[The connection between the content of metallothioneins in the bone marrow and liver and the survivability of irradiated mice after cadmium chloride administration].

Abstract

The survival rate of mice gamma-irradiated at different times after administration of Cd2+ (0.75 mg/kg) was shown to be tightly connected with the amount of metallothioneins induced by this heavy metal in the bone marrow (r = 0.96). The connection between the amount of metallothioneins in the liver and the survival rate was less pronounced.