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Liang Y, Wu J, Ding Z, Liu C, Fu Q. Evaluation of the Yield of DNA Double-Strand Breaks for Carbon Ions Using Monte Carlo Simulation and DNA Fragment Distribution. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2023; 117:252-261. [PMID: 36966847 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2022] [Revised: 03/07/2023] [Accepted: 03/15/2023] [Indexed: 04/07/2023]
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PURPOSE The aim of this work was to provide a method to evaluate the yield of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) for carbon ions, overcoming the bias in existing methods due to the nonrandom distribution of DSBs. METHODS AND MATERIALS A previously established biophysical program based on the radiation track structure and a multilevel chromosome model was used to simulate DNA damage induced by x-rays and carbon ions. The fraction of activity retained (FAR) as a function of absorbed dose or particle fluence was obtained by counting the fraction of DNA fragments larger than 6 Mbp. Simulated FAR curves for the 250 kV x-rays and carbon ions at various energies were compared with measurements using constant-field gel electrophoresis. The doses or fluences at the FAR of 0.7 based on linear interpolation were used to estimate the simulation error for the production of DSBs. RESULTS The relative difference of doses at the FAR of 0.7 between simulation and experiment was -8.5% for the 250 kV x-rays. The relative differences of fluences at the FAR of 0.7 between simulations and experiments were -17.5%, -42.2%, -18.2%, -3.1%, 10.8%, and -14.5% for the 34, 65, 130, 217, 2232, and 3132 MeV carbon ions, respectively. In comparison, the measurement uncertainty was about 20%. Carbon ions produced remarkably more DSBs and DSB clusters per unit dose than x-rays. The yield of DSBs for carbon ions, ranging from 10 to 16 Gbp-1Gy-1, increased with linear energy transfer (LET) but plateaued in the high-LET end. The yield of DSB clusters first increased and then decreased with LET. This pattern was similar to the relative biological effectiveness for cell survival for heavy ions. CONCLUSIONS The estimated yields of DSBs for carbon ions increased from 10 Gbp-1Gy-1 in the low-LET end to 16 Gbp-1Gy-1 in the high-LET end with 20% uncertainty.
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- Ying Liang
- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, China.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, National Cancer Center/National Clinical Research Center for Cancer/Cancer Hospital & Shenzhen Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences and Peking Union Medical College, Shenzhen, China
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- Sino-French Institute of Nuclear Engineering and Technology, Sun Yat-sen University, Zhuhai, China
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A general-purpose Monte Carlo particle transport code based on inverse transform sampling for radiotherapy dose calculation. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9808. [PMID: 32555530 PMCID: PMC7300009 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-66844-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/19/2018] [Accepted: 05/27/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The Monte Carlo (MC) method is widely used to solve various problems in radiotherapy. There has been an impetus to accelerate MC simulation on GPUs whereas thread divergence remains a major issue for MC codes based on acceptance-rejection sampling. Inverse transform sampling has the potential to eliminate thread divergence but it is only implemented for photon transport. Here, we report a MC package Particle Transport in Media (PTM) to demonstrate the implementation of coupled photon-electron transport simulation using inverse transform sampling. Rayleigh scattering, Compton scattering, photo-electric effect and pair production are considered in an analogous manner for photon transport. Electron transport is simulated in a class II condensed history scheme, i.e., catastrophic inelastic scattering and Bremsstrahlung events are simulated explicitly while subthreshold interactions are subject to grouping. A random-hinge electron step correction algorithm and a modified PRESTA boundary crossing algorithm are employed to improve simulation accuracy. Benchmark studies against both EGSnrc simulations and experimental measurements are performed for various beams, phantoms and geometries. Gamma indices of the dose distributions are better than 99.6% for all the tested scenarios under the 2%/2 mm criteria. These results demonstrate the successful implementation of inverse transform sampling in coupled photon-electron transport simulation.
