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Hervé du Penhoat MA, Souchaud A, Rajpal A, Vuilleumier R, Gaigeot MP, Tavernelli I, Fujii K, Yokoya A, Díaz-Tendero S, Politis MF. Ultrafast fragmentation of highly-excited doubly-ionized deoxyribose: role of the liquid water environment. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2024; 26:15693-15704. [PMID: 38766756 DOI: 10.1039/d4cp00489b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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Ab initio molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the fragmentation dynamics following the double ionization of 2-deoxy-D-ribose (DR), a major component in the DNA chain. Different ionization scenarios are considered to provide a complete picture. First focusing on isolated DR2+, fragmentation patterns are determined for the ground electronic state, adding randomly distributed excitation energy to the nuclei. These patterns differ for the two isomers studied. To compare thermal and electronic excitation effects, Ehrenfest dynamics are also performed, allowing to remove the two electrons from selected molecular orbitals. Two intermediate-energy orbitals, localized on the carbon chain, were selected. The dissociation pattern corresponds to the most frequent pattern obtained when adding thermal excitation. On the contrary, targeting the four deepest orbitals, localized on the oxygen atoms, leads to selective ultrafast C-O and/or O-H bond dissociation. To probe the role of environment, a system consisting of a DR molecule embedded in liquid water is then studied. The two electrons are removed from either the DR or the water molecules directly linked to the sugar through hydrogen bonds. Although the dynamics onset is similar to that of isolated DR when removing the same deep orbitals localized on the sugar oxygen atoms, the subsequent fragmentation patterns differ. Sugar damage also occurs following the Coulomb explosion of neighboring H2O2+ molecules due to interaction with the emitted O or H atoms.
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- IMPMC, Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7590, MNHN, Paris, France.
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- PASTEUR, Département de Chimie, École Normale Supérieure, PSL University, Sorbonne Université, CNRS, 75005 Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS, LAMBE, 91025 Evry-Courcouronnes, France
- Institut Universitaire de France (IUF), 75005 Paris, France
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Institute for Quantum Life Science, National Institutes for Quantum Science and Technology, Chiba 263-8555, Japan
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- Departamento de Química, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Madrid, Spain
- Institute for Advanced Research in Chemistry (IAdChem), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
- Condensed Matter Physics Center (IFIMAC), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 28049 Madrid, Spain
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- Université Paris-Saclay, Univ Evry, CY Cergy Paris Université, CNRS, LAMBE, 91025 Evry-Courcouronnes, France
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Rajpal A, Huart L, Nicolas C, Chevallard C, Guigner JM, Dasilva P, Mercere P, Gervais B, Hervé du Penhoat MA, Renault JP. Superoxide Production under Soft X-ray Irradiation of Liquid Water. J Phys Chem B 2023; 127:4277-4285. [PMID: 37140453 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.3c00932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Soft X-rays behave like particles with high linear energy transfer, as they deposit a large amount of their energy in the nanometric range, triggered by inner-shell ionization. In water, this can lead to the formation of a doubly ionized water molecule (H2O2+) and the emission of two secondary electrons (photoelectron and Auger electron). Our focus lies on detecting and quantifying the superoxide (HO2°) production via the direct pathway, i.e., from the reaction between the dissociation product of H2O2+, i.e., the oxygen atom (∼4 fs), and the °OH radicals present in the secondary electron tracks. The HO2° yield for 1620 eV photons, via this reaction pathway, was found to be 0.005 (±0.0007) μmol/J (formed within the ∼ps range). Experiments were also performed to determine the yield of HO2° production via another (indirect) pathway, involving solvated electrons. The indirect HO2° yield, measured experimentally as a function of photon energy (from 1700 to 350 eV), resulted in a steep decrease at around 1280 eV and a minimum close to zero at 800 eV. This behavior in contradiction with the theoretical prediction reveals the complexity hidden in the intratrack reactions.
