[Experemental modeling of ovary hyperstimulation syndrome in test animals].

The experimental simulation of ovary hyperstimulation syndrome (OHSS) in test murine by administration with several dozes of exogenous gonadotropic hormones has been performed. It has been shown that mouse ovary hormone stimulation leads to manifestation of all OHSS symptoms: ovary swelling and hyperemia, injury of their structure, cystic corpus luteum formation, hemorrhagic follicles, folliculogenesis disturbance, oocyte and embryo morphology injury. The degree of OHSS symptom manifestation depends on hormone doze. On the third day after human chorionic gonadotropin administration all OHSS symptoms take place as an evidence of this syndrome prolonged character.

Mitochondria-targeted plastoquinone derivative SkQ(1) decreases ischemia-reperfusion injury during liver hypothermic storage for transplantation.

The ability of the mitochondria-targeted plastoquinone derivative 10-(6'-plastoquinonyl)decyl triphenylphosphonium (SkQ(1)) to decrease ischemia-reperfusion injury in isolated liver during hypothermic storage (HS) was studied. Rat liver was stored for 24 h at 4°C without or in the presence of 1 µM SkQ(1) with following reperfusion for 60 min at 37°C. The presence in the storage medium of SkQ(1) significantly decreased spontaneous production of reactive oxygen species and intensity of lipid peroxidation in the liver during HS and reperfusion. The GSH level after HS in solution with SkQ(1) was reliably higher, but reperfusion leveled this effect. At all stages of experiment the presence of SkQ(1) did not prevent the decrease of antioxidant enzyme activities such as catalase, GSH peroxidase, GSH reductase, and glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase. The addition of SkQ(1) to the storage medium improved energetic function of the liver, as was revealed in increased respiratory control index of mitochondria and ATP level. SkQ(1) exhibited positive effect on the liver secretory function and morphology after HS as revealed in enhanced bile flow rate during reperfusion and partial recovery of organ architectonics and state of liver sinusoids and hepatocytes. The data point to promising application of mitochondria-targeted antioxidants for correction of the ischemia-reperfusion injury of isolated liver during long-term cold storage before transplantation.