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Chicoine B, Roth M, Chicoine L, Sulo S. Breast cancer screening for women with Down syndrome: lessons learned. INTELLECTUAL AND DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES 2015; 53:91-99. [PMID: 25860447 DOI: 10.1352/1934-9556-53.2.91] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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This study examined mammogram reports of women with Down syndrome (DS) treated in the largest medical facility specifically serving adults with DS in the United States. Records of 684 women and results of 993 mammograms were reviewed, including 902 screening and 93 diagnostic mammograms. Only 2 (0.7%) women had a diagnosis of breast cancer. This study found a low rate of breast cancer among women with DS, a finding which is consistent with previous studies. The financial cost per finding was high, the benefit of the mammograms questionable, and the potential for harm greater. With less than 1% of the women with DS in this study developing breast cancer, further discussion is recommended to assess whether mammography is a beneficial, cost-effective part of health maintenance for women with DS.
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Zana M, Szécsényi A, Czibula A, Bjelik A, Juhász A, Rimanóczy A, Szabó K, Vetró A, Szucs P, Várkonyi A, Pákáski M, Boda K, Raskó I, Janka Z, Kálmán J. Age-dependent oxidative stress-induced DNA damage in Down’s lymphocytes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2006; 345:726-33. [PMID: 16696946 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2006.04.167] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2006] [Accepted: 04/28/2006] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The aim of the present study was to investigate the oxidative status of lymphocytes from children (n=7) and adults (n=18) with Down's syndrome (DS). The basal oxidative condition, the vulnerability to in vitro hydrogen peroxide exposure, and the repair capacity were measured by means of the damage-specific alkaline comet assay. Significantly and age-independently elevated numbers of single strand breaks and oxidized bases (pyrimidines and purines) were found in the nuclear DNA of the lymphocytes in the DS group in the basal condition. These results may support the role of an increased level of endogenous oxidative stress in DS and are similar to those previously demonstrated in Alzheimer's disease. In the in vitro oxidative stress-induced state, a markedly higher extent of DNA damage was observed in DS children as compared with age- and gender-matched healthy controls, suggesting that young trisomic lymphocytes are more sensitive to oxidative stress than normal ones. However, the repair ability itself was not found to be deteriorated in either DS children or DS adults.
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- Marianna Zana
- Department of Psychiatry, Alzheimer's Disease Research Center, Faculty of Medicine, Albert Szent-Györgyi Center for Medical and Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Szeged, 6 Semmelweis St., Szeged, H-6725, Hungary.
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Bourguignon MH, Gisone PA, Perez MR, Michelin S, Dubner D, Giorgio MD, Carosella ED. Genetic and epigenetic features in radiation sensitivity. Eur J Nucl Med Mol Imaging 2005; 32:351-68. [PMID: 15692806 DOI: 10.1007/s00259-004-1731-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Recent progress especially in the field of gene identification and expression has attracted greater attention to the genetic and epigenetic susceptibility to cancer, possibly enhanced by ionising radiation. This issue is especially important for radiation therapists since hypersensitive patients may suffer from adverse effects in normal tissues following standard radiation therapy, while normally sensitive patients could receive higher doses of radiation, offering a better likelihood of cure for malignant tumours. Although only a small percentage of individuals are "hypersensitive" to radiation effects, all medical specialists using ionising radiation should be aware of the aforementioned progress in medical knowledge. The present paper, the second of two parts, reviews human disorders known or strongly suspected to be associated with hypersensitivity to ionising radiation. The main tests capable of detecting such pathologies in advance are analysed, and ethical issues regarding genetic testing are considered. The implications for radiation protection of possible hypersensitivity to radiation in a part of the population are discussed, and some guidelines for nuclear medicine professionals are proposed.
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- Michel H Bourguignon
- Direction Générale de la Sûreté Nucléaire et de la Radioprotection, 6 Place du Colonel Bourgoin, 75572, Paris Cedex 12, France.
