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SignificanceDNA damage causes loss of or alterations in genetic information, resulting in cell death or mutations. Ionizing radiations produce local, multiple DNA damage sites called clustered DNA damage. In this study, a complete protocol was established to analyze the damage complexity of clustered DNA damage, wherein damage-containing genomic DNA fragments were selectively concentrated via pulldown, and clustered DNA damage was visualized by atomic force microscopy. It was found that X-rays and Fe ion beams caused clustered DNA damage. Fe ion beams also produced clustered DNA damage with high complexity. Fe ion beam-induced complex DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) containing one or more base lesion(s) near the DSB end were refractory to repair, implying their lethal effects.
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Dano ao DNA , Radiação Ionizante , DNA/genética , DNA/efeitos da radiação , Quebras de DNA de Cadeia Dupla , Reparo do DNA , Microscopia de Força AtômicaRESUMO
Charged particle beams induce various biological effects by creating high-density ionization through the deposition of energy along the beam's trajectory. Charged particle beams composed of neon ions (20 Ne10+ ) hold great potential for biomedical applications, but their physiological effects on living organs remain uncertain. In this study, we demonstrate that neon-ion beams expedite the process of reoxygenation in tumor models. We simulated mouse SCCVII syngeneic tumors and exposed them to either X-ray or neon-ion beams. Through an in vivo radiobiological assay, we observed a reduction in the hypoxic fraction in tumors irradiated with 8.2 Gy of neon-ion beams 30 h after irradiation compared to 6 h post-irradiation. Conversely, no significant changes in hypoxia were observed in tumors irradiated with 8.2 Gy of X-rays. To directly quantify hypoxia in the irradiated living tumors, we utilized dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and diffusion-weighted imaging. These combined MRI techniques revealed that the non-hypoxic fraction in neon-irradiated tumors was significantly higher than that in X-irradiated tumors (69.53% vs. 47.67%). Simultaneously, the hypoxic fraction in neon-ion-irradiated tumors (2.77%) was lower than that in X-irradiated tumors (4.27%) and non-irradiated tumors (32.44%). These results support the notion that accelerated reoxygenation occurs more effectively with neon-ion beam irradiation compared to X-rays. These findings shed light on the physiological effects of neon-ion beams on tumors and their microenvironment, emphasizing the therapeutic advantage of using neon-ion charged particle beams to manipulate tumor reoxygenation.
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Neoplasias , Camundongos , Animais , Neônio , Íons , Hipóxia , Microambiente TumoralRESUMO
The therapeutic efficacy of radiotherapy (RT) is primarily driven by two factors: biophysical DNA damage in cancer cells and radiation-induced anti-tumor immunity. However, Anti-tumor immune responses between X-ray RT (XRT) and carbon-ion RT (CIRT) remain unclear. In this study, we, employed mouse models to assess the immunological contribution, especially cytotoxic T-lymphocyte (CTL)-mediated immunity, to the therapeutic effectiveness of XRT and CIRT in shrinking tumors. We irradiated mouse intradermal tumors of B16F10-ovalbumin (OVA) mouse melanoma cells and 3LL-OVA mouse lung cancer cells with carbon-ion beams or X-rays in the presence or absence of CTLs. CTL removal was performed by administration of anti-CD8 monoclonal antibody (mAb) in mice. Based on tumor growth delay, we determined the tumor growth and regression curves. The enhancement ratio (ER) of the slope of regression lines in the presence of CTLs, relative to the absence of CTLs, indicates the dependency of RT on CTLs for shrinking mouse tumors, and the biological effectiveness (RBE) of CIRT relative to XRT were calculated. Tumor growth curves revealed that the elimination of CD8+ CTLs by administrating anti-CD8 mAb accelerated tumor growth compared to the presence of CTLs in both RTs. The ERs were larger in CIRT compared to XRT in the B16F10-OVA tumor models, but not in the 3LL-OVA models, suggesting a greater contribution of CTL-mediated anti-tumor immunity to tumor reduction in CIRT compared to XRT in the B16F10-OVA tumor model. In addition, the RBE values for both models were larger in the presence of CTLs compared to models without CTLs, suggesting that CIRT may utilize CTL-mediated anti-tumor immunity more than X-ray. The findings from this study suggest that although immunological contribution to therapeutic efficacy may vary depending on the type of tumor cell, CIRT utilizes CTL-mediated immunity to a greater extent compared to XRT.
