Columnar Alterations of NADH Fluorescence during Hypoxia-Ischemia in Immature Rat Brain
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- 28 June 1982
- journal article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Journal of Cerebral Blood Flow & Metabolism
- Vol. 2 (2), 221-228
- https://doi.org/10.1038/jcbfm.1982.22
Abstract
Cerebral hypoxia-ischemia was produced in 7-day postnatal rats by unilateral carotid artery ligation combined with systemic hypoxia (8% O2). Levels of high energy phosphates, which were only slightly altered in the contralateral hemisphere, were nearly depleted in the ipsilateral hemisphere during the 3-h hypoxic insult. With hypoxia of between 1 and 3 hours' duration, columnar alterations of cortical NADH fluorescence occurred in the same location and regional pattern as did histologic damage demonstrated previously (Rice et al., 1981). In regions exhibiting columns of NADH fluorescence, there was no evidence of a columnar reduction of high energy phosphates as levels of ATP and phosphocreatine were nearly zero.Recovery from 3 h of hypoxia was accompanied by partial and regionally heterogeneous restoration of ATP within the ipsilateral hemisphere. Columnar variations of NADH fluorescence were not detected in the recovery period; rather, regions with impaired restitution of high energy phosphates exhibited NADH fluorescence that was diminished diffusely compared to the contralateral hemisphere. The correlation between depressed NADH fluorescence and depleted ATP, present as cortical columns during hypoxia and as larger regions during recovery, suggests that decreased formation of NADH may be limiting the resynthesis of high energy phosphates.Keywords
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