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Jenkins EC, Ye L, Li S, Zigman WB, Schupf N, Sersen EA, Zhong N, Miezejeski CM, Brooks SS, Silverman WP. Mitotic index in Down's syndrome with and without dementia. Am J Med Genet A 2004; 125A:315-7. [PMID: 14994244 DOI: 10.1002/ajmg.a.20453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Holland NT, Duramad P, Rothman N, Figgs LW, Blair A, Hubbard A, Smith MT. Micronucleus frequency and proliferation in human lymphocytes after exposure to herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid in vitro and in vivo. Mutat Res 2002; 521:165-78. [PMID: 12438013 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(02)00237-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 56] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Widespread use of the herbicide 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D) and its association with non-Hodgkin's lymphoma (NHL) and other cancers has raised public concern. Here, micronucleus (MN) formation has been used as a biomarker of genotoxicity, and replicative and mitotic indices (MIs) as biomarkers of cell cycle kinetics in human lymphocytes. Cells were cultured either as whole blood or isolated lymphocytes and treated with pure or commercial forms of 2,4-D at doses between 0.001 and 1 mM for 48 h. Exposure to 2,4-D produced a minimal increase in MN in whole blood and even smaller one in isolated lymphocyte cultures. This induction took place only at levels approaching cytotoxicity and was accompanied by a significant inhibition of replicative index (RI). At a low (0.005 mM) dose of commercial 2,4-D, a small, marginally significant increase in RI (12-15%) was found in two independent sets of experiments (P=0.052). Additionally, we found that lymphocyte RI was more affected by commercial 2,4-D containing 9.4% of the chemically pure 2,4-D, than with an equal concentration of the latter suggesting that other ingredients present in the commercial pesticide may be responsible or may enhance the effect of 2,4-D. Mitotic index, however, did not show any significant change with either commercial or pure 2,4-D. The lymphocytes of 12 male applicators exposed solely to 2,4-D during a 3-month period had a significantly higher RI than the same group prior to exposure and than a control group (P<0.01), in accordance with the in vitro finding of increased RI at low doses.
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- Nina T Holland
- Division of Environmental Health Sciences, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA 94720-7360, USA.
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Bortolai A, Melaragno MI. Cell-cycle kinetics of cell lines from patients with chromosomal mosaicism. ANNALES DE GENETIQUE 2001; 44:93-7. [PMID: 11522248 DOI: 10.1016/s0003-3995(01)01070-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Lymphocyte cultures from five patients with chromosomal mosaicism (two 47,XY,+21/46,XY, one 47,XX,+21/46,XX, one 45,X/46,XX, and one 47,XXY/46,XY) were studied using sister chromatid differential staining technique for cell kinetic evaluation. Aneuploid and normal cell lines were compared to identify changes in cellular proliferation in vitro that could be related to cellular selective advantage and cell-line-proportion changes occurring with age. Comparison of the percentage of cells in different cell generations in 48, 72, and 96 h-cultures shows no differences between the aneuploid and normal cell lines indicating that cell-cycle kinetics is similar in these cells in vitro.
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- A Bortolai
- Disciplina de Genética, Universidade Federal de São Paulo (UNIFESP), Rua Botucatu 740, 04023-900, - SP, São Paulo, Brazil
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Maluf SW, Erdtmann B. Genomic instability in Down syndrome and Fanconi anemia assessed by micronucleus analysis and single-cell gel electrophoresis. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 2001; 124:71-5. [PMID: 11165325 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-4608(00)00322-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CB-MN) assay and single-cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) were employed to analyze leukocytes from 14 Fanconi anemia (FA) patients, 30 Down syndrome (DS) patients, and 30 control individuals, to examine the sensitivity of these techniques to detect genomic instability in these 2 diseases. The DS patients presented increased DNA damage as measured by SCGE in relation to controls. The frequencies of micronuclei and dicentric bridges were similar to those of controls. Micronucleus frequency, dicentric bridge frequencies, and DNA damage were higher in FA patients than in controls. The high frequency of micronuclei observed in FA patients seems to be due to clastogenic events, because an increase in the frequency of dicentric bridges was also observed. Micronuclei are expressed mutations and need cell division to appear. The damage detected by SCGE is repairable, and does not require cell division. Under alkaline conditions, SCGE assesses double- and single-strand breaks and alkali-labile sites. The 2 methods are efficient for monitoring mutagenic events in exposed populations or in individuals with genetic instability. While the damage measured by micronucleus analysis is accumulated over a long period of time, DNA damage measured by SCGE reflects recent, unrepaired events.
