No 1 (2020)

The aim of the study was to assess the recovery of the cardiovascular system after acute poisoning with neurotoxic substances at the time of discharge from the hospital. The results of treatment and observation of 28 cases of moderate, severe and extremely severe poisonings have been studied by the evaluation of indicators of the cardiovascular system at rest and during the orthostatic tests. It has been shown that in persons with acute poisoning with neurotoxic substances, the state of health is not fully restored by the end of the course of inpatient treatment. The indicators of the cardiovascular system showed the state of pronounced sympathicotonia in these patients at the time of discharge from the hospital. Persons with acute carbon monoxide poisoning have a pronounced tension in the mechanisms of regulation of the heart rhythm. In patients with acute oral poisoning with psychotropic drugs, an orthostatic test revealed an increased tone of the sympathetic part of the autonomic nervous system. The data of rhythmocardiography indicate a pronounced tension of the regulation mechanisms. Patients in this category require further observation and medical rehabilitation.

The article presents the results of an experimental study on rat poisoning with 1,2-dichloroethane (250 µl / kg, intragastric administration). The aim of this work was to find the relationship between biological markers and morphological changes in acute damage to rat kidneys with dichloroethane. The study of urine samples of experimental animals by gas-liquid chromatography (GLC) revealed 1,2-dichloroethane in the concentration range of 0,05 – 0,90 µg / ml (95% C.I. = 0,09 – 0,90 µg / ml). Daily excretion with urine was 0,60 – 4,50 µg / 16h (95% C.I. = 1,14 – 3,93 µg / ml). Levels of nephron-specific biomarkers in urine were 194,62 ± 9,02 IU / L (NAGase, p = 0,0022) and 2,93 ± 0,38 ng / ml (KIM-1, p = 0,0022), which exceeded those in the control group by 5 and 23 times, respectively. Edema, disorders of intrarenal hemodynamics, leukocyte migration in interstitium, uneven damage to various areas of the kidneys due to adipose dystrophy and necrobiotic changes in the nephrothelium of the proximal tubules mainly in the cortical layer of the kidneys have developed in the kidneys. Positive correlations between the level of 1,2-dichloroethane in the urine and the level of KIM-1 (Spearman r = 0,7427, 95% C.I. 0,2764 – 0,9260, p = 0,0083), -N-acetylglucosaminidase (Spearman r = 0,8248, 95% C.I. 0,4613 – 0,9512, p = 0,0019), the scores on the EGTI scale (Spearman r = 0,8064, 95% C.I. 0,7126 – 0,8719, p < 0.0001); the level of KIM-1 and the scores on the EGTI scale (Spearman r = 0,7427, 95% C.I. 0,2764 – 0,9260, p = 0.0083), -N-acetylglucosaminidase and the scores on the EGTI scale (Spearman R = 0,4684, 95% C.I. 0,2764 – 0,6244, p < 0,0001), the level of the low and medium molecular weight substances in the blood and the scores on the EGTI scale (Spearman R = 0,6909, 95% C.I. 0,5549 – 0,7909, p < 0,0001) were found.

Toxicity and hazard assessment of dioctyl terephthalate (DOTP) was performed in acute, subacute, and chronic experiments, and its principal toxicometry parameters were determined.

It was found that on single exposure DOTP exhibits low toxicity and hazard. No resorptive and irritant effects on skin and mucous membrane of eyes were detected in animal experiments. The single inhalation exposure threshold limit value was set at 300 mg/m³, based on the results of monitoring of the functional state of the central nervous system and myocardium and hematological parameters.

Thirty-day subacute experiments (oral administration, inhalation exposure, and skin applications) revealed no accumulation of the compound.

Four-month chronic exposure to DOTP aerosols (concentration 96,8 mg/m³) caused disorder of the functional state of the central nervous system and myocardium, changes in the hematological and biochemical parameters, gas and acid-base status of the blood, and morphological changes in the lungs and heart. Embryotoxic, genotoxic and gonadotoxic effects were not detected.

The chronic inhalation exposure threshold limit value for DOTP (Limch) was set at 18,6 mg/m³, and the concentration of 3,4 mg/m³ was found to be ineffective.

The maximum allowable concentration of DOTP in the air of the working area was set at 3,0 mg/m³, hazard class 3.

A repeated inhalation exposure of Wistar rats to an aerosol of aqueous suspension of nano-dispersed magnesium oxide (5-100 nm) with actual concentration of 0,485 ± 0,121 mg/m³ has been studied. There was a significant increase in the activity of alanine aminotransferase, as well as the number of leukocytes and platelets, thrombocrit. At the same time, a significant decrease in stab neutrophils and monocytes has been noted. In animals of the experimental group, acute plethora has been found in the tissues of the brain, heart, lungs, liver, pancreas, and kidneys. Subarachnoid hemorrhages in the brain; hemorrhagic heart attacks and hyperplasia of lung tissue; hyperplasia of the myeloid germ of hematopoietic bone marrow and lymphoid tissue of the small intestine; eosinophilia of infiltrate in the stomach and large intestine have been established. The results obtained make it possible to increase the effectiveness of substantiating preventive measures for workers and population exposed to inhalation exposure to nanoparticles of magnesium oxide.

The aim of this work was to identify the immunotropic effects of ivermectin in productive and laboratory animals in real and simulated conditions. The studies were carried out on hybrid pigs at the age of 144 days reared in an industrial pig complex and on Wistar rats aged 5 months with a body weight of 230 - 250 g. For the experiments there was used acaricide insecticide Ivermin (Biovet Drwalew S.A., Poland), which was administered to pigs once subcutaneously in a dose of 0,2 mg / kg and to rats in a tenfold therapeutic dose. Blood samples were taken from pigs either before the administration of Ivermin, and 1, 3, 7, 14 and 30 days after the administration. The level of immunoglobulins (IgG, IgM, IgA) was determined in serum by the method of radial immunodiffusion according to Mancini. To prepare histopreparations, samples of thymus, spleen and lymph nodes were taken from rats 14 days after the administration of the preparation. For statistical processing of experimental data, Student’s T-test for dependent samples has been used.

When studying pigs’ blood serum, a decrease in the content of IgG was established in all periods of the study. A decrease in level of IgM and IgA was marked in 7 days after the experiment started. At the end of the experiment, the IgG level remained below the background value by 16,4%; IgM - by 15,2%; IgA – by 33%. In the rat thymus, a narrowing of the cortical substance was observed when a toxic dose of Ivermin was injected, with the splenic follicles reduced, and reproduction centers faintly pronounced. Hemosiderin accumulation was detected around the follicles. In the mesenteric lymph nodes, there was found a thickening of the capsule and the expansion of trabeculae. Cortical substance was narrow and paracortical zone was wide. The results of the study indicate a high risk of immunotoxic effect of ivermectin.