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Human & Experimental Toxicology
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Effects of antioxidants and a caspase inhibitor on chioramphenicol-induced toxicity of human bone marrow and HL-60 cells

C T Kong

Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

D E Holt

National Meningitis Trust, Fern House, Bath Road, Stroud, Gloucestershire GL5 3T7, UK

S K Ma

Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

A KW Lie

Department of Medicine, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

L C Chan

Department of Pathology, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China; Department of Pathology, Queen Mary Hospital, Pokfulam Road, Hong Kong, China

Chloramphenicol (CAP), a board spectrum antibiotic widely used in many developing countries, has toxic side effects on bone marrow, the most serious of which is aplastic anemia. Recent studies suggest that effects of CAP on suppressing hematopoietic colony formation may be abrogated by antioxidants. In addition, there is preliminary evidence that CAP induces apoptosis in hemopoietic stem cells, leading to aplastic anemia. We have been unable to demonstrate the protective effects of a variety ofantioxidants on CAP-induced suppression of burst-forming unit erythroid (BFU-E) and colony-forming unit granulocyte/ monocyte (CFUGM). Using flow cytometry, we have, however, confirmed that CAP can induce apoptosis in purified human bone marrow CD34 + cells. We also showed that a caspase inhibitor, Z-VAD.fmk, can ameliorate the apoptotic-inducing effects of CAP in the HL-60 cell line.

Key Words: chloramphenicol • aplastic anemia • CD34 • antioxidant • apoptosis

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 19, No. 9, 503-510 (2000)
DOI: 10.1191/096032700672635987
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