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- S W Maluf
- Medical Genetics Service, Hospital de Clínicas, Rua Ramiro Barcelos, 2350, 90035-003, Porto Alegre, Brazil.
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Finette BA, Rood B, Poseno T, Vacek P, Pueschel S, Homans AC. Atypical background somatic mutant frequencies at the HPRT locus in children and adults with Down syndrome. Mutat Res 1998; 403:35-43. [PMID: 9726004 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(98)00024-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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People with Down syndrome are 10-30 fold more likely to develop leukemia than the normal population. To date, little is known regarding the molecular mechanisms underlying this phenomenon. We have previously demonstrated that the spontaneous somatic mutant frequency (Mf) at a reporter gene, hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT), from a normal population showed a strict age dependency with an exponential increase in Mf from birth to late adolescents with a subsequent linear 2-5% increase per year in adults. In this study, we compared HPRT Mf in children and adults with Down syndrome using the HPRT T-cell cloning assay. We determined the Mf at the HPRT locus in 27 subjects with Down syndrome from ages 6 months to 53.4 years. Results demonstrated that background somatic Mf at the HPRT locus in children and adults with Down syndrome are not dependent on age as seen in a normal control population. Results also show that adults with Down syndrome have a significantly lower Mf than normal adults, and that children with Down syndrome have a significantly higher Mf than normal children, although the latter appears to be due to a decreased cloning efficiency (CE). These observations demonstrate that the frequency of spontaneous somatic mutations in children and adults with Down syndrome are atypical compared to normal controls, and suggest that the genetic mechanisms associated with background somatic mutational events in children and adults with Down syndrome may be different.
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- B A Finette
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Vermont, Burlington 05401, USA
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Itzhaki RF. The aetiology of Alzheimer's disease. MOLECULAR AND CELL BIOLOGY OF HUMAN DISEASES SERIES 1998; 4:55-91. [PMID: 9439744 DOI: 10.1007/978-94-011-0709-9_3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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- R F Itzhaki
- Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, UMIST, Manchester, UK
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Wu FY, Iijima K, Nishida A, Higurashi M. Sister chromatid exchanges in the peripheral lymphocytes of newborns with Down syndrome after in vitro exposure to blue or green light. Mutat Res 1996; 367:261-4. [PMID: 8628334 DOI: 10.1016/s0165-1218(96)90086-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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This study determines whether irradiation by blue or green light has an adverse effect on the DNA of Down syndrome (DS) cells by examining the sister chromatid exchange (SCE) frequency of peripheral lymphocytes obtained from five neonates with DS and five karyotypically normal neonates (control). Lymphocytes in G0 of the cell cycle were irradiated with blue or green fluorescent light for 1, 2, 4 or 6 h, and then cultured using a conventional method. Our results revealed that the induction of SCEs per cell in both groups increased in a dose-dependent manner, although more SCEs were respectively induced by the blue light. In addition, after 6 h of blue light irradiation, the net-induced SCEs in the DS groups were higher than those in the control groups.
