title: Optimal protocol for total body irradiation for allogeneic bone marrow transplantation in mice.
abstract: We have previously demonstrated, using chimeric resistant MRL/lpr mice, that a fractionated total body irradiation (FTBI) (5 Gy x 2 with a 4 h interval on the day before allogeneic bone marrow transplantation (BMT)) is the best conditioning regimen for the treatment of autoimmune diseases in radiosensitive MRL/lpr mice. In the present study, using various standard strains of mice (not radiosensitive mice), we explore the best protocol for irradiation (doses and intervals) as the conditioning regimen for allogeneic BMT. Recipient mice were exposed to various irradiation regimens: a single total body irradiation (TBI) of 9.5 or 12 Gy and FTBI of (5+5) Gy to (7+7) Gy with a 1 to 24 h interval. The method generally utilized for humans ((2+2) Gy with a 4 h interval for 3 days (total 12 Gy)) was also used. One day after the last irradiation, donor BMCs from BALB/c, C3H, or C57BL/6 (B6) mice were transplanted into C3H or B6 mice. The irradiation protocol of (2+2) Gy for 3 days was found to be insufficient to enable the complete removal of recipient immunocompetent cells, since donor-reactive T cells were observed in the recipient spleens and many recipient-type NK and CD4(+) cells were also detected in the recipient hematolymphoid tissues. In all the combinations, the highest survival rate was achieved in the recipients irradiated with (6+6) or (6.5+6.5) Gy with a 4 h interval. In the surviving mice, the hematolymphoid tissues had been fully reconstituted with donor cells.
authors.affiliation: First Department of Pathology, Kansai Medical University, Moriguchi, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y-Z
authors.initials: YZ
authors.lastname: Cui
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Hisha
authors.forename: G-X
authors.initials: GX
authors.lastname: Yang
authors.forename: T-X
authors.initials: TX
authors.lastname: Fan
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Jin
authors.forename: Q
authors.initials: Q
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Lian
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Ikehara
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016026:Bone Marrow Transplantation / Q000662:veterinary*; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D006085:Graft Survival; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008809:Mice, Inbred C3H; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008811:Mice, Inbred DBA; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains / Q000235:genetics; D011833:Radiation Injuries, Experimental / Q000209:etiology; D011836:Radiation Tolerance / Q000235:genetics; D013045:Species Specificity; D013047:Specific Pathogen-Free Organisms; D019172:Transplantation Conditioning / Q000662:veterinary*; D014184:Transplantation, Homologous / Q000662:veterinary*; D014916:Whole-Body Irradiation / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000379:methods / Q000662:veterinary*