Objective To evaluate the toxic response to intrahepatic arterial admin istration of radioactive phosphorus32 glass microspheres (32 P GMS) in domestic pigs Methods Through selective catheterization of hepatic artery...Objective To evaluate the toxic response to intrahepatic arterial admin istration of radioactive phosphorus32 glass microspheres (32 P GMS) in domestic pigs Methods Through selective catheterization of hepatic artery,32P GMS was infused to 5 healthy domestic pigs in a dosage equivalent to the thera peutic dose for human being, and31PGMS was infused to other 5 healthy domestic pigs Two pigs se rved as the whole course blank controls One pig from each group was surrendere d to euthanasia at week 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16, respectively, and liver biopsies were performed on the rest of pigs at the corresponding time points Liver tissues f r om different sites were taken for light and electron microscopy The ultrastruc t ural histopathological changes were evaluated semiquantitatively Results The accumulative amount of32PGMS in the target tissue attained more th an 90% of the total dose administrated Histologically, abnormal hepatocytes we re easily found at week 1 or 2 At week 4 they were less than at week 1 or 2, a n d endothelium of the sinuses were damaged prominently At week 8 they were scar cely seen, and liver tissue recovered gradually The histological features of l i ver tissue restored to normal at week 16 Semiquantitative analysis of ultrastr u ctural morphology in the experimental group showed no statistical difference ( P >050) between the nuclear abnormality (Nabn) and mitochrondri a l variability (Mvar) at week 1 or 2, but revealed prominent difference ( P <001, P <0001) as compared with those in other groups I n the experimental group the Nabn in tissues showed no significant differe nce ( P >020) between week 8 and week 16 Conclusion 32 PGMS internal irradiation at the dosag e equiva lent to human therapeutic dosage exerts reversible injury to domestic pig liver tissue, and it takes more than 8 weeks for the injured liver tissue to recover展开更多
文摘Objective To evaluate the toxic response to intrahepatic arterial admin istration of radioactive phosphorus32 glass microspheres (32 P GMS) in domestic pigs Methods Through selective catheterization of hepatic artery,32P GMS was infused to 5 healthy domestic pigs in a dosage equivalent to the thera peutic dose for human being, and31PGMS was infused to other 5 healthy domestic pigs Two pigs se rved as the whole course blank controls One pig from each group was surrendere d to euthanasia at week 1, 2, 4, 8 and 16, respectively, and liver biopsies were performed on the rest of pigs at the corresponding time points Liver tissues f r om different sites were taken for light and electron microscopy The ultrastruc t ural histopathological changes were evaluated semiquantitatively Results The accumulative amount of32PGMS in the target tissue attained more th an 90% of the total dose administrated Histologically, abnormal hepatocytes we re easily found at week 1 or 2 At week 4 they were less than at week 1 or 2, a n d endothelium of the sinuses were damaged prominently At week 8 they were scar cely seen, and liver tissue recovered gradually The histological features of l i ver tissue restored to normal at week 16 Semiquantitative analysis of ultrastr u ctural morphology in the experimental group showed no statistical difference ( P >050) between the nuclear abnormality (Nabn) and mitochrondri a l variability (Mvar) at week 1 or 2, but revealed prominent difference ( P <001, P <0001) as compared with those in other groups I n the experimental group the Nabn in tissues showed no significant differe nce ( P >020) between week 8 and week 16 Conclusion 32 PGMS internal irradiation at the dosag e equiva lent to human therapeutic dosage exerts reversible injury to domestic pig liver tissue, and it takes more than 8 weeks for the injured liver tissue to recover