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Giuranno L, Piepers JAF, Korsten E, Borman R, van de Kamp G, De Ruysscher D, Essers J, Vooijs MA. Enhanced radiation sensitivity, decreased DNA damage repair, and differentiation defects in airway stem cells derived from patients with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. Stem Cells Transl Med 2024:szae043. [PMID: 38946043 DOI: 10.1093/stcltm/szae043] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2023] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 07/02/2024] Open
Abstract
Radiation therapy (RT) is a common treatment for lung cancer. Still, it can lead to irreversible loss of pulmonary function and a significant reduction in quality of life for one-third of patients. Preexisting comorbidities, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), are frequent in patients with lung cancer and further increase the risk of complications. Because lung stem cells are crucial for the regeneration of lung tissue following injury, we hypothesized that airway stem cells from patients with COPD with lung cancer might contribute to increased radiation sensitivity. We used the air-liquid interface model, a three-dimensional (3D) culture system, to compare the radiation response of primary human airway stem cells from healthy and patients with COPD. We found that COPD-derived airway stem cells, compared to healthy airway stem cell cultures, exhibited disproportionate pathological mucociliary differentiation, aberrant cell cycle checkpoints, residual DNA damage, reduced survival of stem cells and self-renewal, and terminally differentiated cells post-irradiation, which could be reversed by blocking the Notch pathway using small-molecule γ-secretase inhibitors. Our findings shed light on the mechanisms underlying the increased radiation sensitivity of COPD and suggest that airway stem cells reflect part of the pathological remodeling seen in lung tissue from patients with lung cancer receiving thoracic RT.
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- Lorena Giuranno
- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO)/GROW Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO)/GROW Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO)/GROW Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO)/GROW Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
- Oncode Institute, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO)/GROW Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Molecular Genetics, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
- Department of Radiotherapy, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
- Department of Vascular Surgery, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, 3015 GD, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (MAASTRO)/GROW Research Institute for Oncology and Reproduction, Maastricht University Medical Center+, Maastricht, 6200 MD, The Netherlands
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Suzuki K, Imaoka T, Tomita M, Sasatani M, Doi K, Tanaka S, Kai M, Yamada Y, Kakinuma S. Molecular and cellular basis of the dose-rate-dependent adverse effects of radiation exposure in animal models. Part II: Hematopoietic system, lung and liver. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2023; 64:228-249. [PMID: 36773331 PMCID: PMC10036110 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrad003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2022] [Revised: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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While epidemiological data have greatly contributed to the estimation of the dose and dose-rate effectiveness factor (DDREF) for human populations, studies using animal models have made significant contributions to provide quantitative data with mechanistic insights. The current article aims at compiling the animal studies, specific to rodents, with reference to the dose-rate effects of cancer development. This review focuses specifically on the results that explain the biological mechanisms underlying dose-rate effects and their potential involvement in radiation-induced carcinogenic processes. Since the adverse outcome pathway (AOP) concept together with the key events holds promise for improving the estimation of radiation risk at low doses and low dose-rates, the review intends to scrutinize dose-rate dependency of the key events in animal models and to consider novel key events involved in the dose-rate effects, which enables identification of important underlying mechanisms for linking animal experimental and human epidemiological studies in a unified manner.
