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Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 254: C699-C708, 1988;
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AJP - Cell Physiology, Vol 254, Issue 5 C699-C708, Copyright © 1988 by American Physiological Society

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Correlated in vivo 31P-NMR and NADH fluorometric studies on gerbil brain in graded hypoxia and hyperoxia

L. Gyulai, B. Chance, L. Ligeti, G. McDonald and J. Cone
Department of Psychiatry, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia 19104.

Mitochondrial energy coupling in the gerbil brain was characterized by the relationship between intracellular phosphocreatine (PCr)/inorganic phosphate (Pi), phosphorylation ratio, and the mitochondrial redox state in graded hypoxia. Phosphorus-nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra of the brain and whole head were taken by surface and saddle coil, respectively. The NADH level of the brain cortex was monitored by in vivo fluororeflectometry. The PCr and Pi of the head and brain did not change between 100 and 10% O2 inhalation. PCr progressively decreased and Pi progressively increased with 6 and 4% 0% inhalation in the head. The PCr/Pi of the brain decreased by 44% at 6% fraction of inhaled oxygen (FIO2) and 57% at 4% FIO2. The ATP level did not change during hypoxia. The calculated phosphorylation ratio of the brain ([PCr] Kck[H+]/[Cr][Pi]) = ([ATP]/[ADP][Pi]) was 4.1 X 10(4) M-1 in normoxia. Hypoxia of increasing severity induced increasing NAD reduction of the brain cortex with 17% NAD reduction at 10% FIO2 when there was no change in phosphorylation ratio. The phosphorylation ratio decreased, i.e., the mitochondria failed to maintain the energy level of the brain when the magnitude of the change in NAD reduction to hypoxia was half of the total redox change between hyperoxia and anoxia. These studies demonstrated the feasibility of combined 31P-NMR and NADH fluorometry measurements on brain in vivo. The observations show similarities between the responses of mitochondrial oxidative phosphorylation to hypoxia in vivo and in vitro.


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