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The effect of mild to moderate hypothermia (32/27 °C) was analyzed on the cell volume of C6 glioma cells and primary cultured astrocytes at normal pH, during lactacidosis (pH6.2) and during exposure to glutamate or arachidonic acid in vitro. The cells were suspended in an incubation chamber under continuous control of pH, pO2 and temperature. Cell swelling was quantified by an advanced Coulter-system. Following a control period at 37 °C, the ambient temperature was decreased to 27 and 32 °C for 30 min. Hypothermia alone led to an immediate and significant cell volume increase of 107.3 ± 0.4% (mean ± SEM) of control after 30min at 32 °C. Yet, hypothermia (27°C) afforded partial protection against the acidosis-induced cell swelling at pH 6.2, attaining 120.4 ± 0.9% in the normothermic control group after 60 min, while only 111.3 ± 0.9% at 27 °C. Hypothermia, however, was not associated with a reduction of the glutamate- or arachidonic acid-induced cell swelling.
The results demonstrate that mild hypothermia per se induces glial cell swelling, but simultaneously inhibits cell swelling from acidosis, while not from glutamate-or arachidonic acid.
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Plesnila, N., Müller, E., Ringel, F., Peters, J., Baethmann, A. (1999). Glial Cell Swelling — Effect of Hypothermia. In: Baethmann, A., Plesnila, N., Ringel, F., Eriskat, J. (eds) Current Progress in the Understanding of Secondary Brain Damage from Trauma and Ischemia. Acta Neurochirurgica Supplements, vol 73. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-6391-7_10
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