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Intramuscular Ricin Poisoning of Mice Leads to Widespread Damage in the Heart, Spleen, and Bone Marrow

Ricin, a lethal toxin derived from castor oil beans, is a potential bio-threat due to its high availability and simplicity of preparation. Ricin is prepared according to simple recipes available on the internet, and was recently considered in terrorist, suicide, or homicide attempts involving the pa...

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Autores principales: Sapoznikov, Anita, Rosner, Amir, Falach, Reut, Gal, Yoav, Aftalion, Moshe, Evgy, Yentl, Israeli, Ofir, Sabo, Tamar, Kronman, Chanoch
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Publicado: MDPI 2019
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6628730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31208156
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11060344
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author Sapoznikov, Anita
Rosner, Amir
Falach, Reut
Gal, Yoav
Aftalion, Moshe
Evgy, Yentl
Israeli, Ofir
Sabo, Tamar
Kronman, Chanoch
author_facet Sapoznikov, Anita
Rosner, Amir
Falach, Reut
Gal, Yoav
Aftalion, Moshe
Evgy, Yentl
Israeli, Ofir
Sabo, Tamar
Kronman, Chanoch
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description Ricin, a lethal toxin derived from castor oil beans, is a potential bio-threat due to its high availability and simplicity of preparation. Ricin is prepared according to simple recipes available on the internet, and was recently considered in terrorist, suicide, or homicide attempts involving the parenteral route of exposure. In-depth study of the morbidity developing from parenteral ricin poisoning is mandatory for tailoring appropriate therapeutic measures to mitigate ricin toxicity in such instances. The present study applies various biochemical, hematological, histopathological, molecular, and functional approaches to broadly investigate the systemic effects of parenteral intoxication by a lethal dose of ricin in a murine model. Along with prompt coagulopathy, multi-organ hemorrhages, and thrombocytopenia, ricin induced profound morpho-pathological and functional damage in the spleen, bone marrow, and cardiovascular system. In the heart, diffuse hemorrhages, myocyte necrosis, collagen deposition, and induction in fibrinogen were observed. Severe functional impairment was manifested by marked thickening of the left ventricular wall, decreased ventricular volume, and a significant reduction in stroke volume and cardiac output. Unexpectedly, the differential severity of the ricin-induced damage did not correlate with the respective ricin-dependent catalytic activity measured in the various organs. These findings emphasize the complexity of ricin toxicity and stress the importance of developing novel therapeutic strategies that will combine not only anti-ricin specific therapy, but also will target ricin-induced indirect disturbances.
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spelling pubmed-66287302019-08-05 Intramuscular Ricin Poisoning of Mice Leads to Widespread Damage in the Heart, Spleen, and Bone Marrow Sapoznikov, Anita Rosner, Amir Falach, Reut Gal, Yoav Aftalion, Moshe Evgy, Yentl Israeli, Ofir Sabo, Tamar Kronman, Chanoch Toxins (Basel) Article Ricin, a lethal toxin derived from castor oil beans, is a potential bio-threat due to its high availability and simplicity of preparation. Ricin is prepared according to simple recipes available on the internet, and was recently considered in terrorist, suicide, or homicide attempts involving the parenteral route of exposure. In-depth study of the morbidity developing from parenteral ricin poisoning is mandatory for tailoring appropriate therapeutic measures to mitigate ricin toxicity in such instances. The present study applies various biochemical, hematological, histopathological, molecular, and functional approaches to broadly investigate the systemic effects of parenteral intoxication by a lethal dose of ricin in a murine model. Along with prompt coagulopathy, multi-organ hemorrhages, and thrombocytopenia, ricin induced profound morpho-pathological and functional damage in the spleen, bone marrow, and cardiovascular system. In the heart, diffuse hemorrhages, myocyte necrosis, collagen deposition, and induction in fibrinogen were observed. Severe functional impairment was manifested by marked thickening of the left ventricular wall, decreased ventricular volume, and a significant reduction in stroke volume and cardiac output. Unexpectedly, the differential severity of the ricin-induced damage did not correlate with the respective ricin-dependent catalytic activity measured in the various organs. These findings emphasize the complexity of ricin toxicity and stress the importance of developing novel therapeutic strategies that will combine not only anti-ricin specific therapy, but also will target ricin-induced indirect disturbances. MDPI 2019-06-16 /pmc/articles/PMC6628730/ /pubmed/31208156 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11060344 Text en © 2019 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
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Sapoznikov, Anita
Rosner, Amir
Falach, Reut
Gal, Yoav
Aftalion, Moshe
Evgy, Yentl
Israeli, Ofir
Sabo, Tamar
Kronman, Chanoch
Intramuscular Ricin Poisoning of Mice Leads to Widespread Damage in the Heart, Spleen, and Bone Marrow
title Intramuscular Ricin Poisoning of Mice Leads to Widespread Damage in the Heart, Spleen, and Bone Marrow
title_full Intramuscular Ricin Poisoning of Mice Leads to Widespread Damage in the Heart, Spleen, and Bone Marrow
title_fullStr Intramuscular Ricin Poisoning of Mice Leads to Widespread Damage in the Heart, Spleen, and Bone Marrow
title_full_unstemmed Intramuscular Ricin Poisoning of Mice Leads to Widespread Damage in the Heart, Spleen, and Bone Marrow
title_short Intramuscular Ricin Poisoning of Mice Leads to Widespread Damage in the Heart, Spleen, and Bone Marrow
title_sort intramuscular ricin poisoning of mice leads to widespread damage in the heart, spleen, and bone marrow
topic Article
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6628730/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31208156
http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/toxins11060344
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