Induction of generalized Shwartzman reaction (GSR) in irradiated rabbits by a single injection of endotoxin
Journal Article
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· Thromb. Res.; (United States)
Rabbits were prepared to GSR by either a single dose 30 ..mu..g/kg of Salmonella enteritidis endotoxin or by a single whole-body exposure to 850 R of x ray. After 24 hrs provocative dose of endotoxin 50 ..mu..g/kg was injected. Histological examinations of kidneys revealed that GSR occurred with equal frequency in both groups of rabbits but was more severe in the animals prepared by irradiation. Protamine gelation test detected soluble fibrin complexes in plasma in about 50% of rabbits 24 hrs after either of the preparatory procedures and virtually in 100% after the provocative endotoxin dose. During the preparatory phase of GSR the irradiation induced a profound decrease in blood lymphocyte count and in the weight of thymus and spleen. It is postulated that early postexposure lysis of lymphatic cells participates in mechanisms leading to thrombotic phenomena after irradiation.
- Research Organization:
- Inst. of Nuclear Research, Warsaw
- OSTI ID:
- 7323806
- Journal Information:
- Thromb. Res.; (United States), Journal Name: Thromb. Res.; (United States) Vol. 8:4; ISSN THBRA
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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560152* -- Radiation Effects on Animals-- Animals
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
ANTIGENS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS
BLOOD PLASMA
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENDOTOXINS
EXTERNAL IRRADIATION
FIBRIN
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
KIDNEYS
LEUKOCYTES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
LYMPHOCYTES
MAMMALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PROTEINS
RABBITS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
SCLEROPROTEINS
SOMATIC CELLS
SPLEEN
THYMUS
TOXIC MATERIALS
TOXINS
VERTEBRATES
WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION
X RADIATION
63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ANIMAL CELLS
ANIMALS
ANTIGENS
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BLOOD
BLOOD CELLS
BLOOD COAGULATION FACTORS
BLOOD PLASMA
BODY
BODY FLUIDS
CONNECTIVE TISSUE CELLS
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENDOTOXINS
EXTERNAL IRRADIATION
FIBRIN
IONIZING RADIATIONS
IRRADIATION
KIDNEYS
LEUKOCYTES
LYMPHATIC SYSTEM
LYMPHOCYTES
MAMMALS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PROTEINS
RABBITS
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
SCLEROPROTEINS
SOMATIC CELLS
SPLEEN
THYMUS
TOXIC MATERIALS
TOXINS
VERTEBRATES
WHOLE-BODY IRRADIATION
X RADIATION