Cerebral free energy and viability: ATP in rats under nitrogen and iodoacetate with the effects of temperature

1959 ◽  
Vol 196 (2) ◽  
pp. 325-326 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick E. Samson ◽  
William M. Balfour ◽  
Nancy A. Dahl

The survival times and the cerebral ATP concentrations during anoxia have been determined. Rats were subjected to anoxia for a measured time, returned to air and survival determined. For ATP determinations, rats were frozen in liquid nitrogen following the anoxia, and the brain analyzed by the firefly luminescence method. The survival time (ST50) in anoxia is 63 seconds. During the first 20 seconds, the ATP remains at 2µM/gm; it then falls to 1.0 µM/gm at 65 seconds. When glycolysis is inhibited by sodium iodoacetate the ST50 decreases to 10 seconds; the ATP remains unchanged for 5 seconds and then decreases rapidly (0.14 µM/gm/sec.) to 1.0 µM/gm at 10 sec. Cooling the animal to 25, 20 or 15°C for 10 minutes increases the ST50 and decreases the rate of ATP disappearance. The ATP concentration at the corresponding ST50 increases with decreasing body temperature.

1964 ◽  
Vol 207 (2) ◽  
pp. 452-456 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nancy Ann Dahl ◽  
William M. Balfour

Rats subjected to a brief anoxia can survive go sec in a second anoxia, compared to a 60-sec survival time of control animals. Slower disappearance of ATP concentration in the brain during the second exposure indicates this longer survival is due to an altered cerebral energy metabolism. Initial cerebral ATP concentration is no higher in pre-exposed animals than in controls. When glycolysis is inhibited by iodoacetate before testing in anoxia, the advantage of pre-exposure disappears, suggesting the longer survival may be due to increased anacrobic glycolysis. Lactate accumulates faster during anoxia in the brains of pre-exposed animals than in controls, suggesting that increased anaerobic glycolysis is the cause of the prolonged survival. This effect is not due to increased cerebral glucose concentration. A possible reason for this increased glycolysis, and thus the prolonged survival, could be an increase of a compound, such as pyruvate, capable of oxidizing NADH. The initial pyruvate is higher in pre-exposed animals than in controls and injection of pyruvate increases the survival time slightly.


1960 ◽  
Vol 199 (3) ◽  
pp. 463-466 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. Popovic

The survival times of intensively cooled white rats decrease with their body temperatures. When cooled by Giaja's technique and maintained afterwards at a body temperature of 15°C rats survived 9 hours, but they could be revived by rewarming only during the first 5.5 hours of survival (biological survival). Similar biological survival times were found when the rats were cooled by other techniques, whether the cooling was much quicker or much slower. The survival time was also independent of the rate of rewarming from hypothermia. Survival was shortened by cooling after administration of sodium pentobarbital. Biological survival of young 40-gm rats at 15°C body temperature was 19 hours, 14 hours longer than that of hypothermic adults. Level of O2 consumption of hypothermic young rats differed from those of hypothermic adult animals.


2020 ◽  
Vol 56 (5) ◽  
pp. 270-279
Author(s):  
Shannon Marie Palermo ◽  
Dorothy C. Brown ◽  
Stephen J. Mehler ◽  
Mark P. Rondeau

ABSTRACT Pancreatitis in dogs may lead to extrahepatic bile duct obstruction as a result of local inflammation. Medical records of 45 client-owned dogs with clinical suspicion of extrahepatic bile duct obstruction secondary to pancreatitis were reviewed to determine clinical findings, outcome, and factors associated with survival. Survival times were determined using the Kaplan-Meier product limit method. Cox multivariable survival methods were employed to determine factors associated with survival time following diagnosis. The median survival time was 241 days (95% confidence interval [CI] 25–631), with 34 of 45 dogs (76%) surviving to discharge. Dogs 9 yr of age or older with azotemia at presentation had a 9.9 greater hazard for death (95% CI 2.5–38.1; P = .001) compared with dogs younger than 9 yr old without azotemia at presentation. Dogs without subjective ultrasonographic gallbladder distension had a 4.4 greater hazard for death (95% CI 1.3–15.4; P = .018) compared with dogs with subjective gallbladder distension. Dogs with a body temperature ≥102.5°F at admission had a 3.1 greater hazard for death (95% CI 1.3–7.7; P = .013) than dogs with a body temperature <102.5°F at admission. This information may help clinicians discuss prognosis with owners of affected dogs.


