Abstract
Anemia accompanies arsenic intoxication in man. The present studies were undertaken to clarify further the effects of arsenic on erythropoiesis. A dose-related inhibition of red cell 59 Fe incorporation and reticulocyte response was observed in normal mice treated with a single injection of arsenic. Arsenite was approximately two times as inhibitory as arsenate. The effects of arsenic on erythropoietin-induced erythroid differentation revealed a significant inhibitory effect on young, proliferating marrow nucleated erythroid precursor cells. More mature, nonproliferating nucleated erythr oid cells were resistant to the toxic action of arsenic. A dose-related inhibitory effect of arsenic on DNA synthesis was observed in fetal liver nucleated erythroid cells incubated with 3 H thymidine. Ineffective erythropoiesis as well as the megaloblastic morphology accompanying aberrant DNA synthesis -- manifestations of arsenic toxicity in man -- were not evident in the present studies.
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