OBJECTIVE: Nuclear/radiological threats have evolved and scenarios for terrorist attacks involving radioactive material have been identified as complex situations. Mass casualty scenarios may happen, and individuals may be exposed to intentionally hidden sources of high activity, resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Moreover, ARS must be considered as an emergency in order to better anticipate delayed radiation toxicity. In this context, therapeutic strategies in radiation casualties have to be revisited and new pharmacological approaches developed. METHODS: B6D2F1 mice were total-body irradiated (TBI) with a 9 Gy gamma dose and then received intraperitoneal doses of either early (stem cell factor + FLT-3 ligand + thrombopoietin + interleukin-3 [SFT3] +/- keratinocyte growth factor (KGF); stem cell factor + erythropoietin + Peg-filgrastim [SEG]) or delayed treatments (SFT3 +/- KGF, erythropoietin, or hyaluronic acid). Survival was monitored and bone marrow hematopoiesis evaluated at 300 days following early treatments. RESULTS: SFT3 anti-apoptotic cytokine combination administered early (2 hours and 24 hours) after lethal TBI induced 60% survival versus 5% in controls. Early SEG treatment may be an alternative to SFT3 in terms of survival (55%), but SEG benefit might be obtained at the expense of long-term hematopoiesis. SFT3 + KGF induced 75% survival. No effectiveness was observed, over antimicrobial supportive care, when administration of SFT3 or its tested combinations was delayed at 48 hours. CONCLUSION: As a potentially multi-organ failure, ARS requires global therapy, beyond the hematopoietic syndrome, which may include pleiotropic cytokines such as KGF.
OBJECTIVE: Nuclear/radiological threats have evolved and scenarios for terrorist attacks involving radioactive material have been identified as complex situations. Mass casualty scenarios may happen, and individuals may be exposed to intentionally hidden sources of high activity, resulting in delayed diagnosis and treatment of acute radiation syndrome (ARS). Moreover, ARS must be considered as an emergency in order to better anticipate delayed radiation toxicity. In this context, therapeutic strategies in radiation casualties have to be revisited and new pharmacological approaches developed. METHODS: B6D2F1 mice were total-body irradiated (TBI) with a 9 Gy gamma dose and then received intraperitoneal doses of either early (stem cell factor + FLT-3 ligand + thrombopoietin + interleukin-3 [SFT3] +/- keratinocyte growth factor (KGF); stem cell factor + erythropoietin + Peg-filgrastim [SEG]) or delayed treatments (SFT3 +/- KGF, erythropoietin, or hyaluronic acid). Survival was monitored and bone marrow hematopoiesis evaluated at 300 days following early treatments. RESULTS: SFT3 anti-apoptotic cytokine combination administered early (2 hours and 24 hours) after lethal TBI induced 60% survival versus 5% in controls. Early SEG treatment may be an alternative to SFT3 in terms of survival (55%), but SEG benefit might be obtained at the expense of long-term hematopoiesis. SFT3 + KGF induced 75% survival. No effectiveness was observed, over antimicrobial supportive care, when administration of SFT3 or its tested combinations was delayed at 48 hours. CONCLUSION: As a potentially multi-organ failure, ARS requires global therapy, beyond the hematopoietic syndrome, which may include pleiotropic cytokines such as KGF.
Authors: Nicholas Dainiak; Robert Nicolas Gent; Zhanat Carr; Rita Schneider; Judith Bader; Elena Buglova; Nelson Chao; C Norman Coleman; Arnold Ganser; Claude Gorin; Martin Hauer-Jensen; L Andrew Huff; Patricia Lillis-Hearne; Kazuhiko Maekawa; Jeffrey Nemhauser; Ray Powles; Holger Schünemann; Alla Shapiro; Leif Stenke; Nelson Valverde; David Weinstock; Douglas White; Joseph Albanese; Viktor Meineke Journal: Disaster Med Public Health Prep Date: 2011-10-10 Impact factor: 1.385
Authors: Paul Artur Plett; Hui Lin Chua; Carol H Sampson; Barry P Katz; Christine M Fam; Lana J Anderson; George N Cox; Christie M Orschell Journal: Health Phys Date: 2014-01 Impact factor: 1.316
Authors: Hui Lin Chua; P Artur Plett; Carol H Sampson; Barry P Katz; Gilbert W Carnathan; Thomas J MacVittie; Keith Lenden; Christie M Orschell Journal: Health Phys Date: 2014-01 Impact factor: 1.316