Open AccessA SIMPLE EXPERIMENTAL MODEL OF HEAT SHOCK RESPONSE IN RATS
Author(s) -
Tufi Neder Meyer,
Alcino Lázaro da Silva
Publication year - 1998
Publication title -
acta cirúrgica brasileira
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.35
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1678-2674
pISSN - 0102-8650
DOI - 10.1590/s0102-86501998000400003
Subject(s) - hsp70 , shock (circulatory) , rectal temperature , heat shock , heat stress , heat load , heat shock protein , medicine , chemistry , zoology , thermodynamics , biology , biochemistry , physics , gene
Objective: To obtain a simple model for the elicitation of the heat shock response in rats. Design: Laboratory study. Setting: University research laboratories. Sample: Seventy-nine adult male albino rats (weight range 200 g to 570 g). Procedures: Exposure to heat stress by heating animals in a warm bath for 5 min after their rectal temperatures reached 107.60 F (420 C). Liver and lung samples were collected for heat-shock protein 70 (HSP70) detection (Western analysis). Results: Western analysis was positive for HSP70 in the liver and in the lungs of heated animals. There was a temporal correlation between heating and HSP70 detection: it was strongest 1 day after heating and reduced afterwards. No heated animals died. Conclusion: These data show that heating rats in a warm (45o C) bath, according to parameters set in this model, elicits efficiently the heat shock response. OBJETIVO: Obter um modelo simples para tentar esclarecer a resposta ao choque térmico em ratos. LOCAL: Laboratório de pesquisa da Universidade. MÉTODO: Amostra: 79 ratos albinos, adultos, entre 200g a 570g. Procedimentos: Exposição ao calor, em banho quente, por 5 minutos, após a temperatura retal chegar a 42 graus centigrados. Biópsias de fígado e pulmão foram obtidas para detectar a proteina 70 (HSP 70), pelo "Western blot". RESULTADOS: As análises foram positivas nos animais aquecidos, com uma correlação entre aquecimento e constatação da HSP 70. Foi mais elevada no primeiro dia e não houve óbitos nos animais aquecidos. CONCLUSÃO: Os ratos aquecidos a 45 graus centígrados respondem eficientemente ao choque térmico