Function of parotid gland following irradiation and its relation to biological parameters

Journal Article · Mon Sep 01 00:00:00 EDT 1980 · Radiat. Res.; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2307/3575339· OSTI ID:6880308

Sasaki, T ^[1]; Yamamoto, M; Takeda, M

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1. Tohoku Univ., Sendai, Japan

The function of the parotid gland in the mouse (synthesis and secretion of ..cap alpha..-amylase) following X irradiation was analyzed in relation to the parameters of surviving acinar cell fraction, DNA or protein content, and wet weight of the gland. Both synthesis and secretion of amylase in parotid were essentially unchanged when mice were irradiated with a dose of up to 3000 rad. When mice were irradiated and then given a proliferative stimulus of isoproterenol, latent lethal damage in the acinar cell population was expressed and resulted in cell degeneration in a dose-dependent manner. The mean value of amylase activity per gland in similarly treated parotids was, however, totally unaffected. The relationship between amylase activity per gland and the other biological parameters was analyzed by regression analysis. The results indicate that amylase activity per surviving acinar cell increased proportionately to compensate for the loss of acinar cells.

• OSTI ID: 6880308
• Journal Information: Radiat. Res.; (United States), Vol. 83:3
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
AMYLASE
ENZYME ACTIVITY
SALIVARY GLANDS
BIOLOGICAL RADIATION EFFECTS
BIOSYNTHESIS
DNA
DOSE-RESPONSE RELATIONSHIPS
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
LEUCINE
MICE
PROLINE
PROTEINS
SECRETION
TRITIUM COMPOUNDS
WEIGHT
X RADIATION
AMINES
AMINO ACIDS
ANIMALS
AZOLES
BIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
BODY
CARBOXYLIC ACIDS
DATA
ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION
ENZYMES
GLANDS
GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES
HETEROCYCLIC ACIDS
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROLASES
INFORMATION
IONIZING RADIATIONS
LABELLED COMPOUNDS
MAMMALS
NUCLEIC ACIDS
NUMERICAL DATA
O-GLYCOSYL HYDROLASES
ORGANIC ACIDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC NITROGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANS
PYRROLES
PYRROLIDINES
RADIATION EFFECTS
RADIATIONS
RODENTS
SYNTHESIS
VERTEBRATES
560152* - Radiation Effects on Animals- Animals