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- Aashini Rajpal
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
- Sorbonne Université, IMPMC, UMR CNRS 7590, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint Aubin 91190, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
- Sorbonne Université, IMPMC, UMR CNRS 7590, IMPMC, 75005 Paris, France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint Aubin 91190, France
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Huart L, Nicolas C, Hervé du Penhoat MA, Guigner JM, Gosse C, Palaudoux J, Lefrançois S, Mercere P, Dasilva P, Renault JP, Chevallard C. A microfluidic dosimetry cell to irradiate solutions with poorly penetrating radiations: a step towards online dosimetry for synchrotron beamlines. JOURNAL OF SYNCHROTRON RADIATION 2021; 28:778-789. [PMID: 33949986 PMCID: PMC8127378 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521002691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 03/11/2021] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Synchrotron radiation can induce sample damage, whether intended or not. In the case of sensitive samples, such as biological ones, modifications can be significant. To understand and predict the effects due to exposure, it is necessary to know the ionizing radiation dose deposited in the sample. In the case of aqueous samples, deleterious effects are mostly induced by the production of reactive oxygen species via water radiolysis. These species are therefore good indicators of the dose. Here the application of a microfluidic cell specifically optimized for low penetrating soft X-ray radiation is reported. Sodium benzoate was used as a fluorescent dosimeter thanks to its specific detection of hydroxyl radicals, a radiolytic product of water. Measurements at 1.28 keV led to the determination of a hydroxyl production yield, G(HO.), of 0.025 ± 0.004 µmol J-1. This result is in agreement with the literature and confirms the high linear energy transfer behavior of soft X-rays. An analysis of the important parameters of the microfluidic dosimetry cell, as well as their influences over dosimetry, is also reported.
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- Lucie Huart
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, 91191 Gif-sur-Yvette, France
- IMPMC, Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7590, MNHN, 75005 Paris, France
- Synchrotron SOLEIL, 91 192 Saint Aubin, France
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- Institut de Biologie de l’Ecole Normale Supérieure, ENS, CNRS, INSERM, PSL Research University, 75005 Paris, France
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Huart L, Nicolas C, Kaddissy JA, Guigner JM, Touati A, Politis MF, Mercere P, Gervais B, Renault JP, Hervé du Penhoat MA. Soft X-ray Radiation and Monte Carlo Simulations: Good Tools to Describe the Radiation Chemistry of Sub-keV Electrons. J Phys Chem A 2020; 124:1896-1902. [PMID: 32118425 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpca.9b10539] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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The description of the biological effects of ionizing radiation requires a good knowledge of the dose deposition processes at both the cellular and molecular scales. However, experimental studies on the energy deposition specificity of sub-keV electrons, produced by most radiations, including high-energy photons and heavy ions, are scarce. Soft X-rays (0.2-2 keV) are here used to probe the physical and physico-chemical events occurring upon exposure of liquid water to sub-keV electrons. Liquid water samples were irradiated with a monochromatic photon beam at the SOLEIL synchrotron. Hydroxyl radical quantification was conducted through HO• scavenging using benzoate to form fluorescent hydroxybenzoate. The yields of HO• radicals exhibit a minimum around 1.5 keV, in good agreement with indirect observation. Moreover, they are relatively independent of the benzoate concentration in the range investigated, which corresponds to scavenging times of 170 ns to 170 ps. These results provide evidence that sub-keV electrons behave as high linear energy transfer particles, since they are able to deposit tens to hundreds of electronvolts in nanometric volumes.
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- Lucie Huart
- IMPMC, Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7590, MNHN, Paris 75252, France.,Synchrotron SOLEIL, Saint Aubin 91190, France.,Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, CNRS, NIMBE, Gif-sur-Yvette 91191, France
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- IMPMC, Sorbonne Université, UMR CNRS 7590, MNHN, Paris 75252, France
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- LAMBE UMR 8587, Université d'Evry val d'Essonne, CNRS, CEA, Université Paris-Saclay, Evry 91025, France
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- Akinari Yokoya
- Quantum Beam Science Research Directorate, National Institutes for Quantum and Radiological Science and Technology, Naka, Ibaraki, Japan
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- Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Tokyo, Japan
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Adjei D, Wiechec A, Wachulak P, Ayele MG, Lekki J, Kwiatek WM, Bartnik A, Davídková M, Vyšín L, Juha L, Pina L, Fiedorowicz H. DNA strand breaks induced by soft X-ray pulses from a compact laser plasma source. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.11.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Bellamy M, Puskin J, Hertel N, Eckerman K. An empirical method for deriving RBE values associated with electrons, photons and radionuclides. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2015; 167:664-670. [PMID: 25636403 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu358] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2014] [Accepted: 11/19/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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There is substantial evidence to justify using relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values of >1 for low-energy electrons and photons. But, in the field of radiation protection, radiation associated with low linear energy transfer has been assigned a radiation weighting factor wR of 1. This value may be suitable for radiation protection but, for risk considerations, it is important to evaluate the potential elevated biological effectiveness of radiation to improve the quality of risk estimates. RBE values between 2 and 3 for tritium are implied by several experimental measurements. Additionally, elevated RBE values have been found for other similar low-energy radiation sources. In this work, RBE values are derived for electrons based upon the fractional deposition of absorbed dose of energies less than a few kiloelectron volts. Using this empirical method, RBE values were also derived for monoenergetic photons and 1070 radionuclides from ICRP Publication 107 for which photons and electrons are the primary emissions.