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Camundongos Endogâmicos C57BL , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos , Animais , Linfócitos T Citotóxicos/imunologia , Camundongos , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Melanoma Experimental/imunologia , Melanoma Experimental/radioterapia , Melanoma Experimental/terapia , Melanoma Experimental/patologia , Radioterapia com Íons Pesados/métodos , Terapia por Raios X , Feminino , Neoplasias Pulmonares/imunologia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/radioterapia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/terapia , Neoplasias Pulmonares/patologiaRESUMO
BACKGROUND: Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer in women and causes more than 250,000 deaths worldwide. Among these, the incidence of cervical adenocarcinomas is increasing. Cervical adenocarcinoma is not only difficult to detect and prevent in the early stages with screening, but it is also resistant to chemotherapy and radiotherapy, and its prognosis worsens significantly as the disease progresses. Furthermore, when recurrence or metastasis is observed, treatment options are limited and there is no curative treatment. Recently, heavy-particle radiotherapy has attracted attention owing to its high tumor control and minimal damage to normal tissues. In addition, heavy particle irradiation is effective for cancer stem cells and hypoxic regions, which are difficult to treat. METHODS: In this study, we cultured cervical adenocarcinoma cell lines (HeLa and HCA-1) in two-dimensional (2D) or three-dimensional (3D) spheroid cultures and evaluated the effects of X-ray and carbon-ion (C-ion) beams. RESULTS: X-ray irradiation decreased the cell viability in a dose-dependent manner in 2D cultures, whereas this effect was attenuated in 3D spheroid cultures. In contrast, C-ion irradiation demonstrated the same antitumor effect in 3D spheroid cultures as in 2D cultures. In 3D spheroid cultures, X-rays and anticancer drugs are attenuated because of hypoxia inside the spheroids. However, the impact of the C-ion beam was almost the same as that of the 2D culture, because heavy-particle irradiation was not affected by hypoxia. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that heavy-particle radiotherapy may be a new therapeutic strategy for overcoming the resistance of cervical adenocarcinoma to treatment.
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Ionizing radiation produces clustered DNA damage that contains two or more lesions in 10-20 bp. It is believed that the complexity of clustered damage (i.e., the number of lesions per damage site) is related to the biological severity of ionizing radiation. However, only simple clustered damage containing two vicinal lesions has been demonstrated experimentally. Here we developed a novel method to analyze the complexity of clustered DNA damage. Plasmid DNA was irradiated with densely and sparsely ionizing Fe-ion beams and X-rays, respectively. Then, the resulting DNA lesions were labeled with biotin/streptavidin and observed with atomic force microscopy. Fe-ion beams produced complex clustered damage containing 2-4 lesions. Furthermore, they generated two or three clustered damage sites in a single plasmid molecule that resulted from the hit of a single track of Fe-ion beams. Conversely, X-rays produced relatively simple clustered damage. The present results provide the first experimental evidence for complex cluster damage.
