Table 1.

As2O3 effects on MRL+/+ and MRL/lpr mouse tissue/organ weights



MRL+/+

MRL/lpr
Tissue/organ
PBS
As2O3
PBS
As2O3
Axillary LN   10 ± 1   10 ± 1   450 ± 10   20 ± 1  
Mesenteric LN   50 ± 3   45 ± 3   2410 ± 100   70 ± 7  
Spleen   100 ± 3   120 ± 10   630 ± 40   170 ± 3  
Liver   2460 ± 50   2620 ± 80   3760 ± 90   2750 ± 35  
Lung   320 ± 30   330 ± 20   550 ± 20   400 ± 7  
Kidney   400 ± 3   420 ± 10   510 ± 10   540 ± 2  
Heart   220 ± 10   210 ± 3   290 ± 7   240 ± 3  
No. mice in group
 
5
 
5
 
6
 
10
 


MRL+/+

MRL/lpr
Tissue/organ
PBS
As2O3
PBS
As2O3
Axillary LN   10 ± 1   10 ± 1   450 ± 10   20 ± 1  
Mesenteric LN   50 ± 3   45 ± 3   2410 ± 100   70 ± 7  
Spleen   100 ± 3   120 ± 10   630 ± 40   170 ± 3  
Liver   2460 ± 50   2620 ± 80   3760 ± 90   2750 ± 35  
Lung   320 ± 30   330 ± 20   550 ± 20   400 ± 7  
Kidney   400 ± 3   420 ± 10   510 ± 10   540 ± 2  
Heart   220 ± 10   210 ± 3   290 ± 7   240 ± 3  
No. mice in group
 
5
 
5
 
6
 
10
 

Two-month-old MRL+/+ and MRL/lpr mice had been treated daily with PBS or As2O3 (5 μg/g) for 2 months. Results, save for those in the last row, are expressed as mean organ weights in milligrams ± SE.

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