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http://dx.doi.org/10.14407/jrp.2015.40.3.168

Organ Weights and Splenocytic Apoptosis in γ-irradiated Korean Dark-Striped Field Mice, Apodemus Agrarius Coreae  

Joo, Hyunjin (Radiation Health Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd.)
Choi, Hoon (Radiation Health Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd.)
Yang, Kwang-hee (Radiation Health Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd.)
Keum, Dong-kwon (Nuclear Environment Research Division, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kim, Hee sun (Radiation Health Research Institute, Korea Hydro & Nuclear Power Co. Ltd.)
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Journal of Radiation Protection and Research / v.40, no.3, 2015 , pp. 168-173 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present investigation was planned to estimate potential possibility of striped field mice, Apodemus agrarius coreae (A. a. coreae), as a biological dosimeter in radio-environmental ecology. We bred captured wild A. a. coreae at laboratory and classified taxonomically based on external, cranial and tooth characters. Organ weights and splenocytic apoptosis were observed in order to establish a basic data on radiation biology of A. a. coreae (male, 40 weeks old). The biological effects was observed at 24hrs following irradiation (doses : 0, 0.5, 1, 2 Gy, dose rate : $0.8Gymin^{-1}$, $^{137}Cs$). Only thymus weights was significantly decreased. Splenocytic apoptosis was increased after irradiation. But splenocytic apoptosis was decreased in 0.5 Gy ${\gamma}$-irradiated mice compared to those of 0, 1, 2 Gy (P < 0.05). These data suggested that events in thymus and spleen of Korean dark-striped field mice, A. a. coreae THOMAS, could be a potential radio-biological indicator in human environments.
Keywords
Radio-environmental indicator; Apodemus; Radiation; Organ weights; Spleenocytes; Apoptosis;
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