Influence of Post-Irradiation Administration of Methionine on the Levels of Deoxyribonucleic Acid in Bone Marrow, Spleen and Liver of Rats

Nature ◽  
1957 ◽  
Vol 180 (4578) ◽  
pp. 193-194 ◽  
Author(s):  
M. K. NERURKAR ◽  
A. J. BAXI ◽  
N. S. RANADIVE ◽  
M. V. NARURKAR ◽  
M. B. SAHASRABUDHE
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Deoxyribonucleic Acid ◽  
Post Irradiation

Peptide synthesis in bone marrow: insulin and thyroxin effects

1962 ◽  
Vol 203 (4) ◽  
pp. 693-696 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas F. Necheles
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Nucleic Acid ◽  
Peptide Synthesis ◽  
Ribonucleic Acid ◽  
Deoxyribonucleic Acid ◽  
Optimum Concentration ◽  
The Other ◽  
Anabolic Effect ◽  
Oxygen Buffer

Myeloid marrow was rapidly removed from femurs of fasting young rabbits, sectioned, and incubated in Krebs-bicarbonate-CO2-oxygen buffer with appropriate C14-labeled precursors. All manipulations were designed to preserve the architecture of the tissue. After 1 hr the protein or nucleic acid-adenine was isolated and purified. Insulin, 0.01 U/ml added in vitro, stimulated histidine-2(ring)-C14 incorporation into protein by 26 ± 1.4%; alkali-treated insulin was inactive. Thyroxin elicited a 49.4 ± 2.1% stimulation at an optimum concentration of 10–7 m. Triiodothyronine, but not diiodothyronine, also had a significant effect. Insulin increased incorporation of carbon from adenosine-8-C14 into adenine of ribonucleic acid and deoxyribonucleic acid. Thyroxin, on the other hand, was without consistent effect on this process. Thyroxin stimulated significantly the incorporation of C14 of glycine-2-C14 into adenine. The possibility that part of the anabolic effect of thyroxin on bone marrow may arise from a stimulus to incorporation of precursors into purines is suggested.

scholarly journals Bone Marrow and Peripheral Blood Cells Toxicity of a Single 2.0 Gy Cobalt60 Ionizing Radiation: An Animal Model

1970 ◽  
Vol 29 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shittu Akeem ◽  
Olatunbosun Lukman ◽  
Khalil Eltahir ◽  
Olalere Fatai ◽  
Babatunde Abiola ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Peripheral Blood ◽  
Blood Cells ◽  
Marrow Cell ◽  
P Value ◽  
Peripheral Blood Cells ◽  
P Values ◽  
Cell Parameters ◽  
Post Irradiation ◽  
Total Body

BACKGROUND: Bone marrow is extremely vulnerable to damage caused by radiation therapy. Hence, bone marrow suppression is an important side effect of radiotherapy. Effective use of radiotherapy is therefore compromised by radiation-related injuries.MATERIAL AND METHODS: Six Guinea-pigs were recruited for the study of which three were subjected to total body irradiation with Co60 while the other three served as controls. Bone marrow and peripheral blood samples were collected before and at days 9, 14 and 21, post irradiation. Manual and automated counts were performed for bone marrow nucleated cells and peripheral blood cells respectively.RESULTS: Declining bone marrow cellularity was evident immediately post irradiation. Mean ± SD of marrow cell counted per mm3 were 121,924±281, 87,603±772, 121,367±375 and122,750±1000 pre-irradiation and days 9, 14 and 21, postirradiation (p-values 0.10, 0.27 and 0.29 respectively). Significant drops in counts were noticed on day 9 post-irradiation for all red cell parameters (p-values <0.05), for Total White Blood Cell Count and Neutrophil count (p-values <0.05) and also on days 14 and 21 for Lymphocytes (p-values <0.05) and on day 21 for Eosinophil/Basophil/Monocytes (p-value <0.05). A significant drop in platelets counts was also noticed on day 9 (p-value <0.05) which significantly increased above pre-irradiation value on day 21.CONCLUSION: Total body irrradiation with Co60 significantly affects the bone marrow with maximum reductions in marrow nucleated cells and peripheral blood cells counts on day 9 post irradiation. 

scholarly journals Transfer of stem cell niche-residential regulatory T cells prevents post-irradiation bone marrow injury

Haematologica ◽  
2020 ◽  
pp. haematol.2019.221820
Author(s):  
Miwako Kakiuchi ◽  
Yuichi Hirata ◽  
Simon C. Robson ◽  
Joji Fujisaki
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
T Cells ◽  
Stem Cell ◽  
Regulatory T Cells ◽  
Stem Cell Niche ◽  
Post Irradiation ◽  
Cell Niche

Bone Marrow Sinusoidal Endothelium Undergoes DNA Damage and Repair Following Lethal Irradiation.

Blood ◽  
2007 ◽  
Vol 110 (11) ◽  
pp. 4866-4866
Author(s):  
Xiao-Miao Li ◽  
Zhongbo Hu ◽  
Marda L. Jorgenson ◽  
John R. Wingard ◽  
William B. Slayton
Keyword(s):  
Bone Marrow ◽  
Dna Damage ◽  
Endothelial Cells ◽  
Bone Marrow Transplant ◽  
Caspase 3 ◽  
Marrow Transplant ◽  
Sinusoidal Endothelial Cells ◽  
Dna Damage And Repair ◽  
Post Irradiation ◽  
Lethal Irradiation

Abstract In the light of the possibility that adult bone marrow cells possess hemangioblast ability, work from our laboratory demonstrates that the bone marrow sinusoids remain predominantly host-derived following bone marrow transplant when ionizing irradiation is used as the conditioning regimen. To determine the effect of lethal irradiation to the host sinusoidal endothelial cells, we performed four apoptosis related assays and two cell proliferation assays on bone marrow sections at various time points during the first two weeks post-irradiation. We found: Phosphorylated H2AX was present in both hematopoietic and sinusoidal endothelial cells. However, only hematopoietic cells showed caspase-3 dependent apoptosis. Three days after radiation, some sinusoidal endothelial cells became TUNEL (Terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick end labeling assay) positive, but were activated caspase-3 and ISOL (in situ oligo ligation assay) negative, suggesting non-apoptotic DNA fragmentation. TUNEL positive endothelial cells were present in non-transplanted irradiated bone marrow 7–13 days post-irradiation while after 7 days, there were almost no TUNEL positive endothelial cells in transplanted animal, demonstrating that donor cells support sinusoidal endothelial survival. In some endothelial cells, TUNEL signal was concentrated in discrete areas of the nucleus, suggesting a repair process that involves the localization and removal of damaged DNA fragments. Very few sinusoidal endothelial cells were Ki67 positive and even fewer were BrdU positive, demonstrating that endothelial cell division is not a major mechanism for the survival of bone marrow sinusoidal system after irradiation on the short term. These results demonstrate that sinusoidal endothelial cells undergo DNA damage and repair after lethal irradiation for bone marrow transplant. These results may explain, in part, why patients with impaired DNA damage/repair mechanisms have engraftment defects.

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