[Content of biological antioxidants and lipid peroxidation in the adrenal cortex in experimental circulatory insufficiency].

Thirteen-week experimental insufficiency in rats causes exhaustion of adrenal cortex function. The number of diene conjugates in the adrenals increased, the alpha-tocopherol level decreased. It is suggested that reduced level of antioxidant protection and the associated activation of lipid peroxidation processes underlie the disorders of adrenal cortex function.

[Spectral-fluorescent characteristics of rat transcortin in normal conditions and during experimental circulatory insufficiency].

Spectral-fluorescent parameters of rat transcortin isolated from blood plasma of intact rats and rats with circulatory insufficiency were studied. The differences in the Schtern Folmer constants and the dissociation constants for the transcortin-corticosterone complex obtained during the protein titration by corticosterone may be due to different tryptophanyl surroundings in the molecules of the studied proteins. This may be a consequence of the conformational rearrangements of the corticosteroid-binding globulin molecules.

[Hormone-protein interactions and functional activity of the adrenal cortex during adaptation to pressure chamber hypoxia].

Blood plasma and adrenals of rats subjected to the exposure of deep pressure-chamber hypoxia are studied. The method of high-performance liquid chromatography is used to determine the content of corticosterone and deoxycorticosterone as well as the binding ability of transcortin relative to hydrocortisone and corticosterone before and after ectomy of endogenic hormones. It is shown that hyperactivation of adrenals occurs already the first 20 min of the experiment, which is preserved during the whole experiment lowering, to some extent, by 150, 240 min.

[Isolation and comparative characteristics of rat transcortin in normal conditions and during experimental circulatory insufficiency].

Corticosteroid binding protein, transcortin, was isolated using biospecific and hydroxyapatite chromatographic procedures. Mr-60,000 of transcortin was evaluated by means of electrophoresis; isoelectric points of the protein and of its complexes were detected. The association constants of transcortin with cortisol at 4 degrees constituted 2.