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Ma W, Gu C, Ma L, Fan C, Zhang C, Sun Y, Li C, Yang G. Mixed secondary chromatin structure revealed by modeling radiation-induced DNA fragment length distribution. SCIENCE CHINA-LIFE SCIENCES 2020; 63:825-834. [PMID: 32279284 DOI: 10.1007/s11427-019-1638-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/16/2019] [Accepted: 01/20/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Spatial chromatin structure plays fundamental roles in many vital biological processes including DNA replication, transcription, damage and repair. However, the current understanding of the secondary structure of chromatin formed by local nucleosome-nucleosome interactions remains controversial, especially for the existence and conformation of 30 nm structure. Since chromatin structure influences the fragment length distribution (FLD) of ionizing radiation-induced DNA strand breaks, a 3D chromatin model fitting FLD patterns can help to distinguish different models of chromatin structure. Here, we developed a novel "30-C" model combining 30 nm chromatin structure models with Hi-C data, which measured the spatial contact frequency between different loci in the genome. We first reconstructed the 3D coordinates of the 25 kb bins from Hi-C heatmaps. Within the 25 kb bins, lower level chromatin structures supported by recent studies were filled. Simulated FLD patterns based on the 30-C model were compared to published FLD patterns induced by heavy ion radiation to validate the models. Importantly, the 30-C model predicted that the most probable chromatin fiber structure for human interphase fibroblasts in vivo was 45% zig-zag 30 nm fibers and 55% 10 nm fibers.
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- Wenzong Ma
- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.,Radiation Biology Center, Graduate School of Biostudies, Kyoto University, Kyoto, 606-8501, Japan
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.,Medical Artificial Intelligence and Automation, Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, 75390, USA
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- Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences and Center for Statistical Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences and Center for Statistical Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Membrane Biology, School of Life Sciences, and Biomedical Pioneering Innovation Center (BIOPIC), Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China
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- Center for Bioinformatics, School of Life Sciences and Center for Statistical Science, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Nuclear Physics and Technology, School of Physics, Peking University, Beijing, 100871, China.
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Ionizing Radiation and Complex DNA Damage: Quantifying the Radiobiological Damage Using Monte Carlo Simulations. Cancers (Basel) 2020; 12:cancers12040799. [PMID: 32225023 PMCID: PMC7226293 DOI: 10.3390/cancers12040799] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2020] [Revised: 03/23/2020] [Accepted: 03/25/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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Ionizing radiation is a common tool in medical procedures. Monte Carlo (MC) techniques are widely used when dosimetry is the matter of investigation. The scientific community has invested, over the last 20 years, a lot of effort into improving the knowledge of radiation biology. The present article aims to summarize the understanding of the field of DNA damage response (DDR) to ionizing radiation by providing an overview on MC simulation studies that try to explain several aspects of radiation biology. The need for accurate techniques for the quantification of DNA damage is crucial, as it becomes a clinical need to evaluate the outcome of various applications including both low- and high-energy radiation medical procedures. Understanding DNA repair processes would improve radiation therapy procedures. Monte Carlo simulations are a promising tool in radiobiology studies, as there are clear prospects for more advanced tools that could be used in multidisciplinary studies, in the fields of physics, medicine, biology and chemistry. Still, lot of effort is needed to evolve MC simulation tools and apply them in multiscale studies starting from small DNA segments and reaching a population of cells.
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Liu R, Zhao T, Zhao X, Reynoso FJ. Modeling gold nanoparticle radiosensitization using a clustering algorithm to quantitate DNA double‐strand breaks with mixed‐physics Monte Carlo simulation. Med Phys 2019; 46:5314-5325. [DOI: 10.1002/mp.13813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/04/2018] [Revised: 08/27/2019] [Accepted: 08/27/2019] [Indexed: 01/25/2023] Open
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- Ruirui Liu
- Department of Radiation Oncology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis MO 63110USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis MO 63110USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis MO 63110USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis MO 63110USA
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Liu R, Zhao T, Swat MH, Reynoso FJ, Higley KA. Development of computational model for cell dose and DNA damage quantification of multicellular system. Int J Radiat Biol 2019; 95:1484-1497. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1642537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Ruirui Liu
- School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- Biocomplexity Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, USA
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- School of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
