Metabolic Profile in Rats during Long-Term Restriction of Motor Activity.

We performed a comprehensive study of protein (total protein, medium-molecular-weight peptides, creatinine, and urea), purine (uric acid), and lipid (cholesterol, triglycerides) metabolism, activity of AST, ALT, and acid phosphatase in blood plasma of white male rats under conditions of restriction of motor activity up to 28 days. Patterns of changes in metabolic profile during hypokinesia were established: prevalence of catabolic processes and atherogenic shifts in the lipid spectrum with maximum manifestation on 14-21 days of the experiment.

Indicators of LPO and Antioxidant Protection in Rats During Long-Term Restriction of Motor Activity.

This article presents a comprehensive study of the parameters of LPO (concentrations of malondialdehyde, diene conjugates, and intensity of chemiluminescence) and antioxidant defense (concentrations of α-tocopherol, ceruloplasmin, total antioxidant activity, antiradical activity, and activities of antioxidant enzymes - superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, and glutathione reductase) in blood plasma and erythrocytes of white male rats during restriction of motor activity up to 28 days. The patterns of changes in oxidative balance in hypokinesia in the form of intensification of LPO processes against the background of depletion of resources of antioxidant defense with maximum manifestation on days 14-21 of the experiment were revealed.

Oxidative Balance in Rats during Adaptation to Swimming Load.

The main parameters of free radical oxidation and antioxidant defense in the blood plasma, erythrocytes, and homogenates of skeletal muscles, heart, liver, lungs, and kidneys were studied in adult outbred albino male rats with different degree of adaptation to moderate exposure to swimming. The rats were trained to swim regularly over 1 month. Changes in oxidative balance varied in organs and tissues and depended on the level of training.

[Relationship between the values of lipid peroxidation, lipid metabolism, and red blood cell osmotic resistance in sportsmen of cyclic and non-cyclic sports].

The rate of lipid peroxidation, the antiradical defense in red blood cells, the levels of cholesterol and phospholipids, and resistance of erythrocytes to hemolysis were studied in cyclic and non-cyclic sportsmen. Seventy-one male athletes aged 18-25 years were examined. A control group included 15 apparently healthy untrained volunteer students of the same age.

[The characteristics of metabolism in patients with fractures of shin and thigh bones depending on immobilization period].

The comprehensive biochemical examination of 20 patients with fractures of shin and thigh bones aged from 18 to 50 years was organized. The treatment consisted of skeletal traction meaning a lingering limitation of locomotive activity The blood sampled at 7th, 14th, 21th, 28th and 35th days after trauma. The blood plasma was analyzed to establish the indicators of protein and purine metabolism, lipoperoxidation processes and antiradical activity.