title: Copper(II)2(3,5-diisopropylsalicylate)4 stimulates hemopoiesis in normal and irradiated mice.
abstract: We have previously reported that copper(II)2(3,5-diisopropylsalicylate)4 (Cu-DIPS) significantly increased the survival rate of mice exposed to lethal irradiation. To examine whether Cu-DIPS affected hemopoietic activity, groups of mice were treated with Cu-DIPS or vehicle and assayed for in vitro interleukin 3 (IL-3)-dependent colony-forming units (CFU-C) and for committed progenitor granulocyte-macrophage CFU (GM-CFU). Cu-DIPS increased the number of splenic IL-3 CFU-C by five- to sixfold 7 days after treatment and splenic GM-CFU by 12-fold on day 24. These increases were accompanied by a 50% increase in spleen weight. Bone marrow IL-3 CFU-C and GM-CFU were not affected at 7 or 14 days after treatment, but were somewhat depressed at 24 days. In irradiated (8.0 Gy) mice treated with Cu-DIPS or vehicle, splenic IL-3 CFU-C and GM-CFU were undetectable 7 days after irradiation, but recovered more rapidly in Cu-DIPS-treated mice. By 24 days splenic IL-3 CFU-C in Cu-DIPS-treated mice recovered to 150% of normal (unirradiated) values and GM-CFU recovered to 270% of normal, whereas irradiated control values remained at 25% and 7%, respectively. The recovery of bone marrow hemopoiesis was slower than spleen, but 42 days after irradiation Cu-DIPS-treated mice had higher levels of bone marrow IL-3 CFU-C (eightfold) and GM-CFU (4.6-fold) than vehicle-treated mice. Cu-DIPS stimulated sixfold increases in renewable, pluripotent stem cells as measured by the in vivo assay of endogenous colony-forming units (CFU-Se).
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, College of Medicine, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock 72205.
authors.forename: L S
authors.initials: LS
authors.lastname: Soderberg
authors.forename: J B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Barnett
authors.forename: M L
authors.initials: ML
authors.lastname: Baker
authors.forename: L W
authors.initials: LW
authors.lastname: Chang
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Salari
authors.forename: J R
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Sorenson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001853:Bone Marrow / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005260:Female; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000188:drug therapy* / Q000503:physiopathology; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D012459:Salicylates / Q000494:pharmacology* / Q000627:therapeutic use; D013154:Spleen / Q000503:physiopathology / Q000528:radiation effects; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation
chemical_list: D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents; D012459:Salicylates; C030865:copper bis(3,5-diisopropylsalicylate)