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Dano ao DNA , Microscopia de Força Atômica/métodos , DNA/efeitos da radiação , DNA/ultraestrutura , Ferro , Raios XRESUMO
Radiotherapy (RT) is an effective treatment option for cancer; however, its efficacy remains less than optimal in locally advanced cancer. Immune checkpoint inhibitor-based therapy, including the administration of anti-PD-L1 antibodies, is a promising approach that works synergistically with RT. Proton beam therapy and carbon-ion therapy are common options for patients with cancer. Proton and carbon ions are reported to induce an immune reaction in cancer cells; however, the underlying mechanisms remain unclear. Here, we aimed to compare the immune responses after irradiation (IR) with X-ray, protons, and carbon ions in an oesophageal cancer cell line and the underlying mechanisms. An oesophageal cancer cell line, KYSE450, was irradiated with 1 fraction/15 GyE (Gy equivalent) of X-ray, proton, or carbon-ion beams, and then, the cells were harvested for RNA sequencing and gene enrichment analysis. We also knocked out STING and STAT1 in the quest for mechanistic insights. RNA sequencing data revealed that gene expression signatures and biological processes were different in KYSE450 irradiated with X-ray, proton, and carbon-ion beams 6-24 h after IR. However, after 3 days, a common gene expression signature was detected, associated with biological pathways involved in innate immune responses. Gene knock-out experiments revealed that the STING-STAT1 axis underlies the immune reactions after IR. X-Ray, proton, and carbon-ion IRs induced similar immune responses, regulated by the STING-STAT1 axis.
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Carbono , Neoplasias Esofágicas/genética , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/efeitos da radiação , Imunidade/efeitos da radiação , Prótons , Transcriptoma/efeitos da radiação , Raios X , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Neoplasias Esofágicas/imunologia , Neoplasias Esofágicas/patologia , Perfilação da Expressão Gênica/métodos , Regulação Neoplásica da Expressão Gênica/imunologia , Ontologia Genética , Humanos , Imunidade/genética , Íons , RNA-Seq/métodos , Radiação/classificação , Transdução de Sinais/genética , Transdução de Sinais/imunologia , Transdução de Sinais/efeitos da radiação , Transcriptoma/imunologiaRESUMO
A 54-year old man diagnosed with rectal cancer underwent laparoscopic high anterior resection with Japanese D3 lymph node dissection. The pathology results were as follows: pT2pN3M0, pStage â ¢b(Japanese Classification of Colorectal, 8th edition). Adjuvant chemotherapy with CapeOX regimen was administered 8 courses. 1.5 years after the operation, computed tomography(CT)examination revealed a swollen para-aortic lymph node(PALN). Positron emission tomography (PET)-CT revealed PALN with high FDG uptake. We considered that neo-adjuvant chemotherapy and PALN dissection may be possible for PALN, which was isolated metastasis and curative by surgery. After 6 courses of bevacizumab-FOLFIRI therapy was administered, PALN dissection was performed. Pathological examination of the resected specimen showed adenocarcinoma in 4 of the 16 dissected lymph nodes. Histological treatment effect of preoperative therapy was Grade 1b. Postoperatively 6 courses of FOLFIRI were administered. The patient has been followed up for 7 years and 8 months after the first surgery, 5 years and 9 months after the curative resection, with no recurrence showed complete cure. Multidisciplinary treatment with anticancer drug and R0 resection was an effective treatment for isolated PALN recurrence of rectal cancer.
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Adenocarcinoma , Neoplasias Retais , Adenocarcinoma/cirurgia , Humanos , Excisão de Linfonodo , Linfonodos/cirurgia , Metástase Linfática , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Neoplasias Retais/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Retais/cirurgiaRESUMO
A57 -year-old man was diagnosed with advanced gastric cancer(adenocarcinoma[tub2/por1])with multiple(S3, S4, S5, S6, S8)liver and para-aortic lymph node metastases. The tumor was classified as cT4a, N3, M1, HEP, cStage IV, and the patient received chemotherapy with S-1 plus CDDP(SP). After 10 courses of SP, a CT scan revealed that the primary tumor and the metastases disappeared. The patient presented with cCR and underwent distal gastrectomy, D2 lymph node dissection, partial hepatic resection, and cholecystectomy. The histological diagnosis was classified as ypT0N0M0,(ypStage 0), pCR, and pathological Grade 3.
