IN VITRO EFFECTS OF X-RADIATION ON WHITE BLOOD CELLS AND BLOOD PLATELETS
Alkaline phosphatase activity of leukocytes is enhanced by radiation with 50000 r. This disturbance accentuates the inherent aging process of white blood cells and may be explained by changes in the cell envelope. X radiation dimin ishes the endogenous oxygen uptake of leukocyte-platelet suspensions by approximately 20%. This response to radiation is demonstrable at exposures of as little as 5000 r. The decreasing effect is dimirished when substrates such as sodium succinate or alpha -glycerophosphate are added, within a wide range of their concentration. With increasing substrate concentration the decrease due to radiation approaches that of the endogenous respiration and even exceeds it in some of the experiments. In pure blood platelets a similar decreasing x radiation effect occurs for endogenous respiration as well as succinic dehydrogenase activity; alpha -glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity, on the other hand is enhanced. The oxygen uptake in leukocyteplatelet suspensions due only to leukocytes can be calculated. While the percentage radiation decrease of pure leukocytes is unchanged for endogenous and succirate activity, the decrease for alpha -glycerophosphate as substrate reaches considerably higher levels (68% compared with 8.2% in leukocyte-platelet suspensions). Thus alpha glycerophosphate dehydrogenase activity seems to be most sensitive to x radiation. It was shown in a previous study that alpha -glycerophosphate dehydrogenase is one of the most importart respiratory enzymes in leukocytes. The glycolytic system in leukocytes remains intact following exposure to radiation with 50000 r. (auth)
- Research Organization:
- Boston Floating Hospital; Tufts Univ., Boston; and Boston Dispensary
- NSA Number:
- NSA-15-020574
- OSTI ID:
- 4054122
- Journal Information:
- Blood (U.S.), Vol. Vol: 12; Other Information: Orig. Receipt Date: 31-DEC-61
- Country of Publication:
- Country unknown/Code not available
- Language:
- English
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