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- Keiji Suzuki
- Corresponding author, Department of Radiation Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Atomic Bomb Disease Institute. 1-12-4 Sakamoto, Nagasaki 852-8523, Japan. Tel:+81-95-819-7116; Fax:+81-95-819-7117; E-mail:
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- Department of Radiation Regulatory Science Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Department of Radiobiology, Institute for Environmental Sciences, 1-7 Ienomae, Obuchi, Rokkasho-mura, Kamikita-gun, Aomori 039-3212, Japan
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- Nippon Bunri University, 1727-162 Ichiki, Oita, Oita 870-0397, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Effects Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Effects Research, National Institute of Radiological Sciences (NIRS), National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology (QST), 4-9-1 Anagawa, Inage-ku, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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Chang PY, Bakke J, Rosen CJ, Bjornstad KA, Mao JH, Blakely EA. Heavy-Ion-Induced Lung Tumors: Dose- & LET-Dependence. LIFE (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2022; 12:life12060907. [PMID: 35743938 PMCID: PMC9225356 DOI: 10.3390/life12060907] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/21/2022] [Revised: 06/13/2022] [Accepted: 06/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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There is a limited published literature reporting dose-dependent data for in vivo tumorigenesis prevalence in different organs of various rodent models after exposure to low, single doses of charged particle beams. The goal of this study is to reduce uncertainties in estimating particle-radiation-induced risk of lung tumorigenesis for manned travel into deep space by improving our understanding of the high-LET-dependent dose-response from exposure to individual ion beams after low particle doses (0.03–0.80 Gy). Female CB6F1 mice were irradiated with low single doses of either oxygen, silicon, titanium, or iron ions at various energies to cover a range of dose-averaged LET values from 0.2–193 keV/µm, using 137Cs γ-rays as the reference radiation. Sham-treated controls were included in each individual experiment totally 398 animals across the 5 studies reported. Based on power calculations, between 40–156 mice were included in each of the treatment groups. Tumor prevalence at 16 months after radiation exposure was determined and compared to the age-matched, sham-treated animals. Results indicate that lung tumor prevalence is non-linear as a function of dose with suggestions of threshold doses depending on the LET of the beams. Histopathological evaluations of the tumors showed that the majority of tumors were benign bronchioloalveolar adenomas with occasional carcinomas or lymphosarcomas which may have resulted from metastases from other sites.
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- Polly Y. Chang
- Biosciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; (P.Y.C.); (J.B.)
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- Biosciences Division, SRI International, Menlo Park, CA 94025, USA; (P.Y.C.); (J.B.)
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- Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (C.J.R.); (K.A.B.); (J.-H.M.)
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- Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (C.J.R.); (K.A.B.); (J.-H.M.)
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- Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (C.J.R.); (K.A.B.); (J.-H.M.)
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- Biological Systems & Engineering Division, Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley, CA 94720, USA; (C.J.R.); (K.A.B.); (J.-H.M.)
- Correspondence:
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Cucinotta FA. Flying without a Net: Space Radiation Cancer Risk Predictions without a Gamma-ray Basis. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23084324. [PMID: 35457139 PMCID: PMC9029417 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23084324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2022] [Revised: 04/06/2022] [Accepted: 04/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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The biological effects of high linear energy transfer (LET) radiation show both a qualitative and quantitative difference when compared to low-LET radiation. However, models used to estimate risks ignore qualitative differences and involve extensive use of gamma-ray data, including low-LET radiation epidemiology, quality factors (QF), and dose and dose-rate effectiveness factors (DDREF). We consider a risk prediction that avoids gamma-ray data by formulating a track structure model of excess relative risk (ERR) with parameters estimated from animal studies using high-LET radiation. The ERR model is applied with U.S. population cancer data to predict lifetime risks to astronauts. Results for male liver and female breast cancer risk show that the ERR model agrees fairly well with estimates of a QF model on non-targeted effects (NTE) and is about 2-fold higher than the QF model that ignores NTE. For male or female lung cancer risk, the ERR model predicts about a 3-fold and more than 7-fold lower risk compared to the QF models with or without NTE, respectively. We suggest a relative risk approach coupled with improved models of tissue-specific cancers should be pursued to reduce uncertainties in space radiation risk projections. This approach would avoid low-LET uncertainties, while including qualitive effects specific to high-LET radiation.