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- M Bellamy
- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6153, USA
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- Center for Science and Technology, Radiation Protection Division, ORIA (6608J), EPA, Washington, DC 20460, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6153, USA
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- Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Center for Radiation Protection Knowledge, PO Box 2008, Oak Ridge, TN 37831-6153, USA
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Kai T, Yokoya A, Ukai M, Fujii K, Watanabe R. Thermal equilibrium and prehydration processes of electrons injected into liquid water calculated by dynamic Monte Carlo method. Radiat Phys Chem Oxf Engl 1993 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radphyschem.2015.05.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Hervé du Penhoat MA, Kamol Ghose K, Gaigeot MP, Vuilleumier R, Fujii K, Yokoya A, Politis MF. Investigation of the fragmentation of core-ionised deoxyribose: a study as a function of the tautomeric form. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:32375-83. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cp05196g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Fragmentation dynamics following the core ionisation of isolated 2-deoxy-d-ribose by DFT-MD simulations.
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- Ecole Normale Supérieure
- Département de Chimie
- UMR 8640 CNRS-ENS-UPMC
- 75005 Paris
- France
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- Advance Science Research Center
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- Tokai
- Japan
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- Advance Science Research Center
- Japan Atomic Energy Agency
- Tokai
- Japan
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Wang F, Ahmed M. Sitting above the maze: recent model discoveries in molecular science. MOLECULAR SIMULATION 2014. [DOI: 10.1080/08927022.2014.923570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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du Penhoat MAH, Eschenbrenner A, Abel F, Boissiere A, Guigner JM, Chetioui A, Politis MF, Touati A, Sage E, Jenner TJ, Stevens DL, Hill MA. Double-strand break induction and repair in V79-4 hamster cells: the role of core ionisations, as probed by ultrasoft X-rays. Int J Radiat Biol 2010; 86:205-19. [PMID: 20201649 DOI: 10.3109/09553000903419296] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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PURPOSE To compare the induction of double-strand breaks (DSB) in cells irradiated by 250 and 350 eV ultrasoft X-rays and assess the residual yield of breaks 2 hours post irradiation in order to unravel the correlation between the sharp increase in cell-killing efficiency of ultrasoft X-rays above versus below the carbon-K threshold (284 eV) and the induction of core events in DNA atoms. MATERIALS AND METHODS V79-4 hamster cells were irradiated with synchrotron ultrasoft X-rays at isoattenuating energies of 250 eV and 350 eV. DSB were quantified using pulse field gel electrophoresis. RESULTS A significant increase in DSB induction was observed for 350 eV ultrasoft X-rays above the carbon-K threshold, compared to 250 eV below the threshold, per unit dose to the cell. The DSB induced by the 350 eV ultrasoft X-rays were less repaired 2 h after irradiation. CONCLUSION The increased DSB induction at 350 eV is attributed to the increase in the relative proportion of photon interactions in DNA resulting in significant dose inhomogeneity across the cell with a local increase in dose to DNA. It results from an increase in carbon-K shell interactions and the short range of the electrons produced. Core ionisations in DNA, through core-hole relaxation in conjunction with localised effects of spatially correlated low-energy photo- and Auger-electrons lead to an increase in number and the complexity of DSB.
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- Marie-Anne Hervé du Penhoat
- Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, UMR-CNRS 7590, Paris, France.