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Protocolos de Quimioterapia Combinada Antineoplásica/uso terapêutico , Neoplasias Hepáticas/tratamento farmacológico , Neoplasias Gástricas/tratamento farmacológico , Cisplatino/administração & dosagem , Procedimentos Cirúrgicos do Sistema Digestório , Combinação de Medicamentos , Humanos , Neoplasias Hepáticas/secundário , Masculino , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , Terapia Neoadjuvante , Ácido Oxônico/administração & dosagem , Neoplasias Gástricas/patologia , Neoplasias Gástricas/cirurgia , Tegafur/administração & dosagemRESUMO
Chemotherapy and radiation in addition to surgery has proven useful in a number of different cancer types, but the effectiveness in normal tissue cannot be avoided in these therapies. To improve the effectiveness of these therapies selectively in cancer tissue is important for avoiding side effects. Early mitotic inhibitor 1 (Emi1) is known to have the function to inhibit anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome ubiquitin ligase complex, which ubiquitylates the cell cycle-related proteins. It recently has been shown that Emi1 knockdown prevents transition from S to G2 phase by down-regulating geminin via anaphase-promoting complex/cyclosome activation. At present, anticancer drugs for targeting DNA synthesis to interfere with rapidly dividing cells commonly are used. As Emi1 depletion interferes with completion of DNA synthesis in cancer cells, we thought that Emi1 knockdown might enhance the sensitivity for anticancer agents. Here, we confirmed that Emi1 siRNA induced polyploidy for preventing transition from S to G2 phase in several cancer cell lines. Then, we treated Emi1 depleted cells with doxorubicin. Interestingly, increased apoptotic cells were observed after doxorubicin treatment in Emi1 siRNA-treated cancer cells. In addition, Emi1 depletion enhanced the sensitivity of x-ray irradiation in cancer cells. Importantly, synergistic effect of Emi1 knockdown in these combination therapies was not observed in normal cells. These results suggest that Emi1 siRNA can be a useful tool for enhancing of sensitivity of cancer cells to anticancer reagents and radiation.
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Antibióticos Antineoplásicos/farmacologia , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/metabolismo , Doxorrubicina/farmacologia , Proteínas F-Box/metabolismo , Tolerância a Radiação , Proteína da Polipose Adenomatosa do Colo/metabolismo , Antígenos CD , Apoptose/efeitos dos fármacos , Caderinas/genética , Caderinas/metabolismo , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/metabolismo , Proteínas Cdc20 , Proteínas de Ciclo Celular/genética , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Dano ao DNA , Resistencia a Medicamentos Antineoplásicos , Proteínas F-Box/genética , Expressão Gênica , Técnicas de Silenciamento de Genes , Neoplasias de Cabeça e Pescoço/metabolismo , Humanos , Poliploidia , RNA Interferente Pequeno/genéticaRESUMO
Proteins are covalently trapped on DNA to form DNA-protein crosslinks (DPCs) when cells are exposed to DNA-damaging agents. DPCs interfere with many aspects of DNA transactions. The current DPC detection methods indirectly measure crosslinked proteins (CLPs) through DNA tethered to proteins. However, a major drawback of such methods is the non-linear relationship between the amounts of DNA and CLPs, which makes quantitative data interpretation difficult. Here we developed novel methods of DPC detection based on direct CLP measurement, whereby CLPs in DNA isolated from cells are labeled with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC) and quantified by fluorometry or western blotting using anti-FITC antibodies. Both formats successfully monitored the induction and elimination of DPCs in cultured cells exposed to aldehydes and mouse tumors exposed to ionizing radiation (carbon-ion beams). The fluorometric and western blotting formats require 30 and 0.3 µg of DNA, respectively. Analyses of the isolated genomic DPCs revealed that both aldehydes and ionizing radiation produce two types of DPC with distinct stabilities. The stable components of aldehyde-induced DPCs have half-lives of up to days. Interestingly, that of radiation-induced DPCs has an infinite half-life, suggesting that the stable DPC component exerts a profound effect on DNA transactions over many cell cycles.
