title: Administration of the bacterial extract Broncho-Vaxom enhances radiation recovery and myelopoietic regeneration.
abstract: In the present study, we show that the bacterial extract Broncho-Vaxom (BV, 500 micrograms/mouse; free of endotoxin) has radiation recovery activity when administered i.p. 24 h before sublethal irradiation. In the postirradiation period (5-12 days), pretreatment of mice with BV induced significantly increased bone marrow cellularity and accelerated myelopoietic regeneration (committed progenitor granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming cells; GM-CFC) in the bone marrow compared with saline-treated controls. The earlier hemopoietic recovery in BV-injected mice was not associated with an increase in the number of bone marrow GM-CFC and CFU-S (colony-forming units-spleen) within 24 h after injection. Simultaneously, a significant diminution in bone marrow cellularity occurred. In addition, the percentage of both GM-CFC and CFU-S in the S-phase of the cell cycle was significantly increased 24 h after a single treatment. In our experiments colony stimulating activity (CSA) in the serum of treated mice was not observed within 24 h after injection. Administration of BV 24 h prior to lethal irradiation, resulted in an increase in the number of surviving mice. Combined administration of BV (24 h) and indomethacin (24 h and 3 h) to mice, prior to irradiation, caused an additional radioprotective effect. These results demonstrate that BV stimulates myelopoietic regeneration and suggest a mechanism by which this treatment protects mice from otherwise lethal irradiation.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, P.J. Safárik University, Kosice, Slovakia.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fedorocko
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Macková
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brezáni
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Kopka
mesh_terms: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000818:Animals; D001419:Bacteria; D002457:Cell Extracts; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D005260:Female; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D007213:Indomethacin / Q000494:pharmacology; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000401:mortality / Q000517:prevention & control; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D000095983:Bacterial Lysates
chemical_list: D000276:Adjuvants, Immunologic; D002457:Cell Extracts; D007213:Indomethacin; D011837:Radiation-Protective Agents; C030259:Broncho-Vaxom; D000095983:Bacterial Lysates