1957 ◽  
Vol 188 (2) ◽  
pp. 277-280 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick E. Samson ◽  
Nancy A. Dahl

The survival times of neonatal rats in nitrogen with and without injected iodoacetic acid and at diverse ages and temperatures are presented. It is shown that the survival time in nitrogen is greatly shortened if iodoacetic acid has been injected. Also, in iodoacetic acid treated rats the survival time is decreased with the daily development of the animal; the survival time is lengthened by a decrease in body temperature; the effect of temperature decreases with the daily development of the animal; the logarithm of the survival time has a linear relationship with the body temperature. It is concluded that these survival times are a measure of the energy requirement of the respiratory centers and the influence of age and temperature upon the requirement. A calculation is made which indicates that a deficiency of one micromole of energy-rich phosphate per gram of tissue in the respiratory centers results in the cessation of respiratory movements.


2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (s1) ◽  
pp. 37-37
Author(s):  
Jo Ellen Wilson ◽  
Sarasota Mihalko ◽  
Stephan Heckers ◽  
Pratik P. Pandharipande ◽  
Timothy D. Girard ◽  
...  

OBJECTIVES/SPECIFIC AIMS: Delirium, a form of acute brain dysfunction, characterized by changes in attention and alertness, is a known independent predictor of mortality in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU). We sought to understand whether catatonia, a more recently recognized form of acute brain dysfunction, is associated with increased 30-day mortality in critically ill older adults. METHODS/STUDY POPULATION: We prospectively enrolled critically ill patients at a single institution who were on a ventilator or in shock and evaluated them daily for delirium using the Confusion Assessment for the ICU and for catatonia using the Bush Francis Catatonia Rating Scale. Coma, was defined as a Richmond Agitation Scale score of −4 or −5. We used the Cox Proportional Hazards model predicting 30-day mortality after adjusting for delirium, coma and catatonia status. RESULTS/ANTICIPATED RESULTS: We enrolled 335 medical, surgical or trauma critically ill patients with 1103 matched delirium and catatonia assessments. Median age was 58 years (IQR: 48 - 67). Main indications for admission to the ICU included: airway disease or protection (32%; N=100) or sepsis and/or shock (25%; N=79. In the unadjusted analysis, regardless of the presence of catatonia, non-delirious individuals have the highest median survival times, while delirious patients have the lowest median survival time. Comparing the absence and presence of catatonia, the presence of catatonia worsens survival (Figure 1). In a time-dependent Cox model, comparing non-delirious individuals, holding catatonia status constant, delirious individuals have 1.72 times the hazards of death (IQR: 1.321, 2.231) while those with coma have 5.48 times the hazards of death (IQR: 4.298, 6.984). For DSM-5 catatonia scores, a 1-unit increase in the score is associated with 1.18 times the hazards of in-hospital mortality. Comparing two individuals with the same delirium status, an individual with a DSM-5 catatonia score of 0 (no catatonia) will have 1.178 times the hazard of death (IQR: 1.086, 1.278), while an individual with a score of 3 catatonia items (catatonia) present will have 1.63 times the hazard of death. DISCUSSION/SIGNIFICANCE OF IMPACT: Non-delirious individuals have the highest median survival times, while those who are comatose have the lowest median survival times after a critical illness, holding catatonia status constant. Comparing the absence and presence of catatonia, the presence of catatonia seems to worsen survival. Those individual who are both comatose and catatonic have the lowest median survival time.


1961 ◽  
Vol 23 (1) ◽  
pp. 69-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
S. KULLANDER ◽  
B. SUNDÉN

SUMMARY A total of twenty-three human pre-viable foetuses (7–400 g.) were removed by abdominal hysterotomy (legal abortions) and studied during survival in an anoxic state at different temperatures. The duration of survival, as judged by ECG waves, at 37° c was about 3 hr.; it was longer for female foetuses than for males, and longer for large foetuses than for small ones. General reduction of the body-temperature to 4° c during periods varying between 30 min. and 6 hr. with subsequent rewarming to and maintenance at 37° c increased the survival time by a further 1–2 hr. The blood sugar did not decrease either during the period of survival or during hypothermia, but the non-protein nitrogen increased, while acidosis and hyperkalaemia developed. The glycogen content of the liver decreased during the anoxic period of survival and diminished further during hypothermia. The adrenal glands produced adrenaline in addition to noradrenaline during the anoxic phase, and this may occur in a very early stage of intrauterine life.


