Hydrogen Gas Mitigates Acute Hypoxia-Induced Oxidative and Inflammatory Brain Injuries in Medaka (Oryzias latipes).
Eriko Sato, Naohiro Shimamura, Chikako Saiki, Katsuhisa Sunada, Nobuhiko Miwa, Li Xiao · Antioxidants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025
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Fish recovered in hydrogen gas-bubbled water (H₂ group) displayed significantly reduced LOX-1 signal compared to the Air group ( Figure 2 B), indicating that H₂ alleviated tissue hypoxia. This source-grounded publication contributes evidence relevant to molecular hydrogen and is retained in a transparent general research category when a more specific study design is not supported by the indexed record.
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A hydrogen gas generator (Lita Air) was obtained from Lita Heart International Co., Ltd. (Osaka, Japan), and the ozone gas generator (R200-Black-JP, WUOAUM) and air pump (FEDOUR 300LPH) were purchased from Amazon.co.jp (Amazon Co., Tokyo, Japan). Following hypoxia, fish were recovered for 1 h in water bubbled with air (Air), 4% hydrogen in air (H₂ ), or ozone gas (O 3, 0.02–0.03 ppm). Behavioral analysis further demonstrated that hydrogen treatment improved locomotor activity and stabilized respiratory function. The authors concluded that these results indicate that hydrogen protects medaka against hypoxia-induced oxidative and inflammatory injuries and may represent a promising therapeutic strategy for hypoxia-related neurological disorders. Immunohistochemistry and ELISA showed elevated levels of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) and proinflammatory markers (COX-2, IL-6, TNF-α) in the brains of air- and ozone-treated fish; these increases were significantly attenuated by hydrogen.
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