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- Francis A Cucinotta
- Department of Health Physics and Diagnostic Sciences, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154, USA
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Nolan E, Bridgeman VL, Ombrato L, Karoutas A, Rabas N, Sewnath CAN, Vasquez M, Rodrigues FS, Horswell S, Faull P, Carter R, Malanchi I. Radiation exposure elicits a neutrophil-driven response in healthy lung tissue that enhances metastatic colonization. NATURE CANCER 2022; 3:173-187. [PMID: 35221334 PMCID: PMC7612918 DOI: 10.1038/s43018-022-00336-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 29.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2020] [Accepted: 01/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Radiotherapy is one of the most effective approaches to achieve tumor control in cancer patients, although healthy tissue injury due to off-target radiation exposure can occur. In this study, we used a model of acute radiation injury to the lung, in the context of cancer metastasis, to understand the biological link between tissue damage and cancer progression. We exposed healthy mouse lung tissue to radiation before the induction of metastasis and observed a strong enhancement of cancer cell growth. We found that locally activated neutrophils were key drivers of the tumor-supportive preconditioning of the lung microenvironment, governed by enhanced regenerative Notch signaling. Importantly, these tissue perturbations endowed arriving cancer cells with an augmented stemness phenotype. By preventing neutrophil-dependent Notch activation, via blocking degranulation, we were able to significantly offset the radiation-enhanced metastases. This work highlights a pro-tumorigenic activity of neutrophils, which is likely linked to their tissue regenerative functions.
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- Emma Nolan
- Tumour Host Interaction laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Tumour Host Interaction laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
- Barts Cancer Institute, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
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- Tumour Host Interaction laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Tumour Host Interaction laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Cancer Immunology Unit, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Bioinformatics & Biostatistics Unit, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
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- Proteomics Unit, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK
- Center for Biomedical Research Support Biological Mass Spectrometry Facility, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA
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- Preclinical Radiotherapy TTP, CRUK-City of London Centre, UCL Cancer Institute, University College London, London, UK
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- Tumour Host Interaction laboratory, The Francis Crick Institute, London, UK.
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Serrano Martinez P, Giuranno L, Vooijs M, Coppes RP. The Radiation-Induced Regenerative Response of Adult Tissue-Specific Stem Cells: Models and Signaling Pathways. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13040855. [PMID: 33670536 PMCID: PMC7921940 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13040855] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/12/2021] [Revised: 02/10/2021] [Accepted: 02/14/2021] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Radiotherapy is involved in the treatment of many cancers, but damage induced to the surrounding normal tissue is often inevitable. Evidence suggests that the maintenance of homeostasis and regeneration of the normal tissue is driven by specific adult tissue stem/progenitor cells. These tasks involve the input from several signaling pathways. Irradiation also targets these stem/progenitor cells, triggering a cellular response aimed at achieving tissue regeneration. Here we discuss the currently used in vitro and in vivo models and the involved specific tissue stem/progenitor cell signaling pathways to study the response to irradiation. The combination of the use of complex in vitro models that offer high in vivo resemblance and lineage tracing models, which address organ complexity constitute potential tools for the study of the stem/progenitor cellular response post-irradiation. The Notch, Wnt, Hippo, Hedgehog, and autophagy signaling pathways have been found as crucial for driving stem/progenitor radiation-induced tissue regeneration. We review how these signaling pathways drive the response of solid tissue-specific stem/progenitor cells to radiotherapy and the used models to address this.
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- Paola Serrano Martinez
- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems-Section Molecular Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands;
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands;
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- Department of Radiation Oncology (Maastro), GROW School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University Medical Centre, P.O. Box 616, 6200 MD Maastricht, The Netherlands;
- Correspondence: (M.V.); (R.P.C.)
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- Department of Biomedical Sciences of Cells and Systems-Section Molecular Cell Biology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9713 AV Groningen, The Netherlands;
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Groningen, University Medical Center Groningen, 9700 RB Groningen, The Netherlands
- Correspondence: (M.V.); (R.P.C.)