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Agrawala PK, Eschenbrenner A, du Penhoat MAH, Boissiere A, Politis MF, Touati A, Sage E, Chetioui A. Induction and repairability of DNA damage caused by ultrasoft X-rays: Role of core events. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 84:1093-103. [DOI: 10.1080/09553000802478083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Eschenbrenner A, Herve Du Penhoat MA, Boissiere A, Eot-Houllier G, Abel F, Politis MF, Touati A, Sage E, Chetioui A. Strand breaks induced in plasmid DNA by ultrasoft X-rays: Influence of hydration and packing. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 83:687-97. [PMID: 17729163 DOI: 10.1080/09553000701584106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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PURPOSE To study the effect of hydration level and plasmid packing on strand break induction in DNA by ultrasoft X-ray. MATERIALS AND METHODS Bluescript (pBS, tight packing) and pSP189 (pSP, loose packing) plasmids were irradiated by 250, 380, and 760 eV ultrasoft X-rays at the Laboratoire pour l'Utilisation du Rayonnement Electromagnétique synchrotron facility (Orsay, France). Single and double strand breaks (SSB and DSB) were quantified by gel electrophoresis. RESULTS The number of DSB per Gray and per Dalton in pBS plasmids were (5.6 +/- 0.1), (6.3 +/- 0.1) and (8.5 +/- 0.4)x10(-12) at 250, 380 and 760 eV, respectively. They were respectively 1.4 +/- 0.1, 1.1 +/- 0.1 and 1.9 +/- 0.2 times larger for pSP plasmids. SSB/DSB ratios varied between 4.4 and 6.4. CONCLUSION The observed dependency of strand break induction by ultrasoft X-rays on the hydration level of DNA in plasmids films may be associated with: (i) Damage transfer from the water shell to the DNA and/or (ii) change in packing. 760 eV photons which are more often absorbed in the hydration shell and yield longer range electrons than 250 and 380 eV photons, induce more DSB per Gray and per Dalton, especially for the looser plasmid (pSP).
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- A Eschenbrenner
- Institut de Minéralogie et de Physique des Milieux Condensés, Université Pierre et Marie Curie-Paris6, Paris, France
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Chen L, Yan J, Jiang S, Zhang W. Soft X-ray radiation effects on yeast cells with energies on and off the O(K) absorption edge by a soft X-ray microprobe. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2009; 133:20-24. [PMID: 19211571 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The cell killing abilities of soft X-rays on and off the oxygen K-shell edges on yeast cells have been investigated using a micrometer soft X-ray microprobe from synchrotron radiation. The dose depositions at different X-ray energies in the cell were discussed. At the same time, the cells were irradiated by (60)Co gamma-rays and the abilities in inducing yeast cell killing were compared with those produced by soft X-rays. The results showed that soft X-rays on and off the O(K) edge had higher ability of radiation damage than (60)Co gamma-rays. The total killing abilities of the three soft X-rays on yeast cells were almost similar and the differences of the X-rays in inducing yeast cell killing on and off the O(K) edge were not obvious.
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- Liang Chen
- National Synchrotron Radiation Laboratory, University of Science and Technology of China, Hefei, Anhui 230029, People's Republic of China
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Akamatsu K, Fujii K, Yokoya A. Characterization of lesions induced in linear-formed plasmid DNA by valence ionization and Auger decay at carbon, nitrogen and oxygen. Int J Radiat Biol 2008; 84:1082-92. [PMID: 19061133 DOI: 10.1080/09553000802499220] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE To study the DNA lesions induced by the Auger decay of carbon, nitrogen, and oxygen using ultrasoft X-rays (USX) that are expected to be important with the DNA repair system of living cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS pUC19 plasmid DNA dry samples were irradiated with USX photons at 270 and 560 eV and (60)Co gamma-rays in vacuum at room temperature. The amounts of unaltered base release by the direct radiation effects were quantified using high-performance liquid chromatography. To quantify and characterize the strand break termini the rate at which snake venom phosphodiesterase (SVPD) digested irradiated DNA pretreated with and without calf intestine alkaline phosphatase was measured. Moreover, the piperidine-labile base lesions and abasic sites of the irradiated DNA were estimated using the SVPD method. RESULTS The yields of unaltered base release for 270, 560 eV photons and (60)Co gamma-rays were 0.016, 0.014, and 0.018 micromol/J, respectively. The total 3' termini for the three kinds of photons were around 0.1 micromol/J. The production of 3' termini with phosphate was found to be predominant with respect to that of 3'OH termini for the three kinds of radiation. The yield of piperidine-labile sites for 270 eV ( approximately 0.1 micromol/J) was slightly larger than that for 560 eV ( approximately 0.07 micromol/J) and also for gamma-rays ( approximately 0.082 micromol/J). CONCLUSION Although the Auger process in DNA-constituent atoms was expected to induce Auger-specific lesions in the molecule the chemical endpoints would have been covered with a large number of lesions produced from secondary electrons in the surrounding bulk DNA molecules. The present results, however, suggest that a low-energy electron field produced by the USX photons in the bulk DNA is basically not at all specific to DNA damage being produced when compared with the high-energy electron field produced by (60)Co gamma-rays.
