Effect of Long-Term Reduction of Deuterium Content in the Body on Hemoglobin Production and Parameters of Erythropoiesis.

ABSTRACT

Anemia is the most widespread hematological disease, therefore the search for new approaches to erythropoiesis regulation in the body remains an extremely urgent problem. We studied the effect of long-term reduction of deuterium level in the internal milieu of the body on hemoglobin production and parameters of erythropoiesis in sexually mature male Wistar rats. The animals consumed water with deuterium content decreased to 10 ppm for 2 months. After 1 month, an increase of hemoglobin synthesis in erythrocytes was detected, and after 2 months we observed intensification of erythropoiesis. Since the observed processes occurred in healthy animals with initially normal indices of hematopoiesis, the obtained data allow us to consider the reduction of deuterium level in the internal milieu of the body as a factor of erythropoiesis regulation and a possible option of its alternative non-pharmacological regulators.