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Willey JS, Britten RA, Blaber E, Tahimic CG, Chancellor J, Mortreux M, Sanford LD, Kubik AJ, Delp MD, Mao XW. The individual and combined effects of spaceflight radiation and microgravity on biologic systems and functional outcomes. JOURNAL OF ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE AND HEALTH. PART C, TOXICOLOGY AND CARCINOGENESIS 2021; 39:129-179. [PMID: 33902391 PMCID: PMC8274610 DOI: 10.1080/26896583.2021.1885283] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Both microgravity and radiation exposure in the spaceflight environment have been identified as hazards to astronaut health and performance. Substantial study has been focused on understanding the biology and risks associated with prolonged exposure to microgravity, and the hazards presented by radiation from galactic cosmic rays (GCR) and solar particle events (SPEs) outside of low earth orbit (LEO). To date, the majority of the ground-based analogues (e.g., rodent or cell culture studies) that investigate the biology of and risks associated with spaceflight hazards will focus on an individual hazard in isolation. However, astronauts will face these challenges simultaneously Combined hazard studies are necessary for understanding the risks astronauts face as they travel outside of LEO, and are also critical for countermeasure development. The focus of this review is to describe biologic and functional outcomes from ground-based analogue models for microgravity and radiation, specifically highlighting the combined effects of radiation and reduced weight-bearing from rodent ground-based tail suspension via hind limb unloading (HLU) and partial weight-bearing (PWB) models, although in vitro and spaceflight results are discussed as appropriate. The review focuses on the skeletal, ocular, central nervous system (CNS), cardiovascular, and stem cells responses.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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- Department of Neurology, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Eastern Virginia Medical School
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
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- Department of Nutrition, Food and Exercise Sciences, Florida State University
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- Division of Biomedical Engineering Sciences (BMES), Department of Basic Sciences, Loma Linda University
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Fouillade C, Curras-Alonso S, Giuranno L, Quelennec E, Heinrich S, Bonnet-Boissinot S, Beddok A, Leboucher S, Karakurt HU, Bohec M, Baulande S, Vooijs M, Verrelle P, Dutreix M, Londoño-Vallejo A, Favaudon V. FLASH Irradiation Spares Lung Progenitor Cells and Limits the Incidence of Radio-induced Senescence. Clin Cancer Res 2020; 26:1497-1506. [PMID: 31796518 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-19-1440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 142] [Impact Index Per Article: 35.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/02/2019] [Revised: 08/29/2019] [Accepted: 11/27/2019] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE One of the main limitations to anticancer radiotherapy lies in irreversible damage to healthy tissues located within the radiation field. "FLASH" irradiation at very high dose-rate is a new treatment modality that has been reported to specifically spare normal tissue from late radiation-induced toxicity in animal models and therefore could be a promising strategy to reduce treatment toxicity. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Lung responses to FLASH irradiation were investigated by qPCR, single-cell RNA sequencing (sc-RNA-Seq), and histologic methods during the acute wound healing phase as well as at late stages using C57BL/6J wild-type and Terc-/- mice exposed to bilateral thorax irradiation as well as human lung cells grown in vitro. RESULTS In vitro studies gave evidence of a reduced level of DNA damage and induced lethality at the advantage of FLASH. In mouse lung, sc-RNA-seq and the monitoring of proliferating cells revealed that FLASH minimized the induction of proinflammatory genes and reduced the proliferation of progenitor cells after injury. At late stages, FLASH-irradiated lungs presented less persistent DNA damage and senescent cells than after CONV exposure, suggesting a higher potential for lung regeneration with FLASH. Consistent with this hypothesis, the beneficial effect of FLASH was lost in Terc-/- mice harboring critically short telomeres and lack of telomerase activity. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that, compared with conventional radiotherapy, FLASH minimizes DNA damage in normal cells, spares lung progenitor cells from excessive damage, and reduces the risk of replicative senescence.
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- Charles Fouillade
- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France.
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- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
- Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3244, PSL Research University, Paris, France
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Grow-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
- Institut Curie, Translational Research Department, Experimental Radiotherapy Platform, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, CNRS UMR 3348, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie Genomics of Excellence (ICGex) Platform, Paris, France
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- Institut Curie Genomics of Excellence (ICGex) Platform, Paris, France
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- Department of Radiotherapy, Grow-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Radiation Oncology Department, Institut Curie, Paris, France
- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1196-CNRS UMR 9187, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France
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- Institut Curie, Inserm U 1021-CNRS UMR 3347, University Paris-Saclay, PSL Research University, Centre Universitaire, Orsay, France.