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Boissière A, Champion C, Touati A, Hervé du Penhoat MA, Sabatier L, Chatterjee A, Chetioui A. DNA Core Ionization and Cell Inactivation. Radiat Res 2007; 167:493-500. [PMID: 17388690 DOI: 10.1667/rr0451.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2005] [Accepted: 11/18/2006] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Whether inner-shell ionizations of DNA atoms, called core ionizations, are critical events for cell inactivation by ionizing radiations such as 100 keV electrons and gamma rays has been investigated. The number of core ionizations in DNA atoms per gray of the two types of radiations is calculated from various Monte Carlo track simulations. The probability that a core ionization leads to cell inactivation is deduced from experimental values of the RBEs of ultrasoft X rays. The contribution to V79 cell inactivation solely due to the core ionizations in DNA is found to be 75 +/- 27% for energetic electrons and gamma rays. This surprisingly large contribution strongly suggests the presence of new mechanisms associated with critical lesions for cell inactivation.
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- Arnaud Boissière
- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, California 94720, USA.
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Hawkins RB. Mammalian cell killing by ultrasoft X rays and high-energy radiation: an extension of the MK model. Radiat Res 2006; 166:431-42. [PMID: 16881744 DOI: 10.1667/rr3594.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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An alternate formulation of the microdosimetric-kinetic (MK) model is presented that applies to irradiation of mammalian cells with ultrasoft X rays as well as high-energy radiations of variable linear energy transfer (LET). Survival and DNA double-strand break measurements for V79 cells from the literature are examined to illustrate application of the model. It is demonstrated that the linear component of the linear-quadratic survival relationship (alpha) is enhanced because repairable potentially lethal lesions formed from a single ultrasoft X-ray energy deposition event, when closer on average than for a single high-energy radiation event, are more likely to combine to form a lethal lesion. The quadratic component (beta) of the linear-quadratic survival relationship is increased because the potentially lethal lesions formed by ultrasoft X rays are created with greater efficiency than those of high-energy radiation. In addition, potentially lethal lesions from very low-energy carbon K-shell X rays may be enriched in structural forms that favor combination to form lethal lesions instead of repair. These features account for the increased effectiveness of killing of V79 cells by ultrasoft X rays compared to cobalt-60 gamma radiation. The importance of pairwise combination of potentially lethal lesions to form exchange chromosome aberrations that become lethal lesions is discussed. The extended MK model explains and reconciles differences between the MK model and the theory of dual radiation action on the one hand, and on the other, the view that variation in the RBE with radiation quality is explained by differences in energy deposition in nanometer- rather than micrometer-size volumes.
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- Roland B Hawkins
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ochsner Medical Institutions, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.
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We present some results on the interaction of low energy atomic ions with DNA. Experiments consist of irradiation of dried DNA in vacuum with Ar ions at low keV energies for different time intervals. The DNA is placed back in solution and analysed by agarose gel electrophoresis. These experiments demonstrated the production of single and double strand breaks. The induction of these lesions could be due to several processes: direct collisions with DNA constituent atoms resulting in displacements, cascade recoil collisions of the constituent atoms, electron transfer processes between the ion and the DNA as well as breaks induced by molecular excitation and secondary electron interactions. Here we briefly discuss some aspects of direct and recoil collision processes.
