HYPERTHERMIA AS A TERATOGEN - PARAMETERS DETERMINING HYPERTHERMIA-INDUCED HEAD DEFECTS IN THE RAT
HYPERTHERMIA AS A TERATOGEN - PARAMETERS DETERMINING HYPERTHERMIA-INDUCED HEAD DEFECTS IN THE RAT
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DOI:
10.1002/tera.1420310212
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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EDWARDS, MJ
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作者:
GERMAIN, MA;WEBSTER, WS;EDWARDS, MJ
The relationship between the duration and extent of temperature elevation, during a critical period of rat embryonic development and the induction of congenital malformations was determined. Pregnant Sprague-Dawley rats, at 9 days 12 h gestation (gastrulation stage), were partially immersed in a water bath until their core temperature, monitored by a rectal thermistor probe, was elevated to a nominated temperature. Seven temperatures were tested from 40.5.degree. C-43.5.degree. C, elevations of 2.0-5.0.degree. C in core temperature. Various durations at each of these temperatures were tested for potential teratogenicity. A single elevation of 5.0.degree. C or 4.5.degree. C needed only a spike in duration to be teratogenic, 4.0.degree. C was teratogenic within 5 min, 3.5.degree. C within 10 min, 3.0.degree. C within 20 min and 2.5.degree. C within 1 h. An elevation of 2.0.degree. C for 8 h was not teratogenic. Microphthalmia was the most common malformation at all teratogenic temperatures and was frequently the only malformation seen at the shortest time exposure for a particular temperature. Encephalocele, facial clefting and maxillary hypoplasia were the other frequently seen malformations. Five control rats were placed in the water bath for 2 h at 38.degree. C so that their elevation of 2.5.degree. C for 1 h was the threshold combination for teratogenesis. As the temperature increased above a 2.5.degree. C elevation the necessary duration of exposure for teratogenesis decreased.