Functional alterations in lymphoid tissue induced by adrenal cortical secretion
Functional alterations in lymphoid tissue induced by adrenal cortical secretion
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肾上腺皮质分泌引起的淋巴组织功能改变
DOI:
10.1002/aja.1000770104
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发表时间:
1945
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通讯作者:
A. White
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作者:
T. Dougherty;A. White
The authors have previously brought forward evidence suggesting that the rate of release of antibody protein from lymphocytes is under pituitary-adrenal control arid that increased amounts of protein can be detected in the blood when the lymphoid tissues undergo profound histological changes.The present investigation shows that in mice and rabbits the following changes take place in lymphoid tissue after a single subcutaneous injection of pituitary adrenotropic hormone or of various adrenal cortical preparations: -(1) degenerative changes, occurring within an hour of the injection and characterized by pyknosis of the medium and small lymphocytes, shedding of cytoplasm of lymphocytes, oedema of all lymphatic structures and cessation of mitosis; (2) repair changes, in which reticulo-endothelial cells become particularly active after six hours, there is phagocytosis of nuclear remnants and large numbers of histiocytes develop and (3) recovery changes which begin after nine hours and in which the lymphoid tissue in mice is again normal within 24 hours; mitoses of surviving lymphocytes, maturation of reticular lymphocytes and differentiation of reticular lymphocytes from reticular cells occur. These changes in lymphoid tissue do not occur in adrenalectomized animals, indicating that the pituitary hormone acts through the adrenal cortex.It is suggested that a great variety of stimuli which increase pituitary-adrenal cortical secretion produce the " accidental involution " of lymphoid tissue as invoked experimentally and result in increased release into the blood of gamma globulin, with which antibody is associated, by dissolution of the cytoplasm of lymphocytes. Liberation of serum gamma globulin in the normal animal and antibody protein in the immunized animal and the increased activation of r.e. cells following adrenal cortical stimulation throws light on the integration of the role of lymphocytes, r.e. cells and the adrenal cortex in the normal and pathological physiology of the subject.-E. G. WHITE.