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Studies of the blood antioxidant system and oxygen-transporting properties of human erythrocytes during 105-day isolation

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Effects of strict 105-day isolation on the blood antioxidant status, processes in erythrocyte membranes, and oxygen-binding properties of hemoglobin were studied in six male volunteers (25 to 40 years old) in ground-based simulation of a mission to Mars (Mars-105 experiment). The study was performed with venous blood samples and red blood cells isolated from them, which were collected during the baseline data collection period, on days 35, 70, and 105 of the experiment, and on days 7 and 14–15 after its completion. Biochemical (determination of enzyme activity and thin-layer chromatography) and biophysical (laser interference microscopy and Raman spectroscopy) methods showed changes in the relative content of lipid and phospholipid fractions, suggesting an increase in the membrane microviscosity and the content of TBA-RP (active lipid peroxidation products interacting with thiobarbituric acid). A significant increase in the activity of glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase and superoxide dismutase and a reduction in the catalase activity was found, which indicates both reparative processes in red blood cells and imbalance between the amount of generated reactive oxygen species and antioxidant protection mechanisms in cells. The hemoglobin affinity for oxygen and the blood level of oxyhemoglobin also increased. It is assumed that the adaptation of the body to stresses experienced during and after the experiment can disturb the balance between the antioxidant defense systems. The latter, in turn, leads to peroxidation of membrane phospholipids, alteration in their content, increase in membrane microviscosity, and eventual disturbance of the gas-exchange function of red blood cells.

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  1. Faculty of Biology, Moscow State University, Moscow, 119992, Russia

    N. A. Brazhe, A. A. Baizhumanov, E. Yu. Parshina, A. I. Yusipovich, M. Ya. Akhalaya & G. V. Maksimov

  2. Institute of Biomedical Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, 123007, Russia

    Yu. V. Yarlykova, O. I. Labetskaya, S. M. Ivanova & B. V. Morukov

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Original Russian Text © N.A. Brazhe, A.A. Baizhumanov, E.Yu. Parshina, A.I. Yusipovich, M.Ya. Akhalaya, Yu.V. Yarlykova, O.I. Labetskaya, S.M. Ivanova, B.V. Morukov, G.V. Maksimov, 2011, published in Aviakosmicheskaya i Ekologicheskaya Meditsina, 2011, Vol. 45, No. 1, pp. 40–45.

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Brazhe, N.A., Baizhumanov, A.A., Parshina, E.Y. et al. Studies of the blood antioxidant system and oxygen-transporting properties of human erythrocytes during 105-day isolation. Hum Physiol 40, 804–809 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1134/S0362119714070020

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