Change in permeability of the plasma membrane of blood cells in irradiated animals

Journal Article · Tue Nov 01 00:00:00 EST 1994 · Doklady Biological Sciences

OSTI ID:56879

Shevchenko, A S; Kobyalko, V O; Lazarev, N M; Aleksakhin, R M ^[1]

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1. All-Russian Research Institute of Agricultural Radiology and Agroecology, Obninsk (Russian Federation)

The Chernobyl nuclear disaster showed the exposure of the thyroid gland to radioactive iodine is an important factor of radiation damage to animals. Examination of domestic animals showed a marked inhibition of thyroid hormone secretion and changes in red cell membrane permeability for calcium in the absence of marked hematological shifts. At the same time the disturbed thyroid statis is associated with changes in some structural and functional parameters of blood cells. This research on calves shows that radiation damage to the thyroid produces a modifying effect on blood cell membrane permeability for calcium during both the acute and late periods following exposure to 131I. 15 refs., 2 figs., 1 tab.

• OSTI ID: 56879
• Journal Information: Doklady Biological Sciences, Vol. 339; Other Information: PBD: Nov-Dec 1994; TN: Translated from Doklady Akademii Nauk; 339: Nos. 283-286(1994)
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

56 BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE
APPLIED STUDIES
BLOOD CELLS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
CELL MEMBRANES
PERMEABILITY
IODINE 131
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
COWS