Expression of phospho-Elk-1 in rat gut after the whole body gamma irradiation

Title:

Expression of phospho-Elk-1 in rat gut after the whole body gamma irradiation

Creator:

Daniel Driák, Jan Österreicher, Zuzana Řeháková, Zdena Vilasová, and Jaroslava Vávrová

Identifier:

https://cdk.lib.cas.cz/client/handle/uuid:1e7880e5-7c36-488c-8449-a69d776a7d54
uuid:1e7880e5-7c36-488c-8449-a69d776a7d54
issn:0862-8408

Subject:

Experimentální medicína, radiologie, biologické markery, radiology, biological markers, radiation-induced entero-colitis, phospho-Elk-1, biodosimetric marker, 14, and 616-092

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Description:

Gastrointestinal form is the second stage of acute radiation syndrome (ARS) with a threshold dose of 8 Gy in man. It represents an absolutely lethal clinical-pathological unit, necro-hemorrhagic enteritis and proctocolitis, with unknown causal therapy. Elk-1 is a protein acting as a transcription factor activating specified genes. The purpose of our study was to examine the expression of phospho-Elk-1 in irradiated jejunum and transversal colon of rats with radiation-induced enterocolitis and to assess the importance of this transcriptional factor as a biodosimetric marker of radiation-induced enteropathy. The laboratory rats were randomly divided into 21 groups, 10 animals per group, and irradiated with whole body γ-irradiation of 1, 5, 10, 15, and 20 Gy. Samples of jejunum and transversal colon were taken 24, 48, 72, and 96 hours later, immunohisto-chemically stained, and the phospho-Elk-1 expression was examined using computer image analysis. A group of 10 sham-irradiated animals was used as control. Significantly increased expression of phospho-Elk-1 in rat jejunum has been found in all time intervals after irradiation by sublethal doses of 1 and 5 Gy, whereas after the irradiation by lethal doses, the expression of phospho-Elk-1 in rat jejunum varied considerably. Significantly increased expression of phospho-Elk-1 in transversal colon has also been found in the first days after irradiation by sublethal doses of 1 and 5 Gy. After irradiation by lethal doses, tere was no uniform pattern of the changes in the expression of phospho-Elk-1 in rat transversal colon. The detection of phospho-Elk-1 might be considered as a suitable and very sensitive biodosimetric marker of radiation-induced injury of small and large intestine. According to our knowledge, this is the first study on the phospho-Elk-1 expression in irradiated jejunum and transversal colon in the rat., D. Driák, J. Österreicher, Z. Řeháková, Z. Vilasová, J. Vávrová., and Obsahuje bibliografii a bibliografické odkazy

Language:

English

Rights:

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/
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Source:

Physiological research | 2008 Volume:57 | Number:5

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