Hofer M, Hoferová Z, Gruzdev A, Dušek L, Falk M
Department of Cell Biology and Radiobiology, Institute of Biophysics of the Czech Academy of Sciences, Brno, Czech Republic.
Physiol Res. 2018 Nov 14;67(5):809-812. doi: 10.33549/physiolres.933890. Epub 2018 Jul 25.
We investigated and evaluated post-irradiation survival in cyclooxygenase-2-deficient (COX-2 KO) mice. Thirty-day survival following exposure of COX-2 KO mice to a lethal dose of 8.5 Gy of gamma-rays was observed to be statistically significantly lower in both males and females, as well as when the sexes were merged, in comparisons with their wild-type counterparts. These findings were related to the previous observations concerning the detrimental influence of the COX-2 genetic disruption on hematopoiesis in sublethally irradiated mice. Deteriorated post-irradiation survival of COX-2 KO mice confirmed the previously anticipated conclusion regarding negative influence of the antiinflammatory action of COX-2 deficiency under the conditions of exposure of the animals to ionizing radiation.
我们研究并评估了环氧合酶-2缺陷(COX-2 KO)小鼠的辐射后存活率。与野生型对照小鼠相比,观察到COX-2 KO小鼠暴露于8.5 Gy致死剂量的γ射线后30天的存活率,在雄性和雌性小鼠中以及合并两性数据时,在统计学上均显著降低。这些发现与先前关于COX-2基因破坏对亚致死剂量辐射小鼠造血功能产生有害影响的观察结果相关。COX-2 KO小鼠辐射后存活率的恶化证实了先前预期的结论,即在动物暴露于电离辐射的条件下,COX-2缺乏的抗炎作用具有负面影响。