Effect of ionizing radiation on the protein-synthesizing system of brain neurons of ground squirrels in different functional states

Gordon, R. Ya.; Ignatyev, D. A.; Mel'nikova, E. V.; Rogachevskii, V. V.; Kraev, I. V. and Khutzian, S. S. (2006). Effect of ionizing radiation on the protein-synthesizing system of brain neurons of ground squirrels in different functional states. Biophysics, 51(2) pp. 270–276.

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1134/S0006350906020199

Abstract

Using fluorescence and electron microscopy, it is shown that the physiological state of ground squirrels exposed to ionizing radiation at different stages of the torpor-awakeness (hypothermia-normothermia) cycle is the main factor responsible for changes in the protein-synthesizing system of neurons in the hippocampus (fields CA1 and CA3) and the sensomotor cortex. The neurons of animals irradiated in the state of awakeness are less radioresistant and recover more slowly than neurons of animals irradiated in torpor, with the difference being more distinct in neurons of the CA1 field. The effect of irradiation is weak in animals entering torpor and reaches a peak in awakening animals. It is proposed that the inhibition of protein synthesis in the latter case takes place at the elongation stage, with heavy polysomes formed in the cytoplasm of neurons.

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  • Item ORO ID
  • 32815
  • Item Type
  • Journal Item
  • ISSN
  • 1555-6654
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  • Original Russian Text © R.Ya. Gordon, D.A. Ignatyev, E.V. Mel’nikova, V.V. Rogachevskii, I.V. Kraev, S.S. Khutzian, 2006, published in Biofizika, 2006, Vol. 51, No. 2,
    pp. 316–323
  • Keywords
  • heavy polysomes; hibernation; ionizing radiation; neurons; protein-synthesizing system; animalia; sciuridae; spermophilus
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  • Faculty of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM)
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  • Centre for Research in Computing (CRC)
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  • © 2006 Pleiades Publishing, Inc.
  • Depositing User
  • Igor Kraev
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