Technical methods on screening cyclophosphamide induced bone marrow micronucleus polychromatic erythrocytes by flow cytometer / 中国比较医学杂志

Objective To discriminate whether chemical compounds are micronuclei-inducing by counting the ratio of bone marrow micronucleus polychromatic erythrocytes ( MNPCE) dyed with a single fluorescence reagent ( acriding organe, AO) by single-laser flow cytometry.Methods Treating male KM mice and SD rat with cyclophosphamide ( CP) respectively, and counting their frequencies of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes ( MNPCE) as well as frequencies of micronucleated normochromatic erythrocytes ( MNNCE ) in bone marrow by AO and a single_laser flow cytometer (FCM), comparing and analyzing the results from different methods.Results The results showed that, along with increasing dose of CP, the ratio of MNPCE also corresponding increase, suggesting significant quantative-efficiency correlation.MNPCE were also counted manually by fluorescence microscopy, and the results showed no significant difference with that by flow cytometry.Conclusions AO_FCM fully automated detection method for the detection of MNPCE and MNNCE in mice and rat bone marrow micronucleus rate is reliable.

Study of the correlation between blood cholinesterases activity, urinary dialkyl phosphates, and the frequency of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes in rats exposed to disulfoton

Organophosphates (OPs) are widely used as pesticides, and its urinary metabolites as well as the blood cholinesterases (ChEs) activity have been reported as possible biomarkers for the assessment of this pesticide exposure. Moreover, the OPs can induce mutagenesis, and the bone marrow micronucleus test is an efficient way to assess this chromosomal damage. This paper reports a study carried out to verify the correlation among the disulfoton exposure, blood ChEs activity, urinary diethyl thiophosphate (DETP), and diethyl dithiophosphate (DEDTP), as well as micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes (MNPCEs) frequency. Four groups of rats (n=12) were exposed to disulfoton at 0, 2.8, 4.7, and 6.6 mg kg-1 body weight. The blood ChEs activity, urinary DETP and DEDTP concentrations, and MNPCEs frequency were determined. It was observed that the plasmatic and erythrocytary ChEs activity decreased from 2.9% to 0.5% and from 35.9 to 3.3%, respectively, when the disulfoton dose was increased from 0 to 6.6 mg kg-1 (correlation of 0.99). Urinary DETP and DEDTP concentrations, as well as the MNPCEs frequency, increased from 0 to 6.58 µg mL-1, from 0 to 0.04 µg mL-1, and from 0 to 1.4%, respectively, when the disulfoton dose was increased from 0 to 6.58 mg kg-1 body weight.

Os organofosforados (OPs) são amplamente usados como praguicidas e a atividade da colinesterase sanguínea bem como os metabólitos urinários desses praguicidas têm sido reportados como biomarcadores eficazes para avaliar casos de exposição. Além disso, os OPs podem induzir mutagênese e o teste de micronúcleo de medula óssea é uma boa alternativa para avaliar os danos cromossômicos. Esse artigo reporta um estudo sobre a correlação entre a exposição a dissulfoton, a atividade da colinesterase sanguínea, a excreção urinária de dietil tiofosfato e dietil ditiofosfato e a frequência de micronúcleos em eritrócitos policromáticos. Quatro grupos de ratos (n=12) foram expostos a dissulfotom nas doses de 0, 2,8, 4,7, e 6,6 mg kg-1 de peso corpóreo. A atividade da colinesterase sanguínea as concentrações urinárias de dietil tiofosfato e dietil ditiofosfato e a frequência de micronúcleos foram determinadas. Os resultados demonstraram que as atividades da colinesterase plasmática e eritrocitária diminuíram de 2,9 para 0,5% e de 35,9 para 3,3% , respectivamente, quando a dose de dissulfoton foi aumentada de 0 para 6,6 mg kg-1 (correlação de 0,99). As concentrações urinárias de dietil tiofosfato e dietil ditiofosfato bem como a frequência de micronúcleos aumentaram de 0 a 6,56 µg mL-1, 0 a 0.04 µg mL-1 e de 0 a 1.4%, respectivamente, quando a dose de dissulfotom foi aumentada de 0 a 6,58 mg kg-1.

Study on X-ray induced frequency of micronucleated erythrocytes in mice bone marrow by flow cytometer / 第三军医大学学报

Objective To detect the frequency of micronucleated polychromatic erythrocytes(fMNPCE) in mice bone marrow after irradiated with X-ray by flow cytometer(FCM) to study whether fMNPCE detecting method could become a rapid biodosimeter for early radiation damage. Methods BALB/c mice were randomly assigned to receive the X-ray irradiation at dose of 0.5,3.0,6.0 Gy(n=4 for each irradiation dose),and the bone marrow was collected in 6,12,24 h after irradiation.Another 4 mice were intraperitoneally injected with cyclophosphamide twice as positive control,of which the bone marrow was collected in 42 h after intoxication began and 4 treated with spurious radiation as normal control.Results fMNPCE in mice bone marrow increased remarkably in 24 h after exposure to 0.5 Gy X-ray(P