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Oxidant damage during and after spaceflightThe objectives of this study were to assess oxidant damage during and after spaceflight and to compare the results against bed rest with 6 degrees head-down tilt. We measured the urinary excretion of the F(2) isoprostane, 8-iso-prostaglandin (PG) F(2alpha), and 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2 deoxyguanosine (8-OH DG) before, during, and after long-duration spaceflight (4-9 mo) on the Russian space station MIR, short-duration spaceflight on the shuttle, and 17 days of bed rest. Sample collections on MIR were obtained between 88 and 186 days in orbit. 8-iso-PGF(2alpha) and 8-OH DG are markers for oxidative damage to membrane lipids and DNA, respectively. Data are mean +/- SE. On MIR, isoprostane levels were decreased inflight (96. 9 +/- 11.6 vs. 76.7 +/- 14.9 ng. kg(-1). day(-1), P < 0.05, n = 6) due to decreased dietary intake secondary to impaired thermoregulation. Isoprostane excretion was increased postflight (245.7 +/- 55.8 ng. kg(-1). day(-1), P < 0.01). 8-OH DG excretion was unchanged with spaceflight and increased postflight (269 +/- 84 vs 442 +/- 180 ng. kg(-1). day(-1), P < 0.05). On the shuttle, 8-OH DG excretion was unchanged in- and postflight, but 8-iso-PGF(2alpha) excretion was decreased inflight (15.6 +/- 4.3 vs 8.0 +/- 2.7 ng. kg(-1). day(-1), P < 0.05). No changes were found with bed rest, but 8-iso-PGF(2alpha) was increased during the recovery phase (48.9 +/- 23.0 vs 65.4 +/- 28.3 ng. kg(-1). day(-1), P < 0.05). The changes in isoprostane production were attributed to decreased production of oxygen radicals from the electron transport chain due to the reduced energy intake inflight. The postflight increases in the excretion of the products of oxidative damage were attributed to a combination of an increase in metabolic activity and the loss of some host antioxidant defenses inflight. We conclude that 1) oxidative damage was decreased inflight, and 2) oxidative damage was increased postflight.
Document ID
20040141642
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Stein, T. P.
(University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey, School of Osteopathic Medicine Stratford, New Jersey 08084, United States)
Leskiw, M. J.
Date Acquired
August 22, 2013
Publication Date
March 1, 2000
Publication Information
Publication: American journal of physiology. Endocrinology and metabolism
Volume: 278
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0193-1849
Subject Category
Aerospace Medicine
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: RO1-14098
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Other
Keywords
Mir Project
NASA Experiment Number 9401613
Non-NASA Center
Flight Experiment
NASA Discipline Regulatory Physiology
long duration
NASA Program Biomedical Research and Countermeasures
short duration
STS-78 Shuttle Project
manned

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