Nivalenol-induced apoptosis in thymus, spleen and Peyer's patches of mice
| Autor: | Ryoichi Ohtsuka, Kunio Doi, Hiroyuki Nakayama, Wijit Kiatipattanasakul, Amnart Poapolathep, Noriaki Ishigami |
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| Rok vydání: | 2002 |
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Pathology medicine.medical_specialty animal structures Ratón Administration Oral Apoptosis Spleen DNA Fragmentation Thymus Gland Biology Toxicology Pathology and Forensic Medicine Immunoenzyme Techniques Mice Peyer's Patches Proliferating Cell Nuclear Antigen In Situ Nick-End Labeling medicine Animals Lymphocytes Mice Inbred ICR Dose-Response Relationship Drug virus diseases Organ Size Cell Biology General Medicine Mycotoxins Molecular biology Peyer Patch Dose–response relationship medicine.anatomical_structure Lymphatic system Agarose gel electrophoresis Toxicity Trichothecenes |
| Zdroj: | Experimental and Toxicologic Pathology. 53:441-446 |
| ISSN: | 0940-2993 |
| DOI: | 10.1078/0940-2993-00211 |
| Popis: | ICR:CD-1 male mice were orally administered with Nivalenol(NIV) at the dose levels of 5, 10 and 15 mg/kg body weight, and examined at 12, 24 and 48 hours after inoculation (HAI), respectively, to elucidate the process of development of apoptosis in the thymus, spleen and Peyer's patch. There were no signs of clinical disorders and no changes in body and organ weights until 48 HAI except for that the thymus weight significantly decreased at 48 HAI. Immunohistochemically, the number of apoptotic lymphocytes evaluated by in situ detection for fragmented DNA showed a dose-dependent increase at 12 HAI in both the thymus and the Peyer's patch, while it became to increase at 24 HAI in the spleen. Dead lymphocytes in the thymus, spleen and Peyer's patch showed ultrastructural characteristics of apoptosis. Moreover, the DNA ladder was first detected by agarose gel electrophoresis at 12 HAI in the thymus of 15 mg/kg-group. The results clearly indicate that NIV is able to induce apoptosis in the lymphoid tissues of mice. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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