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Fu J, Zhu L, Tu W, Wang X, Pan Y, Bai Y, Dang B, Chen J, Shao C. Macrophage-Mediated Bystander Effects after Different Irradiations through a p53-dependent Pathway. Radiat Res 2019; 193:119-129. [PMID: 31841081 DOI: 10.1667/rr15354.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The goal of this work was to elucidate the mechanisms of bystander effects outside the localized irradiation field and their potential hematological toxicity. In this study, an in vitro multicellular co-culture system was used to investigate the intercellular commutation and related signaling pathways between either irradiated A549 cells or Beas-2B cells and bystander lymphoblast TK6 cells with or without macrophage U937 cells as an intermediator. Results showed that the proliferation ability of bystander TK6 cells was inhibited after co-culture with A549 cells irradiated with γ rays rather than carbon ions. When macrophages were contained in the co-culture system, the cell viability damage to the bystander TK6 cells were further enhanced. However, the proliferation inhibition of bystander TK6 cells after co-culture with irradiated Beas-2B cells was observed only when intermediator macrophages existed in the cell co-culture system. More serious cell injury was detected after carbon-ion irradiation compared with γ-ray irradiation. The p53-relevant apoptosis pathway was activated in both irradiated A549 and Beas-2B cells, each to a different extent. When the p53 pathway of irradiated cells was inhibited by PFT-α, PFTµ or p53 siRNA, the bystander damage to TK6 cells were clearly alleviated. In conclusion, the bystander lymphoblast damage was induced in different cells using different LET radiations. An amplified bystander response was modulated by the intermediator macrophage. The underlying molecular mechanisms of these bystander effects were dependent on the activation of p53 and its relevant apoptosis pathway in the irradiated cells. These results suggest that the bystander and macrophage-mediated bystander effects contribute to the common acute side effect of lymphocytopenia after local irradiation.
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- Jiamei Fu
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shanghai Pulmonary Hospital, Tongji University, School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200433, China.,Institute of Radiation Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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- Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, China
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- Institute of Radiation Medicine, Fudan University, Shanghai 200032, China
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Giuranno L, Wansleeben C, Iannone R, Arathoon L, Hounjet J, Groot AJ, Vooijs M. NOTCH signaling promotes the survival of irradiated basal airway stem cells. Am J Physiol Lung Cell Mol Physiol 2019; 317:L414-L423. [DOI: 10.1152/ajplung.00197.2019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Radiation-induced lung injury to normal airway epithelium is a frequent side-effect and dose-limiting factor in radiotherapy of tumors in the thoracic cavity. NOTCH signaling plays key roles in self-renewal and differentiation of upper airway basal lung stem cells during development, and the NOTCH pathway is frequently deregulated in lung cancer. In preclinical lung cancer models, NOTCH inhibition was shown to improve the radiotherapy response by targeting tumor stem cells, but the effects in combination with irradiation on normal lung stem cells are unknown. NOTCH/γ-secretase inhibitors are potent clinical candidates to block NOTCH function in tumors, but their clinical implementation has been hampered by normal tissue side-effects. Here we show that NOTCH signaling is active in primary human- and murine-derived airway epithelial stem cell models and when combined with radiation NOTCH inhibition provokes a decrease in S-phase and increase in G1-phase arrest. We show that NOTCH inhibition in irradiated lung basal stem cells leads to a more potent activation of the DNA damage checkpoint kinases pATM and pCHK2 and results in an increased level of residual 53BP1 foci in irradiated lung basal stem cells reducing their capacity for self-renewal. The effects are recapitulated in ex vivo cultured lung basal stem cells after in vivo whole thorax irradiation and NOTCH inhibition. These results highlight the importance of studying normal tissue effects that may counteract the therapeutic benefit in the use of NOTCH/γ-secretase inhibitors in combination with radiation for antitumor treatment.
