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Ionizing radiation, glucocorticosteroids and chemical inducers of differentiation (CID) are cytotoxic to thymocytes, and induce internucleosomal DNA fragmentation. Tissue cAMP levels in thymi of irradiated mice were significantly elevated as early as 30 min post-irradiation. In contrast, cAMP content in the liver was not changed significantly up to 1 h post-irradiation, and then some decrease occurred. Irradiation of isolated thymocytes gave essentially the same results as after irradiation of animals, and the elevation in cAMP 30 min after the irradiation, DNA fragmentation and cell death were linearly related to the dose up to 2.5 Gy. The maximal induction of cAMP level occurs in the fractions of radiosensitive cortical thymocytes. In thymocytes all CID tested also induced the increase in cAMP level with concomitant DNA fragmentation. Unlike ionizing radiation, UVC light did not induce cAMP accumulation and DNA fragmentation in thymocytes. Treatment of UV-irradiated cells with But2 cAMP did not result in an increase in DNA fragmentation. Ionizing radiation induced DNA fragmentation and cell death can be prevented by adding the protein kinases inhibitor H-7. Theophylline was shown to reduce the cAMP response, DNA fragmentation and cell death in gamma-irradiated thymocytes, suggesting that the accumulation of cAMP may be partly related to adenosine receptor sites.
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