A novel principle of short-term periodic adaptive training by varying the oxygen level from hypo- to hyperoxia is substantiated both theoretically and experimentally. Short-term adaptation to hypoxia-normoxia produced a membrane-protective effect in the heart and cerebral cortex, but increased the sensitivity to free radical oxidation and decreased the level of components of the antioxidant defense system in the liver. Hypo-hyperoxia adaptation produced a membrane-stabilizing effect in the heart, brain, and liver, which was more pronounced compared to the effect of hypoxia-normoxia training. In contrast to hypoxia-normoxia adaptation, in case of hypo-hyperoxia training the adaptive defense developed as early as 15 days after the start of training.
Mechanisms of intracellular defense of rat cardiomyocytes were studied in dynamics of anthracosilicosis development induced by long-term inhalation of coal and rock dust. It was shown that synthesis of transcription factor HIF-1α and protective proteins increased in the heart at the early stages of coal and rock dust inhalation (1-3 weeks), and these changes limited the development of free radical oxidation and activated metabolism of glucose and fatty acids. Exposure to coal and rock dust for 6-12 weeks activated free radical oxidation and decreased basal metabolism in cardiomyocytes.
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