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Aldeídos/química , Reagentes de Ligações Cruzadas , Dano ao DNA , Fluorometria/métodos , Radiação Ionizante , Animais , Western Blotting/métodos , Hipóxia Celular , Linhagem Celular , DNA/química , Fluoresceína-5-Isotiocianato/análise , Corantes Fluorescentes , Humanos , Cinética , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C3H , Neoplasias Experimentais/metabolismo , Proteínas/química , Troca de Cromátide IrmãRESUMO
We elucidate the decomposition mechanism of hydrogen peroxide, which is formed by water radiolysis, by gold nanoparticles (GNPs) under X-ray irradiation. The variations in yields of hydrogen peroxide generated in the presence of GNPs are evaluated using the Ghormley technique. The increase of yields of OH radicals has been quantified using Ampliflu® Red solutions. Almost all hydrogen peroxide generated by irradiation of <25 Gy is decomposed by GNPs, while the yield of OH radicals increases by 1.6 times. The amount of OH radicals thus obtained is almost equivalent to that of the decomposed hydrogen peroxide. The decomposition of hydrogen peroxide is an essential reaction to produce additional OH radicals efficiently in the vicinity of GNPs.
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Anaplastic thyroid cancer (ATC) is a rare but highly aggressive malignancy characterized by advanced disease at diagnosis and a poor prognosis. Despite multimodal therapeutic approaches that include surgery, radiotherapy, and chemotherapy, an optimal treatment strategy remains elusive. Current developments in targeted therapies and immunotherapy offer promising avenues for improved outcomes, particularly for BRAF-mutant patients. However, challenges remain regarding overcoming drug resistance and developing effective treatments for BRAF-wild-type tumors. This comprehensive review examines the clinical and biological features of ATC, outlines the current standards of care, and discusses recent developments with a focus on the evolving role of radiotherapy. Moreover, it emphasizes the necessity of a multidisciplinary approach and highlights the urgent need for further research to better understand ATC pathogenesis and identify new therapeutic targets. Collaborative efforts, including large-scale clinical trials, are essential for translating these findings into improved patient outcomes.
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PURPOSE: Neutron capture enhanced particle therapy (NCEPT) is a proposed augmentation of charged particle therapy that exploits thermal neutrons generated internally, within the treatment volume via nuclear fragmentation, to deliver a biochemically targeted radiation dose to cancer cells. This work is the first experimental demonstration of NCEPT, performed using both carbon and helium ion beams with 2 different targeted neutron capture agents (NCAs). METHODS AND MATERIALS: Human glioblastoma cells (T98G) were irradiated by carbon and helium ion beams in the presence of NCAs [10B]-BPA and [157Gd]-DOTA-TPP. Cells were positioned within a polymethyl methacrylate phantom either laterally adjacent to or within a 100 × 100 × 60 mm spread out Bragg peak (SOBP). The effect of NCAs and location relative to the SOBP on the cells was measured by cell growth and survival assays in 6 independent experiments. Neutron fluence within the phantom was characterized by quantifying the neutron activation of gold foil. RESULTS: Cells placed inside the treatment volume reached 10% survival by 2 Gy of carbon or 2 to 3 Gy of helium in the presence of NCAs compared with 5 Gy of carbon and 7 Gy of helium with no NCA. Cells placed adjacent to the treatment volume showed a dose-dependent decrease in cell growth when treated with NCAs, reaching 10% survival by 6 Gy of carbon or helium (to the treatment volume), compared with no detectable effect on cells without NCA. The mean thermal neutron fluence at the center of the SOBP was approximately 2.2 × 109 n/cm2/Gy (relative biological effectiveness) for the carbon beam and 5.8 × 109 n/cm2/Gy (relative biological effectiveness) for the helium beam and gradually decreased in all directions. CONCLUSIONS: The addition of NCAs to cancer cells during carbon and helium beam irradiation has a measurable effect on cell survival and growth in vitro. Through the capture of internally generated neutrons, NCEPT introduces the concept of a biochemically targeted radiation dose to charged particle therapy. NCEPT enables the established pharmaceuticals and concepts of neutron capture therapy to be applied to a wider range of deeply situated and diffuse tumors, by targeting this dose to microinfiltrates and cells outside of defined treatment regions. These results also demonstrate the potential for NCEPT to provide an increased dose to tumor tissue within the treatment volume, with a reduction in radiation doses to off-target tissue.
