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British Journal of Radiology 75 (2002),50-55 © 2002 The British Institute of Radiology

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Evidence for humoral effects on the radiation response of rat foot skin

M Rezvani, PhD, G A Ross, PhD, J H Wilkinson and A Bywaters, BSc

Research Institute (University of Oxford), Churchill Hospital, Oxford OX3 7LJ, UK.

The influence of perturbation of the physiologic state of the whole body on the outcome of radiation exposure has been examined in a rat foot model. Irradiation was carried out using 60Co {gamma}-rays. Moist desquamation was used as an endpoint. Rats were given a priming dose of 2 Gy, 4 Gy or 7 Gy to their whole body except their hind feet (partial body priming dose). After a variable time period both hind feet of these animals were irradiated with graded doses of 60Co {gamma}-rays. The incidence of moist desquamation in the irradiated feet of these animals was compared with the incidence of moist desquamation in animals that had not received the initial partial body priming dose. It was noticed that the incidence of moist desquamation in the rat foot skin ofanimals that received 7 Gy partial body priming dose 4 h prior to irradiation of their hind feet was significantly less than moist desquamation in control animals. The ED50 value of 22.53±0.16 Gy for moist desquamation of the foot skin of control animals was significantly lower (p<0.01) than the value of 25.25±0.29 Gy obtained for animals that received a partial body priming dose of 7 Gy 4 h prior to irradiation of their hind feet. It was concluded that the response of rat foot skin to radiation was not purely the result of epidermal stem cell kill and that it can be modified by alterations in the overall physiological state of the animal's body brought about by a priming dose to the whole of the animal's body except the hind feet.






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