Induction of micronuclei by acute and chronic exposure in vivo to gamma rays in murine polychromatic erythrocytes. 1994

P Morales-Ramírez, and T Vallarino-Kelly, and J Mercader-Martínez, and R Rodríguez-Reyes
Departamento de Radiobiología, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, México, D.F. Mexico.

The effect on micronuclei (MN) frequency of in vivo exposure to different dose rates of gamma rays in murine polychromatic erythrocytes (PCE) was studied. Groups of animals were irradiated with 1.0 Gy of gamma rays administered in 10, 100, 1000 or 10,000 min; the micronucleated polychromatic-erythrocytes (MN-PCE) frequency was scored in blood samples obtained from the tail of mice at various times before, during or after irradiation. The time-response curves for the 10, 100, and 1000 min exposure were similar; however, the two first curves showed a peak at 1800 min and the last at 2400 min after exposure. The curve obtained from the 10,000 min exposure showed a plateau for a long period during and after the exposure. However, the integration of the area under the curves indicates that the damage caused by the different radiation protocols was the same, suggesting that throughout time, the lesions were not repaired but rather diluted by cell division.

UI MeSH Term Description Entries
D008297 Male Males
D008807 Mice, Inbred BALB C An inbred strain of mouse that is widely used in IMMUNOLOGY studies and cancer research. BALB C Mice, Inbred,BALB C Mouse, Inbred,Inbred BALB C Mice,Inbred BALB C Mouse,Mice, BALB C,Mouse, BALB C,Mouse, Inbred BALB C,BALB C Mice,BALB C Mouse
D011829 Radiation Dosage The amount of radiation energy that is deposited in a unit mass of material, such as tissues of plants or animal. In RADIOTHERAPY, radiation dosage is expressed in gray units (Gy). In RADIOLOGIC HEALTH, the dosage is expressed by the product of absorbed dose (Gy) and quality factor (a function of linear energy transfer), and is called radiation dose equivalent in sievert units (Sv). Sievert Units,Dosage, Radiation,Gray Units,Gy Radiation,Sv Radiation Dose Equivalent,Dosages, Radiation,Radiation Dosages,Units, Gray,Units, Sievert
D004912 Erythrocytes Red blood cells. Mature erythrocytes are non-nucleated, biconcave disks containing HEMOGLOBIN whose function is to transport OXYGEN. Blood Cells, Red,Blood Corpuscles, Red,Red Blood Cells,Red Blood Corpuscles,Blood Cell, Red,Blood Corpuscle, Red,Erythrocyte,Red Blood Cell,Red Blood Corpuscle
D005720 Gamma Rays Penetrating, high-energy electromagnetic radiation emitted from atomic nuclei during NUCLEAR DECAY. The range of wavelengths of emitted radiation is between 0.1 - 100 pm which overlaps the shorter, more energetic hard X-RAYS wavelengths. The distinction between gamma rays and X-rays is based on their radiation source. Gamma Wave,Gamma Radiation,Nuclear X-Rays,Radiation, Gamma,X-Rays, Nuclear,Gamma Radiations,Gamma Ray,Gamma Waves,Nuclear X Rays,Nuclear X-Ray,Ray, Gamma,Wave, Gamma,Waves, Gamma,X Rays, Nuclear,X-Ray, Nuclear
D000818 Animals Unicellular or multicellular, heterotrophic organisms, that have sensation and the power of voluntary movement. Under the older five kingdom paradigm, Animalia was one of the kingdoms. Under the modern three domain model, Animalia represents one of the many groups in the domain EUKARYOTA. Animal,Metazoa,Animalia
D048629 Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective Defective nuclei produced during the TELOPHASE of MITOSIS or MEIOSIS by lagging CHROMOSOMES or chromosome fragments derived from spontaneous or experimentally induced chromosomal structural changes. Chromosome-Defective Micronuclei,Genotoxicant-Induced Micronuclei,Micronuclei, Genotoxicant-Induced,Micronucleus, Chromosome-Defective,Chromosome Defective Micronuclei,Chromosome-Defective Micronucleus,Genotoxicant Induced Micronuclei,Genotoxicant-Induced Micronucleus,Micronuclei, Chromosome Defective,Micronuclei, Genotoxicant Induced,Micronucleus, Chromosome Defective,Micronucleus, Genotoxicant-Induced
D051379 Mice The common name for the genus Mus. Mice, House,Mus,Mus musculus,Mice, Laboratory,Mouse,Mouse, House,Mouse, Laboratory,Mouse, Swiss,Mus domesticus,Mus musculus domesticus,Swiss Mice,House Mice,House Mouse,Laboratory Mice,Laboratory Mouse,Mice, Swiss,Swiss Mouse,domesticus, Mus musculus

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