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Carbono , Sobrevivência Celular , Glioblastoma , Hélio , Imagens de Fantasmas , Hélio/uso terapêutico , Humanos , Glioblastoma/radioterapia , Glioblastoma/patologia , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos da radiação , Linhagem Celular Tumoral , Carbono/uso terapêutico , Radioterapia com Íons Pesados/métodos , Terapia por Captura de Nêutron/métodos , Nêutrons/uso terapêutico , Dosagem Radioterapêutica , Terapia por Captura de Nêutron de Boro/métodos , Boro/uso terapêutico , Polimetil Metacrilato , IsótoposRESUMO
The aim of this study was to measure the RBE (relative biological effectiveness) and OER (oxygen enhancement ratio) for survival of cells within implanted solid tumors following exposure to 290MeV/nucleon carbon-ion beams or X-rays. Squamous cell carcinoma cells (SCCVII) were transplanted into the right hind legs of syngeneic C3H male mice. Irradiation with either carbon-ion beams with a 6-cm spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP, at 46 and 80keV/µm) or X-rays was delivered to 5-mm or less diameter tumors. We defined three different oxygen statuses of the irradiated cells. Hypoxic and normoxic conditions in tumors were produced by clamping or not clamping the leg to avoid blood flow. Furthermore, single-cell suspensions were prepared from non-irradiated tumors and directly used to determine the radiation response of aerobic cells. Single-cell suspensions (aerobic condition) were fully air-saturated. Single-cell suspensions were prepared from excised and trypsinized tumors, and were used for in vivo-in vitro colony formation assays to obtain cell survival curves. The RBE values increased with increasing LET in SOBP beams. The maximum RBE values in three different oxygen conditions; hypoxic tumor, normoxic tumor and aerobic cells, were 2.16, 1.76 and 1.66 at an LET of 80keV/µm, respectively. After X-ray irradiation the OERh/n values (hypoxic tumor/normoxic tumor) were lower than the OERh/a (hypoxic tumor/aerobic cells), and were 1.87±0.13 and 2.52±0.11, respectively. The OER values of carbon-ion irradiated samples were small in comparison to those of X-ray irradiated samples. However, no significant changes of the OER at proximal and distal positions within the SOBP carbon-ion beams were observed. To conclude, we found that the RBE values for cell survival increased with increasing LET and that the OER values changed little with increasing LET within the SOBP carbon-ion beams.
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Radioisótopos de Carbono/efeitos adversos , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/patologia , Hipóxia/patologia , Neoplasias/patologia , Animais , Carcinoma de Células Escamosas/radioterapia , Sobrevivência Celular , Ensaio de Unidades Formadoras de Colônias , Transferência Linear de Energia , Masculino , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos CBA , Neoplasias/radioterapia , Eficiência Biológica Relativa , Células Tumorais Cultivadas , Raios XRESUMO
PURPOSE: Track structure Monte Carlo (MC) codes have achieved successful outcomes in the quantitative investigation of radiation-induced initial DNA damage. The aim of the present study is to extend a Geant4-DNA radiobiological application by incorporating a feature allowing for the prediction of DNA rejoining kinetics and corresponding cell surviving fraction along time after irradiation, for a Chinese hamster V79 cell line, which is one of the most popular and widely investigated cell lines in radiobiology. METHODS: We implemented the Two-Lesion Kinetics (TLK) model, originally proposed by Stewart, which allows for simulations to calculate residual DNA damage and surviving fraction along time via the number of initial DNA damage and its complexity as inputs. RESULTS: By optimizing the model parameters of the TLK model in accordance to the experimental data on V79, we were able to predict both DNA rejoining kinetics at low linear energy transfers (LET) and cell surviving fraction. CONCLUSION: This is the first study to demonstrate the implementation of both the cell surviving fraction and the DNA rejoining kinetics with the estimated initial DNA damage, in a realistic cell geometrical model simulated by full track structure MC simulations at DNA level and for various LET. These simulation and model make the link between mechanistic physical/chemical damage processes and these two specific biological endpoints.
