ABSTRACT
In experiments in rats it was shown that simultaneous effect of low dose radiation (12.9 cGy) and stress (immobilization) resulted in early adaptation-like changes (decrease in body weight, increase of adrenal gland weight, decrease in thymus weight, slowing down of blood coagulation). At the same time irradiation of immobilized animals prevented stressogenic disturbances such as depression of antiaggregation activity of vascular wall and decrease in leucocytes level. This was accompanied by the acceleration of mobilization of compensatory properties, that presumably is a basis for positive effects under combined influence.
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Radiation Effects , Stress, Psychological/physiopathology , Adaptation, Physiological/radiation effects , Animals , Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation , Female , Gamma Rays , Hemostasis/radiation effects , Rats , Rats, Wistar , Restraint, Physical , Stress, Psychological/blood , Time FactorsABSTRACT
The influence of tumor (RA-2) growth on the vascular-platelet haemostasis of mongrel rats was studied. The decrease of the antiaggregation properties of vascular wall and high functional activity of platelets with its intravascular aggregation were correlating with processes of tumor growth and dissemination. Anticoagulation activity of vascular wall also decreased. It is suggested that the change detected may play role in the onco-thromboembolic formation, its penetration via vascular wall and metastatic locus development.
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Blood Platelets/physiology , Blood Vessels/physiopathology , Hemostasis/physiology , Neoplasms, Experimental/blood , Adenosine Diphosphate/pharmacology , Animals , Blood Platelets/drug effects , Blood Vessels/drug effects , Hemostasis/drug effects , Male , Neoplasm Metastasis , Neoplasm Transplantation , Platelet Aggregation/drug effects , Platelet Aggregation/physiology , RatsABSTRACT
Intravenous injection of heparin (750 U/kg) induced thrombocytopenia, intravascular platelets aggregation and decreased prostacyclin-like vascular wall activity. Adverse side-effects may be prevented by injection of heparin in complex with nicotinic acid (1.5 mg/kg) and dipyridamole (2.5 mg/kg).