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8079357

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
1994-10-6
pubmed:abstractText
A time- and dose-dependent thymic atrophy was observed in young male Fischer 344 rats dosed intraperitoneally with etoposide (10, 30, or 100 mg/kg). Histopathological examination of the thymus revealed that the pattern of cell death in the majority of thymocytes had a characteristic apoptotic morphology typified by nuclear condensation. This observation was supported by the formation of internucleosomal fragments of DNA in thymocytes isolated from animals dosed with etoposide. Administration of the protein synthesis inhibitor, cycloheximide (1.5 mg/kg, ip), 1 hr prior to etoposide inhibited the induction of apoptosis in thymocytes, assessed by both biochemical and histological criteria. Flow cytometric analysis of thymocytes from animals dosed with etoposide in vivo revealed the formation of both apoptotic cells and apoptotic bodies in contrast to previous in vitro studies which showed the formation of only apoptotic cells. Our data indicate that the induction of apoptosis in thymocytes is a major mechanism involved in etoposide-induced thymic atrophy.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Sep
pubmed:issn
0041-008X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
128
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
78-85
pubmed:dateRevised
2004-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1994
pubmed:articleTitle
The involvement of apoptosis in etoposide-induced thymic atrophy.
pubmed:affiliation
Medical Research Council Toxicology Unit, University of Leicester, United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article