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Tan HQ, Mi Z, Bettiol AA, Osipowicz T, Watt F. A mechanistic approach towards determining double strand breaks and Relative Biological Effectiveness variation along proton tracks. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2019. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aaff2b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Forster JC, Douglass MJJ, Phillips WM, Bezak E. Monte Carlo Simulation of the Oxygen Effect in DNA Damage Induction by Ionizing Radiation. Radiat Res 2018; 190:248-261. [PMID: 29953346 DOI: 10.1667/rr15050.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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DNA damage induced by ionizing radiation exposure is enhanced in the presence of oxygen (the "oxygen effect"). Despite its practical importance in radiotherapy, the oxygen effect has largely been excluded from models that predict DNA damage from radiation tracks. A Monte Carlo-based algorithm was developed in MATLAB software to predict DNA damage from physical and chemical tracks through a cell nucleus simulated in Geant4-DNA, taking into account the effects of cellular oxygenation (pO2) on DNA radical chemistry processes. An initial spatial distribution of DNA base and sugar radicals was determined by spatially clustering direct events (that deposited at least 10.79 eV) and hydroxyl radical (•OH) interactions. The oxygen effect was modeled by increasing the efficiency with which sugar radicals from direct-type effects were converted to strand breaks from 0.6 to 1, the efficiency with which sugar radicals from the indirect effect were converted to strand breaks from 0.28 to 1 and the efficiency of base-to-sugar radical transfer from •OH-mediated base radicals from 0 to 0.03 with increasing pO2 from 0 to 760 mmHg. The DNA damage induction algorithm was applied to tracks from electrons, protons and alphas with LET values from 0.2 to 150 keV/μm under different pO2 conditions. The oxygen enhancement ratio for double-strand break induction was 3.0 for low-LET radiation up to approximately 15 keV/μm, after which it gradually decreased to a value of 1.3 at 150 keV/μm. These values were consistent with a range of experimental data published in the literature. The DNA damage yields were verified using experimental data in the literature and results from other theoretical models. The spatial clustering approach developed in this work has low memory requirements and may be suitable for particle tracking simulations with a large number of cells.
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- Jake C Forster
- a Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.,b Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- a Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.,b Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- a Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.,b Department of Medical Physics, Royal Adelaide Hospital, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- a Department of Physics, University of Adelaide, North Terrace, Adelaide, South Australia 5005, Australia.,c Cancer Research Institute and School of Health Sciences, University of South Australia, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia
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Tan HQ, Mi Z, Bettiol AA. Simple and universal model for electron-impact ionization of complex biomolecules. Phys Rev E 2018; 97:032403. [PMID: 29776024 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.97.032403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/22/2017] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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We present a simple and universal approach to calculate the total ionization cross section (TICS) for electron impact ionization in DNA bases and other biomaterials in the condensed phase. Evaluating the electron impact TICS plays a vital role in ion-beam radiobiology simulation at the cellular level, as secondary electrons are the main cause of DNA damage in particle cancer therapy. Our method is based on extending the dielectric formalism. The calculated results agree well with experimental data and show a good comparison with other theoretical calculations. This method only requires information of the chemical composition and density and an estimate of the mean binding energy to produce reasonably accurate TICS of complex biomolecules. Because of its simplicity and great predictive effectiveness, this method could be helpful in situations where the experimental TICS data are absent or scarce, such as in particle cancer therapy.
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- Hong Qi Tan
- Centre for Ion Beam Applications, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117551
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- Centre for Ion Beam Applications, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117551
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- Centre for Ion Beam Applications, Department of Physics, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117551
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Henthorn NT, Warmenhoven JW, Sotiropoulos M, Mackay RI, Kirkby KJ, Merchant MJ. Nanodosimetric Simulation of Direct Ion-Induced DNA Damage Using Different Chromatin Geometry Models. Radiat Res 2017; 188:690-703. [PMID: 28792846 DOI: 10.1667/rr14755.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Monte Carlo based simulation has proven useful in investigating the effect of proton-induced DNA damage and the processes through which this damage occurs. Clustering of ionizations within a small volume can be related to DNA damage through the principles of nanodosimetry. For simulation, it is standard to construct a small volume of water and determine spatial clusters. More recently, realistic DNA geometries have been used, tracking energy depositions within DNA backbone volumes. Traditionally a chromatin fiber is built within the simulation and identically replicated throughout a cell nucleus, representing the cell in interphase. However, the in vivo geometry of the chromatin fiber is still unknown within the literature, with many proposed models. In this work, the Geant4-DNA toolkit was used to build three chromatin models: the solenoid, zig-zag and cross-linked geometries. All fibers were built to the same chromatin density of 4.2 nucleosomes/11 nm. The fibers were then irradiated with protons (LET 5-80 keV/μm) or alpha particles (LET 63-226 keV/μm). Nanodosimetric parameters were scored for each fiber after each LET and used as a comparator among the models. Statistically significant differences were observed in the double-strand break backbone size distributions among the models, although nonsignificant differences were noted among the nanodosimetric parameters. From the data presented in this article, we conclude that selection of the solenoid, zig-zag or cross-linked chromatin model does not significantly affect the calculated nanodosimetric parameters. This allows for a simulation-based cell model to make use of any of these chromatin models for the scoring of direct ion-induced DNA damage.
