[Enzymatic activity in the osteoblasts of rabbits following combined trauma]

Experiments were conducted on young rabbits by the histochemical methods; the activity of NAD-, NADP-diaphorases, cytochromoxidase and alkaline phosphatase was studied in the osteoblasts 3, 6, 12, 24, 48 and 72 hours after combined radiation trauma. It appeared that a bone fracture led to an increase in the level of metabolic and energic processes in the osteoblasts as soon as in 12 hours. Irradiation of the animals depressed the activation (caused by the fracture) of all the enzymes investigated.