Apoptosis in myocyte after repeated + Gz exposures in rats.
- Author:
Ying ZHOU
1
;
Bing WANG
;
Yong-Chun WANG
;
Yan-Hong WU
;
Shu ZHANG
;
Jie GENG
;
Xi-Qing SUN
Author Information
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- MeSH: Acceleration; Animals; Apoptosis; physiology; Male; Myocardium; cytology; Myocytes, Cardiac; physiology; Rats; Rats, Sprague-Dawley
- From: Chinese Journal of Applied Physiology 2010;26(3):275-277
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
-
Abstract:
OBJECTIVETo observe the effects of repeated + Gz exposures on the apoptosis of myocyte in rats.
METHODSTwelve male Sprague-Dawley rats were randomly divided into three groups: Control group, + 6Gz group and + 10Gz group. The rats of + Gz groups were exposed to + 6Gz for 3 min, + 10Gz for 3 min respectively, 1 b/d, 1 week. Four control rats were kept at the Earth gravity (1G) in the room with the centrifuge. All animals were anaesthetized and anatomies 1 day after the last exposure. Ventricular myocardium was studied by electron microscopy and terminal deoxynucleotide transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling (TUNEL) method.
RESULTSThe apoptosis of myocyte in control group and + 6Gz group were scarcely observed by electron microscopy, while heterochromatin concentration and margination were observed in + 10Gz group. The apoptotic index of myocardium increased significantly in + 6Gz and + 10Gz group compared with that of the control group (P < 0.05) and showed the largest value in the + 10Gz group (P < 0.05).
CONCLUSIONRepeated + Gz exposures may induce apoptosis in myocyte, and the number of apoptosis in myocyte increases gradually with the increase of G value.
