Abstract
Several schedules of benzene exposure were evaluated for their effects on peripheral white blood cell counts, bone marrow cellularity and transplantable colony forming units (CFU-S) in male C57 B1/6 mice. Intermittent exposure to 4000 ppm benzene in air produced leukopenia without altering the bone marrow cellularity. This same treatment, however, decreased the number of CFU-S to 30% of control values. Uninterrupted exposure to lower levels of benzene decreased peripheral cell counts within24 h, and later decreased marrow cellularity. Exposure of a non-dividing population of stem cells (CFU-S) to benzene for up to 24 h produced no detectable effect on the subsequent development of spleen colonies, suggesting that the effect of benzene on CFU-S occurs only after peripheral cells are depleted. These findings indicate that benzene has affects on both differentiated cells and undifferentiated stem cells. An effect on the pluripotential stem cell is an important aspect of benzene toxicity, but not its exclusive or initial site of action.
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