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Mironova E, Molinas S, Pozo VD, Bandyopadhyay AM, Lai Z, Kurmashev D, Schneider EL, Santi DV, Chen Y, Kurmasheva RT. Synergistic Antitumor Activity of Talazoparib and Temozolomide in Malignant Rhabdoid Tumors. Cancers (Basel) 2024; 16:2041. [PMID: 38893160 PMCID: PMC11171327 DOI: 10.3390/cancers16112041] [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: 04/24/2024] [Revised: 05/20/2024] [Accepted: 05/22/2024] [Indexed: 06/21/2024] Open
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Malignant rhabdoid tumors (MRTs) are among the most aggressive and treatment-resistant malignancies affecting infants, originating in the kidney, brain, liver, and soft tissues. The 5-year event-free survival rate for these cancers is a mere 20%. In nearly all cases of MRT, the SMARCB1 gene (occasionally SMARCA4)-a pivotal component of the SWI/SNF chromatin remodeling complex-is homozygously deleted, although the precise etiology of these tumors remains unknown. While young patients with localized MRT generally show improved outcomes, especially those who are older and have early-stage disease, the overall prognosis remains poor despite optimal standard treatments. This highlights the urgent need for more effective treatment strategies. We investigated the antitumor activity of a PARP1 inhibitor (talazoparib, TLZ) combined with a DNA alkylating agent (temozolomide, TMZ) in MRT xenograft models. PARP1 is a widely targeted molecule in cancer treatment and, beyond its role in DNA repair, it participates in transcriptional regulation by recruiting chromatin remodeling complexes to modulate DNA accessibility for RNA polymerases. To widen the therapeutic window of the drug combination, we employed PEGylated TLZ (PEG~TLZ), which has been reported to reduce systemic toxicity through slow drug release. Remarkably, our findings indicate that five out of six MRT xenografts exhibited an objective response to PEG~TLZ+TMZ therapy. Significantly, the loss of SMARCB1 was found to confer a protective effect, correlating with higher expression levels of DNA damage and repair proteins in SMARCB1-deficient MRT cells. Additionally, we identified MGMT as a potential biomarker indicative of in vivo MRT response to PEG~TLZ+TMZ therapy. Moreover, our analysis revealed alterations in signaling pathways associated with the observed antitumor efficacy. This study presents a novel and efficacious therapeutic approach for MRT, along with a promising candidate biomarker for predicting tumor response.
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- Elena Mironova
- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
- Department of Population Health Sciences, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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- Greehey Children’s Cancer Research Institute, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
- Department of Molecular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Schumann S, Scherthan H, Hartrampf PE, Göring L, Buck AK, Port M, Lassmann M, Eberlein U. Modelling the In Vivo and Ex Vivo DNA Damage Response after Internal Irradiation of Blood from Patients with Thyroid Cancer. Int J Mol Sci 2024; 25:5493. [PMID: 38791531 PMCID: PMC11122196 DOI: 10.3390/ijms25105493] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2024] [Revised: 05/06/2024] [Accepted: 05/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/26/2024] Open
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This work reports on a model that describes patient-specific absorbed dose-dependent DNA damage response in peripheral blood mononuclear cells of thyroid cancer patients during radioiodine therapy and compares the results with the ex vivo DNA damage response in these patients. Blood samples of 18 patients (nine time points up to 168 h post-administration) were analyzed for radiation-induced γ-H2AX + 53BP1 DNA double-strand break foci (RIF). A linear one-compartment model described the absorbed dose-dependent time course of RIF (Parameters: c characterizes DSB damage induction; k1 and k2 are rate constants describing fast and slow repair). The rate constants were compared to ex vivo repair rates. A total of 14 patient datasets could be analyzed; c ranged from 0.012 to 0.109 mGy-1, k2 from 0 to 0.04 h-1. On average, 96% of the damage is repaired quickly with k1 (range: 0.19-3.03 h-1). Two patient subgroups were distinguished by k1-values (n = 6, k1 > 1.1 h-1; n = 8, k1 < 0.6 h-1). A weak correlation with patient age was observed. While induction of RIF was similar among ex vivo and in vivo, the respective repair rates failed to correlate. The lack of correlation between in vivo and ex vivo repair rates and the applicability of the model to other therapies will be addressed in further studies.
