title: Hemopoietic progenitor cells are sensitive targets of 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin in C57BL/6J mice.
abstract: Treatment of adult C57BL6J mice with tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin (TCDD) elicits altered bone marrow hemopoietic cellular potentials and markedly reduced T-lymphoid-reconstituting activity. The latter has been hypothesized to play a role in TCDD-induced thymic atrophy. To investigate cellular targets responsible for reduced prothymocyte capacity, bone marrow cells from TCDD-treated C57BL/6J mice were assessed for hemopoietic alterations within the lineage-negative (lin-) compartment by the examination of Sca-1 and c-Kit levels. Lin- hemopoietic cells from C57BL/6J mice, treated with 30 microg/kg of TCDD, were assessed for phenotypic alterations following 24 h through 31 days. The responses of lin- cells to TCDD doses ranging from 0.3 to 30 microg/kg were also assessed at 2 days following TCDD treatment. The data reveal increases in the number of bone marrow lin- Sca-1+ c-Kit+ cells, relative to control, over 24 h through 31 days following treatment, as well as dose-dependent increases in this population when examined at 2 days. Increases in lin- Sca-1+ c-Kit- cells occurred on a more transient basis and were also dependent upon TCDD dose. These data suggest that proliferation and/or differentiation processes of hemopoietic stem cells are affected by TCDD and that these effects contribute to a reduced capacity of bone marrow to generate pro-T lymphocytes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Environmental Medicine, University of Rochester, New York 14642, USA. fmurante@mc.rochester.edu
authors.forename: F G
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Murante
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Gasiewicz
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000950:Antigens, Ly / Q000378:metabolism; D001854:Bone Marrow Cells / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D002454:Cell Differentiation / Q000187:drug effects; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006412:Hematopoietic Stem Cells / Q000187:drug effects*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000378:metabolism; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D009929:Organ Size / Q000187:drug effects; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins / Q000633:toxicity*; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit / Q000378:metabolism; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000187:drug effects / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D000950:Antigens, Ly; D004785:Environmental Pollutants; C074650:Ly6a protein, mouse; D008565:Membrane Proteins; D000072317:Polychlorinated Dibenzodioxins; D019009:Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-kit