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Dano ao DNA , Prótons , Cricetinae , Animais , Sobrevivência Celular , Cinética , DNA/química , Método de Monte CarloRESUMO
Time dependence of relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of carbon ions for skin damage was investigated to answer the question of whether the flat distribution of biological doses within a Spread-Out Bragg peak (SOBP) which is designed based on in vitro cell kill could also be flat for in vivo late responding tissue. Two spots of Indian ink intracutaneously injected into the legs of C3H mice were measured by calipers. An equieffective dose to produce 30% skin contraction was calculated from a dose-response curve and used to calculate the RBE of carbon ion beams. We discovered skin contraction progressed after irradiation and then reached a stable/slow progression phase. Equieffective doses decreased with time and the decrease was most prominent for gamma rays and least prominent for 100 keV/µm carbon ions. Survival parameter of alpha but not beta in the linear-quadratic model is closely related to the RBE of carbon ions. Biological doses within the SOBP increased with time but their distribution was still flat up to 1 year after irradiation. The outcomes of skin contraction studies suggest that (i) despite the higher RBE for skin contracture after carbon ions compared to gamma rays, gamma rays can result in a more severe late effect of skin contracture. This is due to the carbon effect saturating at a lower dose than gamma rays, and (ii) the biological dose distribution throughout the SOBP remains approximately the same even one year after exposure.
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Contratura , Transferência Linear de Energia , Animais , Carbono , Sobrevivência Celular/efeitos da radiação , Relação Dose-Resposta à Radiação , Raios gama , Íons , Camundongos , Camundongos Endogâmicos C3H , Eficiência Biológica RelativaRESUMO
Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) can be used with megavolt (MV) X-rays to exert radiosensitization effects, as demonstrated in cell survival assays and mouse experiments. However, the detailed mechanisms are not clear; besides physical dose enhancement, several chemical and biological processes have been proposed. Reducing the AuNP concentration while achieving sufficient enhancement is necessary for the clinical application of AuNPs. Here, we used positively charged (+) AuNPs to determine the radiosensitization effects of AuNPs combined with MV X-rays on DNA damage in vitro. We examined the effect of low concentrations of AuNPs on DNA damage and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation. DNA damage was promoted by 1.4 nm +AuNP with dose enhancement factors of 1.4 ± 0.2 for single-strand breaks and 1.2 ± 0.1 for double-strand breaks. +AuNPs combined with MV X-rays induced radiosensitization at the DNA level, indicating that the effects were physical and/or chemical. Although -AuNPs induced similar ROS levels, they did not cause considerable DNA damage. Thus, dose enhancement by low concentrations of +AuNPs may have occurred with the increase in the local +AuNP concentration around DNA or via DNA binding. +AuNPs showed stronger radiosensitization effects than -AuNPs. Combining +AuNPs with MV X-rays in radiation therapy may improve clinical outcomes.
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Radioprotectors with few side effects are useful for carbon-ion therapy, which directly induces clustering damage in DNA. With the aim of finding the most effective radioprotector, we investigated the effects of selected amino acids which might have chemical DNA-repair functions against therapeutic carbon ions. In the current study, we employed five amino acids: tryptophan (Trp), cysteine (Cys), methionine (Met), valine (Val) and alanine (Ala). Samples of supercoiled pBR322 plasmid DNA with a 17 mM amino acid were prepared in TE buffer (10 mM Tris, 1 mM ethylenediaminetetraacetic acid, pH 7.5). Phosphate buffered saline (PBS) was also used in assays of the 0.17 mM amino acid. The samples were irradiated with carbon-ion beams (290 MeV/u) on 6 cm spread-out Bragg peak at the National Institute of Radiological Sciences and Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba, Japan. Breaks in the DNA were detected as changes in the plasmids and quantified by subsequent electrophoresis on agarose gels. DNA damage yields and protection factors for each amino acid were calculated as ratios relative to reagent-free controls. Trp and Cys showed radioprotective effects against plasmid DNA damage induced by carbon-ion beam, both in PBS and TE buffer, comparable to those of Met. The double-strand break (DSB) yields and protective effects of Trp were comparable to those of Cys. The yields of both single-strand breaks and DSBs correlated with the scavenging capacity of hydroxyl radicals (rate constant for scavenging hydroxyl radicals multiplied by the amino acid concentration) in bulk solution. These data indicate that the radioprotective effects of amino acids against plasmid DNA damage induced by carbon ions could be explained primarily by the scavenging capacity of hydroxyl radicals. These findings suggest that some amino acids, such as Trp, Cys and Met, have good potential as radioprotectors for preventing DNA damage in normal tissues in carbon-ion therapy.
