Abstract
Different modes of hypoxic exposure led to phasic changes in activities of the complement system components in rats sensitive to hypoxia starting from the first minutes of the posthypoxic period and persisting for 24 h and longer. The direction of shifts in the complement system depended on the duration and intensity of oxygen deficiency. Single one-hour interval hypoxia led to a moderate elevation of activities of virtually all the studied components. A more intense hypoxic exposure (1-h hypobaric hypoxia at a height of 5000 m) induced a biphasic response: reduction of activities of the majority of complement system components during the first hour of posthypoxic period and subsequent elevation of these activities above the normal. Exposure to severe hypobaric hypoxia (7000 m) led to a longer and more pronounced primary reduction of complement components activities, while the phase of their activity increase was blurred. Animal capacity to the formation of urgent tolerance of hypoxia was retained and increased with increasing the severity of hypoxic exposure. The complement consumption during the posthypoxic period was presumably a programmed reaction preventing hyperactivation of complement system components and essential for tolerance formation.
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