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- F Y Wu
- Department of Maternal and Child Health, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tokyo, Japan
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Inherited cases of Alzheimer's disease (AD) comprise only a very small proportion of the total. The remainder are of unknown etiopathogenesis, but they are very probably multifactorial in origin. This article describes studies on four possible factors: aluminum; viruses--in particular, herpes simplex type I virus (HSV1); defective DNA repair; and head trauma. Specific problems associated with aluminum, such as inadvertent contamination and its insolubility, have led to some controversy over its usage. Nonetheless, the effects of aluminum on animals and neuronal cells in culture have been studied intensively. Changes in protein structure and location in the cell are described, including the finding in this laboratory of a change in tau resembling that in AD neurofibrillary tangles, and also the lack of appreciable binding of aluminum to DNA. As for HSV1, there has previously been uncertainty about whether HSV1 DNA is present in human brain. Work in this laboratory using polymerase chain reaction has shown that HSV1 DNA is present in many normal aged brains and AD brains, but is absent in brains from younger people. Studies on DNA damage and repair in AD and normal cells are described, and finally, the possible involvement of head trauma is discussed.
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- R F Itzhaki
- Department of Optometry and Vision Sciences, University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology, UK
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Takeshita T, Higurashi M, Ariizumi-Shibusawa C, Shimizu K, Iijima S, Yamagata Z, Asaka A, Morimoto K, Ishibashi Y, Otsuka F. Elevated chromosome aberration frequency after X-ray exposure of cultured fibroblasts derived from patients with porokeratosis. CANCER GENETICS AND CYTOGENETICS 1994; 73:161-4. [PMID: 8174092 DOI: 10.1016/0165-4608(94)90202-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Porokeratosis (PK) is a rare genetic skin disorder inherited as an autosomal dominant trait and regarded as a disease predisposing to cancer. To evaluate chromosomal radiosensitivity of PK cells, we examined chromosome aberration frequency after X-irradiation of cultured skin fibroblasts derived from PK patients and controls. Without X-ray exposure, frequencies of chromosome-type aberrations (exchanges or deletions) were not different between the patients and controls. Following X-ray irradiation, frequencies of deletions in the patient group were significantly increased, whereas those of exchanges were not elevated. No differences in chromatid-type aberration frequency were found between the patients and controls with or without exposure to X-ray. The observed radiosensitivity, though not as high as in ataxia telangiectasia (AT) cells, agrees well with the previously reported higher radiosensitivity of PK fibroblasts in survival analysis.
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- T Takeshita
- Department of Health Sciences, Yamanashi Medical University, Japan
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Pincheira J, Rodriguez M, Bravo M, Navarrete MH, Lopez-Saez JF. Defective G2 repair in Down syndrome: effect of caffeine, adenosine and niacinamide in control and X-ray irradiated lymphocytes. Clin Genet 1994; 45:25-31. [PMID: 8149648 DOI: 10.1111/j.1399-0004.1994.tb03985.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
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Lymphocytes from both Down syndrome (DS) patients and age-matched control donors have been investigated to identify a possible disturbance in chromosomal G2 repair. Analyses of caffeine treatments during G2 have shown that the frequency of chromosomal aberrations is higher in DS lymphocytes than in normal lymphocytes. Likewise, G2 duration is longer in DS cells than in normal cells. In both control and DS lymphocytes, caffeine treatments increase the frequencies of chromatid breakages and decrease the average of G2 duration. The reversal of the caffeine potentiation effect by adenosine and niacinamide is higher in DS cells than in normal cells. Furthermore, ATP content per cell in DS lymphocytes is one third of that estimated in normal lymphocytes. The increase of ATP level produced by adenosine or niacinamide generally correlates with the reversal of the caffeine effect on chromosome aberrations. Under the experimental conditions tested, a good negative exponential correlation between ATP level and chromosome aberrations has been detected in both normal and DS lymphocytes which were or were not X-irradiated. Finally, we postulate a decrease in G2 repair capability of DS lymphocytes caused by a low availability of ATP and/or some other factor correlating with it.
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- J Pincheira
- Department of Cellular Biology and Genetics, University of Chile, Santiago
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Proceedings of the British Institute of Radiology Chromosome damage: mechanisms, methodologies and applications, 13 November 1992. Br J Radiol 1993. [DOI: 10.1259/0007-1285-66-790-959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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