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- N T Henthorn
- a Division of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- a Division of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- a Division of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom
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- b Christie Medical Physics and Engineering, The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom; and
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- a Division of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.,c The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- a Division of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, United Kingdom.,c The Christie NHS Foundation Trust, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Friedland W, Schmitt E, Kundrát P, Dingfelder M, Baiocco G, Barbieri S, Ottolenghi A. Comprehensive track-structure based evaluation of DNA damage by light ions from radiotherapy-relevant energies down to stopping. Sci Rep 2017; 7:45161. [PMID: 28345622 PMCID: PMC5366876 DOI: 10.1038/srep45161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 127] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/23/2016] [Accepted: 02/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Track structures and resulting DNA damage in human cells have been simulated for hydrogen, helium, carbon, nitrogen, oxygen and neon ions with 0.25–256 MeV/u energy. The needed ion interaction cross sections have been scaled from those of hydrogen; Barkas scaling formula has been refined, extending its applicability down to about 10 keV/u, and validated against established stopping power data. Linear energy transfer (LET) has been scored from energy deposits in a cell nucleus; for very low-energy ions, it has been defined locally within thin slabs. The simulations show that protons and helium ions induce more DNA damage than heavier ions do at the same LET. With increasing LET, less DNA strand breaks are formed per unit dose, but due to their clustering the yields of double-strand breaks (DSB) increase, up to saturation around 300 keV/μm. Also individual DSB tend to cluster; DSB clusters peak around 500 keV/μm, while DSB multiplicities per cluster steadily increase with LET. Remarkably similar to patterns known from cell survival studies, LET-dependencies with pronounced maxima around 100–200 keV/μm occur on nanometre scale for sites that contain one or more DSB, and on micrometre scale for megabasepair-sized DNA fragments.
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- W Friedland
- Institute of Radiation Protection, Department of Radiation Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Radiation Protection, Department of Radiation Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Institute of Radiation Protection, Department of Radiation Sciences, Helmholtz Zentrum München - German Research Center for Environmental Health (GmbH), Neuherberg, Germany
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- Department of Physics, East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA
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- Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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- Department of Physics, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy
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Liang Y, Fu Q, Wang X, Liu F, Yang G, Luo C, Ouyang Q, Wang Y. Relative biological effectiveness for photons: implication of complex DNA double-strand breaks as critical lesions. Phys Med Biol 2017; 62:2153-2175. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aa56ed] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Lampe N, Biron DG, Brown JMC, Incerti S, Marin P, Maigne L, Sarramia D, Seznec H, Breton V. Simulating the Impact of the Natural Radiation Background on Bacterial Systems: Implications for Very Low Radiation Biological Experiments. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0166364. [PMID: 27851794 PMCID: PMC5112919 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0166364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Accepted: 10/27/2016] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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At very low radiation dose rates, the effects of energy depositions in cells by ionizing radiation is best understood stochastically, as ionizing particles deposit energy along tracks separated by distances often much larger than the size of cells. We present a thorough analysis of the stochastic impact of the natural radiative background on cells, focusing our attention on E. coli grown as part of a long term evolution experiment in both underground and surface laboratories. The chance per day that a particle track interacts with a cell in the surface laboratory was found to be 6 × 10-5 day-1, 100 times less than the expected daily mutation rate for E. coli under our experimental conditions. In order for the chance cells are hit to approach the mutation rate, a gamma background dose rate of 20 μGy hr-1 is predicted to be required.
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- Nathanael Lampe
- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, Laboratoire Microorganismes Génome et Environnement, UMR CNRS 6023, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen’s University Belfast, Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Université de Bordeaux, CENBG, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
- CNRS, IN2P3, CENBG, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CENBG, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
- CNRS, IN2P3, CENBG, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- Clermont Université, Université Blaise Pascal, CNRS/IN2P3, Laboratoire de Physique Corpusculaire, BP 10448, F-63000 Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Cadet J, Wagner JR. Radiation-induced damage to cellular DNA: Chemical nature and mechanisms of lesion formation. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2016.04.018] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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