Evaluation of Myelotoxicity in Cotton Rats (<i>Sigmodon hispidus</i>) Exposed To Environmental Contaminants. II. Myelotoxicity Associated with Petroleum Industrial Wastes

S, Kim; El, Stair; Jw, Lish; Rl, Lochmiller; Dp, Rafferty; Cw, Qualls

doi:10.1080/009841001455517

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Methamphetamine Administration Produces Immunomodulation in Mice

Son²,

Rhee

et al. 2005

Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health, Part A

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The abuse of methamphetamine (MA) is an increasingly growing problem globally and produces serious side effects. In the present study, the immunomodulating effects of MA were examined on the immune system after MA (5 mg/kg body weight) was administered daily orally for 14 d. The immune system was evaluated by the antibody response to sheep red blood cells (SRBC; plaque assay and serum immunoglobulin [Ig] G), natural killer (NK) activity, lymphocyte subpopulations in the spleen and thymus, and concanavalin A (Con A)- and lipopolysaccharide (LPS)-stimulated lymphocyte proliferation using splenocytes. Body weight, spleen weight, and thymus weight generally decreased in MA-treated mice. MA treatment induced an increase in the percentage of CD4(+) cells with simultaneous decrease in the percentages of CD8(+) and double-positive CD4(+)CD8(+) in thymus. MA inhibited the IgM plaque-forming cell number, and lowered the level of IgG, the proliferation of mitogen-stimulated B and T cells, and the growth of granulocyte-macrophage colony-forming units (CFU-GM). Exposure to MA also decreased interleukin-2 production by splenocytes. In contrast, splenic NK activity in exposed mice was significantly enhanced. Taken together, data indicate that the immune system was suppressed by oral MA exposure.

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