Sajjad Hejazi,
The Toxicity Effect of Vincristine at During Pregnancy in Newborn Mice,
Journal of Animal and Veterinary Advances,
Volume 11,Issue 24,
2012,
Pages 4497-4500,
ISSN 1680-5593,
javaa.2012.4497.4500,
(https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=javaa.2012.4497.4500)
Abstract: Vincristine is an alkaloid derived from Vinca rosea
that its mechanism is to stop the mitosis cell cycle. Therefore, this drug is
used in chemical treatment with high multiplication as ovarian cancer, cervical
cancer and mammary cancer. This drug can have teratologic effects on fetus.
But there is not enough information about pregnant women. Therefore, researchers
have been tried in this study to evaluate the toxic effects of this drug in
pregnant women on the newborn infants. In this study, researchers choose 40
pregnant mice and sampling units consists of the newborn infants. Firstly, the
female mice have been placed near male mice and after observing the vaginal
plaque, pregnant mices were divided randomly into 2 groups as control
and experimental. Mices of the experimental group were injected by vincristine
(3 mg kg-1-IP) on day 10th and 16th of gestation. The control group
received distilled water. After parturition, the newborn infants were evaluated
by the parameters of external morphology anomaly and the data was evaluated
by t-test test and SPSS Software. The analysis of the statistics showed that
the use of vincristine at during pregnancy on the newborn infants was teratologic
effects. In comparing the average of the parameters in the experimental group
with control group, there was significant difference (p<0.001).
Keywords: Pregnancy;teratology;vincristine;experimental group;significant