prevention of free intracellular calcium overload might be the result of intermittent hypoxia. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore the effects of intermittent hypoxia (8 h at 12 % O2 per day) for 0, 7 or 14 days on inducible nitric oxide synthase (iNOS) expression in the spleen and on splenic calcium response to the mitogen phytohemagglutinin (PHA). The results demonstrated that administration of intermittent hypoxia for 7 days caused severe hemolysis of erythrocytes in the spleen and the hemolytic condition was ameliorated by intermittent hypoxia for 14 days. However, a significant decline in splenic weight and an increase in plasma total bilirubin levels appeared in rats after hypoxia for 14 days. No calcium response to PHA was observed in splenocytes obtained from rats after intermittent hypoxia for 7 days. After intermittent hypoxia for 14 days, the calcium response to PHA was restored to the level of the controls. Intermittent hypoxia for 7 days was able to induce higher iNOS expression in splenic tissues than hypoxia for 14 days. These results suggested that intermittent hypoxia for 14 days appeared to involve acclimatization that protects the rats from oxidative injury through less hemolysis and iNOS expression in splenic tissues and by the presence of more bilirubin in the plasma. The increase in plasma total bilirubin levels might be the cause of induced adaptation to chronic intermittent hypoxia.

並列關鍵字

intermittent hypoxia ； hemolysis ； bilirubin ； Ca(superscript 2+) ； iNOS ； spleen ； splenocytes ； rat

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