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. 1983 May;71(5):1348–1355. doi: 10.1172/JCI110887

Canine cyclic hematopoiesis is associated with abnormal purine and pyrimidine metabolism.

W R Osborne, W P Hammond, D C Dale
PMCID: PMC436998  PMID: 6853718

Abstract

Canine cyclic hematopoiesis is an autosomal recessive disease characterized by regular 11-13-d cycles of the neutrophil, reticulocyte, and platelet counts caused by a defect in regulation of marrow stem cell proliferation. Treatment with lithium abrogates cycling of the cell counts in these grey collie dogs. Aware of the defective lymphopoiesis associated with adenosine deaminase and purine nucleoside phosphorylase deficiencies, we hypothesized that abnormal purine or pyrimidine metabolism might be present in these dogs. Using high pressure liquid chromatography, we measured erythrocyte purine and pyrimidine nucleotide levels and plasma purine and pyrimidine nucleosides and bases in normal and grey collie dogs before and during lithium treatment. During neutropenic periods in the grey collies, erythrocyte ATP, GTP, and UTP levels were significantly elevated. Normal dogs made neutropenic with cyclophosphamide did not show such elevations. Lithium treatment normalized the levels of erythrocyte ATP, GTP, and UTP in the grey collies and eliminated the differences between normal and grey collie nucleotide levels. Plasma thymine levels were markedly increased during neutropenia in the grey collie but were not increased in cyclophosphamide-treated normal dogs. The finding of abnormal concentrations of purine and pyrimidine metabolites in these dogs suggest that a metabolic derangement in purine or pyrimidine metabolism may be the cause of the defective stem cell proliferation in this disease.

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