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Carbono/efeitos adversos , Dano ao DNA/efeitos da radiação , Radioterapia com Íons Pesados/efeitos adversos , Íons/efeitos adversos , Aminoácidos/química , Aminoácidos/genética , Aminoácidos/efeitos da radiação , Reparo do DNA/genética , Reparo do DNA/efeitos da radiação , Humanos , Radical Hidroxila/efeitos da radiação , Plasmídeos/química , Plasmídeos/genética , Plasmídeos/efeitos da radiação , Protetores contra Radiação/química , Protetores contra Radiação/efeitos da radiaçãoRESUMO
The Commission for 'Corresponding to Radiation Disaster of the Japanese Radiation Research Society' formulated a description of potential health effects triggered by tritium. This was in response to the issue of discharging water containing tritium filtered by the Advanced Liquid Processing System (ALPS), generated and stored in Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Station after the accident. In this review article, the contents of the description, originally provided in Japanese, which gives clear and detailed explanation about potential health effects triggered by tritium based on reliable scientific evidence in an understandable way for the public, were summarized. Then, additional information about biochemical or environmental behavior of organically bound tritium (OBT) were summarized in order to help scientists who communicate with general public.
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Medicina Baseada em Evidências , Saúde Pública , Trítio/efeitos adversos , Carcinogênese/patologia , Humanos , Exposição à Radiação , Radiação IonizanteRESUMO
PURPOSE: Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are candidate radiosensitizers for medium-energy photon treatment, such as γ-ray radiation in high-dose-rate (HDR) brachytherapy. However, high AuNP concentrations are required for sufficient dose enhancement for clinical applications. Here, we investigated the effect of positively (+) charged AuNP radiosensitization of plasmid DNA damage induced by 192Ir γ-rays, and compared it with that of negatively (-) charged AuNPs. METHODS: We observed DNA breaks and reactive oxygen species (ROS) generation in the presence of AuNPs at low concentrations. pBR322 plasmid DNA exposed to 64 ng/mL AuNPs was irradiated with 192Ir γ-rays via HDR brachytherapy. DNA breaks were detected by observing the changes in the form of the plasmid and quantified by agarose gel electrophoresis. The ROS generated by the AuNPs were measured with the fluorescent probe sensitive to ROS. The effects of positively (+) and negatively (-) charged AuNPs were compared to study the effect of surface charge on dose enhancement. RESULTS: +AuNPs at lower concentrations promoted a comparable level of radiosensitization by producing both single-stranded breaks (SSBs) and double-stranded breaks (DSBs) than those used in cell assays and Monte Carlo simulation experiments. The dose enhancement factor (DEF) for +AuNPs was 1.3 ± 0.2 for SSBs and 1.5 ± 0.4 for DSBs. The ability of +AuNPs to augment plasmid DNA damage is due to enhanced ROS generation. While -AuNPs generated similar ROS levels, they did not cause significant DNA damage. Thus, dose enhancement using low concentrations of +AuNPs presumably occurred via DNA binding or increasing local +AuNP concentration around the DNA. CONCLUSION: +AuNPs at low concentrations displayed stronger radiosensitization compared to -AuNPs. Combining +AuNPs with 192Ir γ-rays in HDR brachytherapy is a candidate method for improving clinical outcomes. Future development of cancer cell-specific +AuNPs would allow their wider application for HDR brachytherapy.