Prenatal death and malformations after irradiation of mouse zygotes with neutrons or X‐rays
- 1 June 1988
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Teratology
- Vol. 37 (6) , 599-607
- https://doi.org/10.1002/tera.1420370609
Abstract
Female mice (strain: “Heiligenberger Stamm”) were irradiated with neutrons (7 Me V) or X-rays when embryos were at the early zygote stage; uterine contents were examined on gestation day 19 for prenatal mortality and malformed fetuses. For both radiation qualities, the dose dependent survival curve fitted well to a simple exponential equation; the neutron relative biological efficiency (RBE) value was 2.3. The major fraction of deaths induced by exposure to neutrons or X-rays occurred before implantation. Aside from dead embryos, malformed fetuses were observed 19 days p.c. (postconception). The number of malformed fetuses increased with a linear-quadratic function of neutron or X-ray dose. Malformations were mainly gastroschisis, although omphaloceles and anencephalies were also observed. The neutron RBE value for the induction of malformations varied from 2.0 to 2.8 in the dose range tested. Except after 75-cGy neutrons, no significant increase in the proportion of stunted or skeletally malformed fetuses was noted. Our results indicated that the reaction of preimplantation embryos to irradiation could be more complex than the simple “all-or-none” response considered so far.This publication has 50 references indexed in Scilit:
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