Changes in the Time-Domain of Heart Rate Variability and Corticosterone after Surgical Trauma to the Nasal Septum in Rats.

The aim of the work was to study changes in the time range of heart rate variability (HRV) against the background of changes in the concentration of corticosterone in blood plasma in rats after surgical trauma to the nasal septum. Septoplasty was simulated in 30 mature male Wistar rats weighing 210-290 g. ECG was recorded with subsequent analysis of the time domain of HRV, as well as blood sampling to estimate changes in the concentration of corticosterone in the blood plasma was performed.

Comparison of the Effects of Septoplasty and Sinus Lifting Simulation in Rats on Changes in Heart Rate Variability.

The effects of septoplasty and sinus lifting simulation in rats on changes in the frequency domain of heart rate variability were compared. In the early postoperative period, the low-frequency component increases, and the high-frequency component decreases. The VLF range also increased.

[Structural and kinetic parameters of the oxidative phosphorylation system, participating in the synchronization of mitochondrial respiratory chain and ATP-synthetase functions].

The structural and kinetic parameters of the oxidative phosphorylation system responsible for synchronization of the respiratory chain and ATP-synthetase function in mitochondria were studied. It was shown that regulation of ATP-synthetase function by the respiratory chain can be realized only within the whole ATP-synthetase complex (F0F1). NADH dehydrogenase and succinate dehydrogenase doe not control synchronization of ATP-synthetase function in the mitochondria.

Relationships of respiratory chain and ATP-synthetase in energized mitochondria.

The present study reveals that the previously described effect of ATP-synthetase inhibition concomitant with inhibition of respiratory chain functioning may be observed at different absolute values of delta psi on the mitochondrial membrane. This fact points out that the membrane potential is not a unique regulator in coupling of ATP-synthetase and respiratory chain activities. We found, using the double-inhibitor titration technique, that ATP-synthetase inhibition induces proportional inhibition of respiratory chain enzymes and vice versa respiratory chain inhibition induces proportional inhibition of ATP-synthetase.