title: Effect of simultaneous administration of bleomycin on the acute skin reactions of mice after single and fractionated doses of radiation.
abstract: The effect of bleomycin on the acute mouse foot skin reactions, occurring after irradiation, was investigated. Bleomycin was delivered simultaneously with the irradiation treatment, either by intraperitoneal injection or by subcutaneous continuous infusion. Experiments were carried out to investigate (a) the modification by bleomycin of the response to single doses of radiation (b) the effect of total drug dose on this modification (c) the influence of the drug on repair of sublethal radiation damage and (d) the interference by the drug with compensatory repopulation after irradiation. In none of the experiments could any influence of the drug on these radiation induced reactions and recovery processes be demonstrated. These results are in direct contrast to what we have observed previously for similar types of experiments in another epithelial system, the mouse lip mucosa.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000008:administration & dosage / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D007263:Infusions, Parenteral; D007274:Injections, Intraperitoneal; D051379:Mice; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D012867:Skin / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects*
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin