title: Therapeutic Effects of rhIL-11 on Irradiation-Induced Myelosuppression in Rhesus Monkeys.
abstract: The efficacy of rhIL-11 in treating thrombocytopenia and neutropenia in gamma-irradiated rhesus monkeys and the variation in curative effect due to difference of administration times were studied. Healthy rhesus monkeys were exposed to 3.0 Gy (60)Co total body irradiation (TBI) to result in pancytopenia for three weeks. Treatment with rhIL-11 (30, 60 or 120 micro g.kg(-1).day(-1)) on early days (days 0 - 13 after TBI) could significantly improve the nadir of platelet count. Although the nadir of leukocyte count was not improved, the duration below 50% of its baseline value was shortened similarly to that of platelet. During the first two weeks after TBI, erythrocyte numbers of the animals treated with these doses of rhIL-11 were lower than those of the control group at first but they became higher beginning from the third week. Four monkeys were treated with rhIL-11 at 60 micro g.kg(-1).day(-1) on days 13 - 26 after TBI. The numbers of their peripheral blood cells followed the similar decrease patterns as those of control group during the first three weeks, then they were improved rapidly. By semi-solid bone marrow cell culture it was demonstrated that rhIL-11 could stimulate bone marrow cells to form more CFU-Meg, CFU-Mix, CFU-E, BFU-E and CFU-GM in vitro. Histopathological observation revealed that bone marrow of the control group was devoid of hematopoietic cells and bleeding, being contrary to that of the group treated with rhIL-11, in which the cells proliferated actively. The results suggest that rhIL-11 can accelerate hematopoietic recovery of irradiated monkeys.
authors.affiliation: Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing 100850, China.
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