Using the mouse model of acute infectious peritonitis caused by Escherichia coli, we have shown that preliminary osmotic elimination of peritoneal mast cells markedly affects the erythron reaction and its mechanisms during inflammation. Activation of local regulatory mechanisms of erythropoiesis (hemopoiesis-inducing microenvironment) and less pronounced hyperplasia of the erythron in the bone marrow were noted.
Key Words: inflammation; erythropoiesis; mast cellsOur previous studies show that must cells modulate the intensity of granulomonocytopoiesis during inflammation [4]. It was also shown that inflammation characterized by marked stimulation of erythropoiesis and on days 6-9 of inflammation by hyperplasia of erythron in_ the bone marrow due to activation of proliferation and differentiation of committed erythropoiesis precursors, hemopoiesis-inducing microenvironment (HIM) of the bone marrow, and the erythropoietin system [2].The aim of the present study was to evaluate the role of mast ceils in the regulation of erythropoiesis in inflammation.
MATERIALS AND METHODSExperiments were carried out on 204 male CBA mice weighing 18-20 g. The model of inflammation was infectious peritonitis caused by Escherichia coli strain ATCC 25922 inoculated intraperitoneally in 0.3 ml isotonic NaC1 solution in a dose of 0.5 LDs0 [4]. The mice were decapitated at various times of the inInstitute of Pharmacology, Tomsk Research Center, Russian Academy of Medical Sciences; *State Medical University, Kharkov flammatory process, and the total number of myelokaryocytes per femur and myelogram were counted. In the bone marrow, committed erythropoietic precursors, erythroid colony-forming units (CFU-E) [10], and hemopoietic islets [1,9] were counted, and erythropoietic activity of blood serum and conditioned media of adherent and nonadherent bone marrow cells was determined [12]. Conditioned media were obtained by culturing adherent or nonadherent myelokaryocytes (2 x 106 cells/ml) in complete RPMI-1640 medium supplemented with 10% fetal bovine serum for 24 h in the presence of 10 gg/ml lipopolysaccharide from E. coli serotype 01 l l:B4 (Sigma) or 5 gg/ml concanavalin A (ConA, Sigma). Mast cells were eliminated by intraperitoneal injection of 1.8-2 ml distilled water 10 days before peritonitis [7,11].
RESULTSNatural inflammation was characterized by a shortterm rise of erythroid elements in the bone marrow by hour 12 and hyperplasia of the erythron on days 6-9. In the absence of mast cells, the number of erythrokaryocytes rose considerably on day 1 (Fig. 1, a), i.e., erythron hyperplasia practically did not develop.