2010 ◽  
Vol 391 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Reiko Hanada ◽  
Toshikatsu Hanada ◽  
Josef M. Penninger

Abstract The TNF family molecule RANKL and its receptor RANK are key regulators of bone remodeling, lymph node formation, and mammary gland development during pregnancy. RANKL and RANK are also expressed in the central nervous systems (CNS). However, the functional relevance of RANKL/RANK in the brain was entirely unknown. Recently, our group reported that the RANKL/RANK signaling pathway has an essential role in the central regulation of body temperature via the prostaglandin axis. This review discusses novel aspects of the RANKL/RANK system as key regulators of fever and female basal body temperature in the CNS.


2009 ◽  
Vol 77 (9) ◽  
pp. 3948-3957 ◽  
Author(s):  
Birgit Rathkolb ◽  
Harry A. Noyes ◽  
Andy Brass ◽  
Paul Dark ◽  
Helmut Fuchs ◽  
...  

ABSTRACT Trypanosoma congolense is a protozoan parasite that causes severe diseases in livestock. Three major quantative trait loci (QTL), Tir1, Tir2, and Tir3, control the survival time of mice after infection with T. congolense. Congenic mice carrying the C57BL/6 resistance alleles on the A/J background were developed for each of these loci. The congenic mice were used to physically map the regions containing the QTL gene(s) and to investigate the physiological effect of each locus. Clinical chemistry data for infected A/J, C57BL/6, and BALB/c mice were obtained for 15 analytes at five time points. Congenic mice were assessed for survival, parasitemia, and anemia as well as seven clinical-chemical analytes. The survival times were significantly increased in the Tir1 and Tir2 mice but not Tir3 congenic mice. The survival time of the parental inbred mice correlated negatively with parasitemia but positively with alanine aminotransferase activities in serum, suggesting that inflammatory reactions in the liver had a beneficial effect possibly associated with reduced parasitemia. However, there was no difference in parasitemia or liver enzyme activities of Tir1 and Tir2 congenic mice relative to their controls, showing that survival, parasitemia, and degree of liver damage are not associated with each other, despite the correlation in the parental lines. These data suggest that the congenic loci affect survival but do not affect control of parasite number. They may therefore act by limiting the pathological consequences of T. congolense infection.


1989 ◽  
Vol 67 (3) ◽  
pp. 928-932 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kan-Fa Chang ◽  
P. V. Blenis

The effects of temperature and relative humidity (RH) on the survival of Endocronartium harknessii teliospores and the longevity of these spores out of doors during daylight hours were studied. In one experiment, fresh and liquid-nitrogen-stored spores of E. harknessii were impacted onto spider webs or plastic threads and incubated in darkness at temperatures of 6, 15, and 24 °C and RHs of 39 and 98%. Survival was measured after 1, 2, 4, 8, and 16 days. Spore longevity decreased with increasing temperature and was lower at 98 than at 39% RH. In a second experiment, spores were impacted onto spider webs and placed out of doors on clear days. Viability decreased linearly with time and averaged 33% after 12 h. The data suggest that E. harknessii has relatively good ability to survive in an airborne state and thus would have considerable potential for long distance spread.


1992 ◽  
Vol 263 (6) ◽  
pp. R1235-R1240
Author(s):  
R. A. Cridland ◽  
N. W. Kasting

Previous investigations on the antipyretic properties of arginine vasopressin have used bacterial endotoxins or pyrogens to induce fever. Because these experimental models of fever fail to mimic all aspects of the responses to infection, we felt it was important to examine the role of endogenously released vasopressin as a neuromodulator in febrile thermoregulation during infection. Therefore the present study examines the effects of chronic infusion of a V1-receptor antagonist or saline (via osmotic minipumps into the ventral septal area of the brain) on a fever induced by injection of live bacteria. Telemetry was used for continuous measurement of body temperature in the awake unhandled rat. Animals infused with the V1-antagonist exhibited fevers that were greater in duration compared with those of saline-infused animals. These results support the hypothesis that vasopressin functions as an antipyretic agent or fever-reducing agent in brain. Importantly, they suggest that endogenously released vasopressin may play a role as a neuromodulator in natural fever.


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