Although 1-bromopropane has been used in chemical and electronic industries as an alternative to ozone layer-depleting solvents, its toxicity on female reproductive organs has not been fully elucidated. The aim of this experiment was to determine the effect of 1-bromopropane on female reproductive function in rats. Forty female Wistar rats were divided into four equal groups. Each group was exposed daily to 0, 200, 400, or 800 ppm of 1-bromopropane for eight h a day. After exposure for 7 weeks, all rats in the 800-ppm group became seriously ill and were sacrificed during the 8th week. The other dose groups were exposed for 12 weeks. In the 800-ppm group, but not in the other two exposed groups, body weight was significantly less than the control at each time point from 2 to 7 weeks after the beginning of exposure. Tests of vaginal smears showed a significant increase in the number of irregular estrous cycles with extended diestrus in the 400- and 800-ppm groups. Histopathological examination of the ovary showed a significant dose-dependent reduction of the number of normal antral follicles and a decrease in the number of normal growing follicles in the 400-ppm group. No significant change was found in plasma concentrations of LH or FSH in any group when compared with the control. Our results indicate that 1-bromopropane can induce a dose-dependent ovarian dysfunction in nonpregnant female rats associated with disruption in follicular growth process. 相似文献
Objective: To investigate whether establishment and maintenance of chronic opioid blockade throughout the follicular phase of the menstrual cycle influences midcycle and luteal phase prolactin levels.Design: Randomized, double-blind, crossover study.Setting: Academic research environment.Patient(s): Volunteers, aged 21–35 years, with regular menstrual cycles.Intervention(s): Naltrexone (50 mg) or placebo were administered on cycle days 2–14. Blood samples were obtained in the early follicular phase and in the periovulatory and midluteal phases of the menstrual cycle.Main Outcome Measure(s): Serum prolactin levels.Result(s): In the early follicular phase, serum prolactin levels were equivalent in naltrexone (12.0 ± 2.7 μg/L; mean ± SE) and placebo (12.1 ± 2.9 ug/L) cycles. A statistically significant increase in serum prolactin was observed on the day of the LH surge (naltrexone: 22.6 ± 3.7 μg/L; placebo: 21.7 ± 2.7 μg/L; P < 0.05 versus early follicular phase), but no difference between treatments was observed. However, midluteal prolactin levels were statistically significantly lower in naltrexone cycles compared with placebo cycles (12.6 ± 3.3 versus 15.4 ± 3.0 )ug/L; P < 0.05).Conclusion(s): Chronic blockade of opioid activities during the follicular phase does not affect midcycle prolactin increments, but withdrawal of opioid blockade may enhance opioid effects on prolactin levels in the luteal phase. 相似文献
Purpose: Cell cycle-related events in CCRF-CEM lymphocytic leukemia cells were examined subsequent to inhibition of thymidylate synthase
(TS) or GAR formyltransferase (GARFT) and prior to cell death or stasis. Methods: Cell populations were treated with the GARFT inhibitors 6R-5,10-dideazatetrahydrofolate (lometrexol) or LY309887, the TS inhibitor ZD1694, or the multitargeted antifolate LY231514.
DNA content, nucleoside precursor incorporation and proliferating cell nuclear antigen (PCNA) expression as functions of drug
treatment were assessed by multiparameter flow cytometry. Cellular respiration was measured by MTT analysis and apoptosis
was detected by extraction of DNA fragments. Results: Cell populations treated for up to 96 h with lometrexol or LY309887 did not replicate and maintained a cell cycle distribution
with distinct G1, S and G2/M regions. The number of S phase cells in treated populations was slightly elevated relative to control as measured by DNA
content and PCNA. However, these cells were unable to incorporate 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU). Throughout treatment, cells
incubated with GARFT inhibitors maintained intact membranes and respired at a level comparable to untreated cells. In contrast,
ZD1694 as well as LY231514, induced synchronization of the treatment population at the G1/S interface within 12 h of drug addition. This was followed by synchronous entry of the population into S phase. After 24 h
of treatment, more than 90% of the cells were capable of incorporating BrdU and stained positive for PCNA. DNA fragmentation
occurred in cells treated with ZD1694 or LY231514 but not in those treated with GARFT inhibitors. In addition, the viable
cells remaining after 24–48 h of treatment with ZD1694 or LY231514 were respiring at twice the level of untreated cells. Conclusion: These results demonstrate that the distinct endpoints of GARFT and TS inhibition are preceded by distinct cell cycle and
metabolic alterations.
Received: 1 April 1996 / Accepted: 5 September 1996 相似文献
Purpose: The aim of our study was to determine if paclitaxel could be used as a radiosensitizer in vivo.
Materials and methods: Paclitaxel was tested as a single agent and combined with an X-ray treatment. Paclitaxel was administered i.p. in doses from 30 to 120 mg/kg b.w. to (C3D2F1) mice bearing spontaneous mammary carcinoma. Tumor growth delay (TGD) or tumor control dose (TCD50, radiation dose needed to induce local tumor control in 50% of irradiated animals) and moist desquamation dose (MDD50, radiation dose needed to induce serious moist desquamation in 50% of the non-tumor-bearing feet) were the endpoints. DNA flow cytometric analysis was performed.
Results: DNA analysis demonstrated a G2/M block of tumor cells and a depletion of cells in S phase, with a maximum at 24 h from paclitaxel administration. Administering paclitaxel, in graded doses, 15 min before a 10-Gy X-ray treatment resulted in a linear regression line, almost parallel to that with paclitaxel alone, with a growth delay of about 6 days. In contrast, varying the X-ray dose with a constant paclitaxel injection (45 mg/kg b.w.) treatment showed some degree of synergism as the linear regression curves diverged. Interval time and sequence between paclitaxel administration and a 10 Gy X-ray treatment did not influence TGD. Protocols with paclitaxel at 30, 45, or 60 mg/kg were combined with radiation treatments at various doses (from 10 to 65 Gy). Values of TCD50 varied from 50.8 Gy for X-ray alone to 31.8 Gy for paclitaxel 60 mg/kg + X-ray. No differences were observed among MDD of different protocols.
Conclusions: These results suggest that, under some conditions, paclitaxel combined with radiation can show superadditive effects and this result combined with the lack of severe normal tissue damage indicate that a favorable therapeutic gain can be obtained. 相似文献