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- S Lacombe
- Laboratoire des Collisions Atomiques et Moléculaires, (Unité Mixte de Recherche CNRS-Université No 8625), Université Paris-Sud, Orsay 91405, France
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Carbon K ultrasoft x-rays (278 eV) interact with biological material producing random, isolated tracks of single electrons with a range < 7 nm (cf width of DNA helix approximately2 nm). The electron tracks produced by these ultrasoft x-rays are similar to the numerous secondary electrons and 'track ends' produced by essentially all ionizing radiations. They therefore provide a unique tool in the study of mechanisms of radiation action in the cell. Conventional carbon targets used with the Medical Research Councils cold-cathode discharge tubes have a limited lifetime of 40-50 min. We have investigated the use of thin, freestanding diamond films produced using chemical vapour deposition techniques as a new transmission target for a cold-cathode tube. We present here a novel use of diamond to produce CK ultrasoft x-rays for irradiation purposes. The system described produces an entrance absorbed dose rate to attached cells of approximately 0.2 Gy min(-1) which due to the long target lifetime is usable for low dose-rate CK x-ray studies.
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- M A Hill
- Medical Research Council, Radiation & Genome Stability Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire OX11 0RD, UK.
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Fayard B, Touati A, Abel F, Herve du Penhoat MA, Despiney-Bailly I, Gobert F, Ricoul M, L'Hoir A, Politis MF, Hill MA, Stevens DL, Sabatier L, Sage E, Goodhead DT, Chetioui A. Cell inactivation and double-strand breaks: the role of core ionizations, as probed by ultrasoft X rays. Radiat Res 2002; 157:128-40. [PMID: 11835676 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2002)157[0128:ciadsb]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The large RBE (approximately 7) measured for the killing of Chinese hamster V79 cells by 340 eV ultrasoft X rays, which preferentially ionize the K shell of carbon atoms (Hervé du Penhoat et al., Radiat. Res. 151, 649-658, 1999), was used to investigate the location of sensitive sites for cell inactivation and the physical modes of action of radiation. The enhancement of the RBE above the carbon K-shell edge either may indicate a high intrinsic efficiency of carbon K-shell ionizations (due, for example, to a specific physical or chemical effect) or may be related to the preferential localization of these ionizations on the DNA. The second interpretation would indicate a strong local (within 3 nm) action of K-shell ionizations and consequently the importance of a direct mechanism for radiation lethality (without excluding an action in conjunction with an indirect component). To distinguish between these two hypotheses, the efficiencies of core ionizations in DNA atoms (phosphorus L-shell, carbon K-shell, and oxygen K-shell ionizations) to induce damages were investigated by measuring their capacities to produce DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). The effect of photoionizations in isolated DNA was studied using pBS plasmids in a partially hydrated state. No enhancement of the efficiency of DSB induction by carbon K-shell ionizations compared to oxygen K-shell ionizations was found, supporting the hypothesis that it is the localization of these carbon K-shell events on DNA which gives to the 340 eV photons their high killing efficiency. In agreement with this interpretation, cell inactivation and DSB induction, which do not appear to be correlated when expressed in terms of yields per unit dose in the sample, exhibit a rather good correlation when expressed in terms of efficiencies per core event in the DNA. These results suggest that core ionizations in DNA, through core-hole relaxation in conjunction with localized effects of spatially correlated secondary and Auger electrons, may be the major critical events for cell inactivation, and that the resulting DSBs (or a constant fraction of these DSBs) may be a major class of unrepairable lesions.
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- B Fayard
- Groupe de Physique des Solides, Universités Paris 7 et Paris (CNRS UMR 75-88, CEA LRC No. 6), Tour 23, 2 place Jussieu, 75251 Paris cedex 05, France
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The initial process of radiation damage in DNA was investigated by measuring the X-ray absorption near edge structures (XANES) within the energy region around the oxygen K-shell absorption edge for DNA, cytosine and 2-deoxy-d-ribose. Irradiation and XANES experiments were performed with the BL23SU soft X-ray beamline, using synchrotron radiation from the 8 GeV electron storage ring at SPring-8. Samples were mounted on gold-coated plates in a vacuum chamber. The XANES spectra were obtained by measuring the photoelectron current of the samples. 2-Deoxy-d-ribose was exposed to X rays at the absorption peak corresponding to the oxygen (O) 1s-->sigma* transition energy (538 eV); the XANES spectra were obtained after each irradiation. DNA and cytosine, possessing characteristic XANES spectra, both had two major energy bands corresponding to the O 1s-->pi* and 1s-->sigma* transitions. Two new peaks appeared and gradually increased in the XANES spectra of 2-deoxy-d-ribose during irradiation. These results suggest that C-O bonds in 2-deoxy-d-ribose are transformed to C=O bonds by O 1s-->sigma* transition, suggesting that the molecules undergo chemical changes into carbonyl-containing compounds.
