Effects of deflazacort and cortisone on cellular proliferation in the rat thymus

被引:5
作者
Latta, K
Krieg, RJ
Carbajo-Pérez, E
Carbajo, S
Chan, JCM
机构
[1] Virginia Commonwealth Univ Med Coll Virginia, Dept Pediat, Richmond, VA USA
[2] Virginia Commonwealth Univ Med Coll Virginia, Dept Anat, Richmond, VA USA
[3] Univ Oviedo, Fac Med, Dept Morphol & Cellular Biol, Oviedo, Spain
[4] Univ Salamanca, Dept Anat & Histol, E-37008 Salamanca, Spain
关键词
bromodeoxyuridine; deflazacort; cellular proliferation; thymus; rats;
D O I
10.1016/S0024-3205(02)01963-X
中图分类号
R-3 [医学研究方法]; R3 [基础医学];
学科分类号
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摘要
Deflazacort is a relatively new glucocorticoid with significant immunosuppressant activity and presumably fewer side effects. The present study was designed to compare the effects of deflazacort on the proliferative activity of thymus cells and thymolysis with the growth inhibition. We treated Long-Evans rats for nine days with cortisone (CORT, 5.0 mg/day), deflazacort (DFZ, 0.15 mg/day), and control vehicle (CTRL). Animals were sacrificed 1 hour after injection of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) on day 10. BrdUrd-labeled thymic cells were quantified without knowledge of treatment. A Labeling Index (LI), expressed as the number of BrdUrd BrdUrd-labeled cells per 100 total cells and the Numerical Density (ND), expressed as the total number of cells per 100 mum(2) were calculated. Treatment with either glucocorticoid resulted in a significant and equal decrease of thymus weight, indicating a marked reduction in total immunogenic tissue. A general alteration of thymic histological structure occurred in the CORT group. The LI was not different between CTRL and DFZ groups, 6.9 and 7.9% of cells were labeled respectively. In the CORT group, the LI was 2.5%. With respect to Numerical Density, the CTRL group had the greatest value (14.6 +/- 0.4 cells/100 mum(2)), with the DFZ (12.3 +/- 0.06 cells/100 mum(2)) and CORT groups being significantly lower (10.4 +/- 0.5 cells/100 mum(2)). Although regression analysis of thymus weight pointed to bioequivalence of the glucocorticoid dosages used, BrdUrd-labeling raised the possibility that the cells still present in the thymus of DFZ-treated animals retained, at least partially, their normal capacities for proliferation. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.
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页码:1951 / 1960
页数:10
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