Abstract:
Objective To discuss the effects of different dose of radiation on the mouse′s hemato-poietic system.
Methods Mice of 615 strain, ICR strain and IRM-2 strain were given a one-time 4.0 Gy total body irradiation, and then the changes of peripheral white blood cells and bone marrow nuclear cells(BMNC)among those mice were observed at different time points. Mice of IRM-2 and C57BL/6 were given a one-time 6.0 Gy total body irradiation and the changes of peripheral hematological between the two strains were observed forty-five days after irradiation.
Results Two days after irradiation, white blood cell and BMNC counts decreased to the lowest level in all the mice of 615 strain, ICR strain and IRM-2 strain. During the following days, white blood cell and BMNC counts raised again. Nine days after irradiation, BMNC count in IRM-2 mice was significantly higher than that in 615 and ICR mice(t=3.725, P < 0.01; t=8.487, P < 0.001). Twelve days after irradiation, white blood cell count in IRM-2 mice was significantly higher than that in the 615 and ICR mice (t=4.811 and 4.302, both P < 0.001). Twenty-one days after irradiation, compared to the control group, white blood cell count was recovered to 52.0%, 60.7% and 50.8% of the normal range in IRM-2, ICR and 615 mice separately and BMNC count was recovered to 90.8%, 82.1%, 75.4% of the normal range in IRM-2, ICR and 615 mice separately. Forty-five days after 6.0 Gy irradiation, white blood cell, BMNC, hemoglobin and hematocrit counts in IRM-2 mice were significantly higher than those indexes in C57BL/6 strain(t=5.629, 7.788, 4.9289, 6.064, all P < 0.001). Compared to the control group, white blood cells, red blood cells, hemoglobin and hematocrit were recovered to 75.0%, 98.9%, 98.7%, and 97.5% of the normal range separately in IRM-2 mice. And white blood cells, red blood cells, hemoglobin and hematocrit were recovered to 40.6%, 93.8%, 93.3%, and 93.8% of the normal range separately in C57BL/6 mice.
Conclusion There are similar recovery trends of hematopoiesis in all strains of mice after irradiation, but IRM-2 mice recovery more quickly than the other strains of mice.