Electrophoretic investigation of L-asparaginase influence on blood and spleen blood globulins. Experimental study.
In view of detecting the influence of L-asparaginase on blood and spleen blood globulins, 42 rabbits were daily injected for three weeks with different doses of this drug. Electrophoretic analysis of blood and spleen blood samples from these animals showed no relationship between the doses used and the changes of circulating blood globulins indicating the well known immunodepressing effects of the drug. However, in the spleen blood from the inoculated rabbits (as compared with a control group) a small excess of gamma globulins which appeared especially after 1-2 weeks of daily injections with 2,000 or 10,000 I.U.L-asparaginase/kg b.w. was interpreted as due to the antigenic action of the enzymatic product administered.
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