Brain metabolic changes in young vs aged rats during hypoxia

Brain energy state and glycolytic metabolites were measured in young (6 month) and aged (28 month) male rats under normoxic (70% nitrous oxide, 30% oxygen) or hypoxic (PaO2 = 25 mm Hg) test conditions. Hypoxic ischemia was induced in one cerebral hemisphere by ligation of one carotid artery. Under n...

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Published in:Stroke (1970) 1985-09, Vol.16 (5), p.860-863
Main Authors: HOFFMAN, W. E, PELLIGRINO, D, MILETICH, D. J, ALBRECHT, R. F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aging
Analysis of Variance
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Brain - metabolism
Brain Ischemia - metabolism
Energy Metabolism
Fructosephosphates - metabolism
Glucose - metabolism
Glucosephosphates - metabolism
Glycogen - metabolism
Glycolysis
Hypoxia - metabolism
Ketoglutaric Acids - metabolism
Male
Medical sciences
Nervous system involvement in other diseases. Miscellaneous
Neurology
Pyruvates - metabolism
Pyruvic Acid
Rats
Rats, Inbred F344
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Summary:Brain energy state and glycolytic metabolites were measured in young (6 month) and aged (28 month) male rats under normoxic (70% nitrous oxide, 30% oxygen) or hypoxic (PaO2 = 25 mm Hg) test conditions. Hypoxic ischemia was induced in one cerebral hemisphere by ligation of one carotid artery. Under normoxic test conditions brain energy metabolite concentrations were similar between young and aged rats. Brain tissue glucose, glycogen, glucose-6-phosphate and critic acid cycle intermediate concentrations were decreased in aged rats during normoxia while fructose-6-phosphate and pyruvate were increased. Decreases in brain energy state and increases in lactate/pyruvate ratios were significant in both young and aged rats during hypoxia and were greater in aged animals in hypoxic-ischemic tissues. These results indicate that brain energy state is normal in aged rats under normoxic conditions but that hypoxic-ischemia produces a greater degree of brain energy failure compared to younger animals.
ISSN:0039-2499
1524-4628
DOI:10.1161/01.STR.16.5.860