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- K Akamatsu
- SPring-8, Japan Atomic Energy Research Institute, Kohto, Mikazuki, Sayo-gun, Hyogo 679-5148, Japan
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Hill MA, Stevens DL, Stuart Townsend KM, Goodhead DT. Comments on the recently reported low biological effectiveness of ultrasoft X rays. Radiat Res 2001; 155:503-10. [PMID: 11245168 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2001)155[0503:cotrrl]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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de Lara CM, Hill MA, Jenner TJ, Papworth D, O'Neill P. Dependence of the yield of DNA double-strand breaks in Chinese hamster V79-4 cells on the photon energy of ultrasoft X rays. Radiat Res 2001; 155:440-8. [PMID: 11182795 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2001)155[0440:dotyod]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Induction of DNA DSBs by low-LET radiations reflects clustered damage produced predominantly by low-energy, secondary electron "track ends". Cell inactivation and induction of DSBs and their rejoining, assayed using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis, were determined in Chinese hamster V79-4 cells irradiated as a monolayer with characteristic carbon K-shell (CK) (0.28 keV), aluminum K-shell (AlK) (1.49 keV), and titanium K-shell (TiK) (4.55 keV) ultrasoft X rays under aerobic and anaerobic conditions. Relative to (60)Co gamma rays, the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) for cell inactivation at 10% survival and for induction of DSBs increases as the photon energy of the ultrasoft X rays decreases. The RBE values for cell inactivation and for induction of DSBs by CK ultrasoft X rays are 2.8 +/- 0.3 and 2.7 +/- 0.3, respectively, and by TiK ultrasoft X rays are 1.5 +/- 0.1 and 1.4 +/- 0.1, respectively. Oxygen enhancement ratios (OERs) of approximately 2 for cell inactivation and induction of DSBs by ultrasoft X rays are independent of the photon energy. The time scale for rejoining of DNA DSBs is similar for both ultrasoft X rays and 60Co gamma rays. From the size distribution of small DNA fragments down to 0.48 kbp, we concluded that DSBs are induced randomly by CK and AlK ultrasoft X rays. Therefore, ultrasoft X rays are more efficient per unit dose than gamma radiation at inducing DNA DSBs, the yield of which increases with decreasing photon energy.
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- C M de Lara
- MRC Radiation and Genome Stability Unit, Harwell, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0RD, United Kingdom
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Cells of higher eukaryotes possess several very efficient systems for the repair of radiation-induced lesions in DNA. Different strategies have been adopted at the cellular level to remove or even tolerate various types of lesions in order to assure survival and limit the mutagenic consequences. In mammalian cells, the main DNA repair systems comprise direct reversion of damage, excision of damage and exchange mechanisms with intact DNA. Among these, the direct ligation of single strand breaks (SSB) by a DNA ligase and the multi-enzymatic repair systems of mismatch repair, base and nucleotide excision repair as well as the repair of double strand breaks (DSB) by homologous recombination or non homologous end-joining are the most important systems. Most of these processes are error-free except the non homologous end-joining pathway used mainly for the repair of DSB. Moreover, certain lesions can be tolerated by more or less accurately acting polymerases capable of performing translesional DNA syntheses. The DNA repair systems are intimately integrated in the network of cellular regulation. Some of their components are DNA damage inducible. Radiation-induced mutagenesis is largely due to unrepaired DNA damage but also involves error-prone repair processes like the repair of DSB by non-homologous end-joining. Generally, mammalian cells are well prepared to repair radiation-induced lesions. However, some questions remain to be asked about mechanistic details and efficiencies of the systems for removing certain types of radiation-damage and about their order and timing of action. The answers to these questions would be important for radioprotection as well as radiotherapy.
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- D Averbeck
- Institut Curie, laboratoires Raymond-Latarjet, UMR2027 CNRS, centre universitaire d'Orsay, France
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