title: Effects of cadmium on haemopoiesis in irradiated and non-irradiated mice: 1. Relationship to the number of myeloid progenitor cells.
abstract: The effects of single subcutaneous injection of cadmium chloride on haemopoiesis in normal (non-irradiated) or irradiated mice were investigated. Cadmium doses used ranged from 1-8 mg/kg body weight Twenty-four hours after treatment with cadmium (doses from 3 to 8 mg/kg) there were no significant changes in bone marrow cellularity and the granulocyte-macrophage progenitor cell (GM-CFC) number per femur in non-irradiated female ICR mice. Similarly, during the 30-day postinjection period bone marrow cellularity and marrow GM-CFC number in mice treated with a cadmium dose of 5 mg/kg were not significantly different from the control values. Cadmium significantly reduced the lethal effects of gamma rays. In addition, increasing the doses of cadmium administered 24 h prior to sublethal irradiation increased the number of endogenous haemopoietic stem cells (endoCFU-S) in a concentration-dependent manner. Pretreatment with cadmium also decreased the radiation damage to endoCFU-S and haemopoietic progenitor cells committed to granulocyte/macrophage development (GM-CFC). The survival of stem cells was higher and the regeneration of cellularity and GM-CFC of irradiated bone marrow was accelerated in mice pretreated with 5 mg Cd/kg body weight in comparison with saline-injected mice.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, Faculty of Sciences, Safárik University, Moyzesova, Kosice, Slovak Republic.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fedorocko
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Domonkosová
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kundrátová
authors.forename: N O
authors.initials: NO
authors.lastname: Macková
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Brezáni
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Fedorocková
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D002104:Cadmium / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005260:Female; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006098:Granulocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D006410:Hematopoiesis / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D008264:Macrophages / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D013234:Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D016019:Survival Analysis
chemical_list: D002104:Cadmium