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- Lorena Giuranno
- Department of Radiotherapy (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiotherapy (MAASTRO), GROW-School for Oncology and Developmental Biology, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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Warren R, O'Reilly MA. An Elusive Fox that Suppresses Scgb1a1 in Asthma Has Been Found. Am J Respir Cell Mol Biol 2019; 60:615-617. [PMID: 30726101 PMCID: PMC6543739 DOI: 10.1165/rcmb.2019-0019ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023] Open
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- Rachel Warren
- 1 School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Rochester Rochester, New York
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- 1 School of Medicine and Dentistry University of Rochester Rochester, New York
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Asselin-Labat ML, Rampersad R, Xu X, Ritchie ME, Michalski J, Huang L, Onaitis MW. High-LET Radiation Increases Tumor Progression in a K-Ras-Driven Model of Lung Adenocarcinoma. Radiat Res 2017; 188:562-570. [PMID: 28952911 DOI: 10.1667/rr14794.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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High-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation encountered by astronauts in space generates clustered DNA damage that is potentially oncogenic. Analysis of the impact of exposure to space radiation on cancer formation is necessary to determine the best ways to prepare astronauts for space travel so they are protected for the duration of the space mission. A mouse model of lung adenocarcinoma driven by oncogenic K-Ras was used to ascertain the effect of low- and high-LET radiation on tumor formation. We observed increased tumor progression and tumor cell proliferation after single dose or fractionated high-LET doses, which was not observed in mice exposed to low-LET radiation. Location of the tumor nodules was not affected by radiation, indicating that the cell of origin of K-Ras-driven tumors was the same in irradiated or nonirradiated mice. Gene expression analysis revealed an upregulation of genes involved in cell proliferation and DNA damage repair. This study provides evidence that exposure to a single dose or fractionated doses of high-LET radiation induces molecular and cellular changes that accelerate lung tumor growth.
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- Marie-Liesse Asselin-Labat
- a University California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California.,b ACRF Stem Cells and Cancer Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,d Department of Medical Biology, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- f Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- f Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- c Molecular Medicine Division, The Walter and Eliza Hall Institute of Medical Research, Parkville, Victoria, Australia.,e School of Mathematics and Statistics, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- f Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- f Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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- a University California San Diego, Moores Cancer Center, La Jolla, California.,f Department of Surgery, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, North Carolina
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Werner E, Wang Y, Doetsch PW. A Single Exposure to Low- or High-LET Radiation Induces Persistent Genomic Damage in Mouse Epithelial Cells In Vitro and in Lung Tissue. Radiat Res 2017; 188:373-380. [PMID: 28753066 DOI: 10.1667/rr14685.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Exposures to low- and high-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation induce clustered damage in DNA that is difficult to repair. These lesions are manifested as DNA-associated foci positive for DNA repair proteins and have been shown to persist in vitro and in vivo for days in several cell types and tissues in response to low-LET radiation. Although in some experimental conditions these residual foci have been linked with genomic instability and chromosomal aberrations, it remains poorly understood what type of damage they represent. Because high-LET radiation induces complex DNA lesions more efficiently than low-LET radiation, we compared the efficacy of several heavy ions (oxygen, silicon and iron) in a range (17 , 70 and 175 keV/μm, respectively) of LET and X rays at a 1 Gy dose. Persistent genomic damage was measured by γ-H2AX-53BP1-positive residual foci and micronucleus levels during the first three days and up to a week after in vitro and in vivo irradiation in lung cells and tissue. We demonstrate that in an in vitro irradiated mouse bronchial epithelial cell line, the expression of residual foci is readily detectable at 24 h with levels declining in the following 72 h postirradiation, but still persisting elevated over background at day 7. At this time, foci numbers are low but significant and proportional to the dose and quality of the radiation. The expression of residual foci in vitro was mirrored by increased micronuclei generation measured in cytokinesis-blocked cells, indicating long-term, persistent effects of genomic damage in this cell type. We also tested the expression of residual foci in lung tissue of C57BL/6 mice that received whole-body X-ray or heavy-ion irradiation. We found that at day 7 postirradiation, Clara/Club cells, but not pro-SPC-positive pneumocytes, contained a subpopulation of cells expressing γ-H2AX-53BP1-positive foci in a radiation quality-dependent manner. These findings suggest that in vivo persistent DNA repair foci reflect the initial genotoxic damage induced by radiation and a differential vulnerability among cells in the lung.
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- Erica Werner
- Department of a Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.,b Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- b Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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- Department of a Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.,b Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia.,c Hematology and Medical Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia
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