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- Sarah Schumann
- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology Affiliated to the University of Ulm, 80937 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology Affiliated to the University of Ulm, 80937 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, University Hospital Würzburg, 97080 Würzburg, Germany
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McAnespie CA, Chaudhary P, Calvin L, Streeter MJV, Nersysian G, McMahon SJ, Prise KM, Sarri G. Response of Cancer Stem Cells and Human Skin Fibroblasts to Picosecond-Scale Electron Irradiation at 10 10 to 10 11 Gy/s. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2024; 118:1105-1109. [PMID: 37956734 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2023.10.024] [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: 07/10/2023] [Revised: 09/26/2023] [Accepted: 10/14/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023]
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PURPOSE This study aimed to demonstrate for the first time the possibility of irradiating biological cells with gray (Gy)-scale doses delivered over single bursts of picosecond-scale electron beams, resulting in unprecedented dose rates of 1010 to 1011 Gy/s. METHODS AND MATERIALS Cancer stem cells and human skin fibroblasts were irradiated with MeV-scale electron beams from a laser-driven source. Doses up to 3 Gy per pulse with a high spatial uniformity (coefficient of variance, 3%-6%) and within a timescale range of 10 to 20 picoseconds were delivered. Doses were characterized during irradiation and were found to be in agreement with Monte Carlo simulations. Cell survival and DNA double-strand break repair dynamics were studied for both cell lines using clonogenic assay and 53BP1 foci formation. The results were compared with reference x-rays at a dose rate of 0.49 Gy/min. RESULTS Results from clonogenic assays of both cell lines up to 3 Gy were well fitted by a linear quadratic model with α = (0.68 ± 0.08) Gy-1 and β = (0.01 ± 0.01) Gy-2 for human skin fibroblasts and α = (0.51 ± 0.14) Gy-1 and β = (0.01 ± 0.01) Gy-2 for cancer stem cells. Compared with irradiation at 0.49 Gy/min, our experimental results indicate no statistically significant difference in cell survival rate for doses up to 3 Gy despite a significant increase in the α parameter, which may reflect more complex damage. Foci measurements showed no significant difference between irradiation at 1011 Gy/s and at 0.49 Gy/min. CONCLUSIONS This study demonstrates the possibility of performing radiobiological studies with picosecond-scale laser-generated electron beams at ultrahigh dose rates of 1010 to1011 Gy/s. Preliminary results indicate, within statistical uncertainties, a significant increase of the α parameter, a possible indication of more complex damage induced by a higher density of ionizing tracks.
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- Conor A McAnespie
- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics
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- Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics
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- Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics.
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Oyefeso FA, Goldberg G, Opoku NYPS, Vazquez M, Bertucci A, Chen Z, Wang C, Muotri AR, Pecaut MJ. Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0282958. [PMID: 37256873 PMCID: PMC10231836 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0282958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/07/2022] [Accepted: 02/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/02/2023] Open
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Human exposure to low-to-moderate dose ionizing radiation (LMD-IR) is increasing via environmental, medical, occupational sources. Acute exposure to LMD-IR can cause subclinical damage to cells, resulting in altered gene expression and cellular function within the human brain. It has been difficult to identify diagnostic and predictive biomarkers of exposure using traditional research models due to factors including lack of 3D structure in monolayer cell cultures, limited ability of animal models to accurately predict human responses, and technical limitations of studying functional human brain tissue. To address this gap, we generated brain/cerebral organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells to study the radiosensitivity of human brain cells, including neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes. While organoids have become popular models for studying brain physiology and pathology, there is little evidence to confirm that exposing brain organoids to LMD-IR will recapitulate previous in vitro and in vivo observations. We hypothesized that exposing brain organoids to proton radiation would (1) cause a time- and dose-dependent increase in DNA damage, (2) induce cell type-specific differences in radiosensitivity, and (3) increase expression of oxidative stress and DNA damage response genes. Organoids were exposed to 0.5 or 2 Gy of 250 MeV protons and samples were collected at 30 minute, 24 hour, and 48 hour timepoints. Using immunofluorescence and RNA sequencing, we found time- and dose-dependent increases in DNA damage in irradiated organoids; no changes in cell populations for neurons, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes by 24 hours; decreased expression of genes related to oligodendrocyte lineage, astrocyte lineage, mitochondrial function, and cell cycle progression by 48 hours; increased expression of genes related to neuron lineage, oxidative stress, and DNA damage checkpoint regulation by 48 hours. Our findings demonstrate the possibility of using organoids to characterize cell-specific radiosensitivity and early radiation-induced gene expression changes within the human brain, providing new avenues for further study of the mechanisms underlying acute neural cell responses to IR exposure at low-to-moderate doses.
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- Foluwasomi A. Oyefeso
- Department of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, Archealization Center (ArchC), University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Center for Genomics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Center for Genomics, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, Archealization Center (ArchC), University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
- Department of Basic Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Department of Radiation Medicine, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering Sciences, School of Medicine, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, California, United States of America
- Departments of Pediatrics and Cellular & Molecular Medicine, School of Medicine, Center for Academic Research and Training in Anthropogeny (CARTA), Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind, Archealization Center (ArchC), University of California San Diego, La Jolla, California, United States of America
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Roggan MD, Kronenberg J, Wollert E, Hoffmann S, Nisar H, Konda B, Diegeler S, Liemersdorf C, Hellweg CE. Unraveling astrocyte behavior in the space brain: Radiation response of primary astrocytes. Front Public Health 2023; 11:1063250. [PMID: 37089489 PMCID: PMC10116417 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2023.1063250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2022] [Accepted: 03/06/2023] [Indexed: 04/09/2023] Open
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IntroductionExposure to space conditions during crewed long-term exploration missions can cause several health risks for astronauts. Space radiation, isolation and microgravity are major limiting factors. The role of astrocytes in cognitive disturbances by space radiation is unknown. Astrocytes' response toward low linear energy transfer (LET) X-rays and high-LET carbon (12C) and iron (56Fe) ions was compared to reveal possible effects of space-relevant high-LET radiation. Since astronauts are exposed to ionizing radiation and microgravity during space missions, the effect of simulated microgravity on DNA damage induction and repair was investigated.MethodsPrimary murine cortical astrocytes were irradiated with different doses of X-rays, 12C and 56Fe ions at the heavy ion accelerator GSI. DNA damage and repair (γH2AX, 53BP1), cell proliferation (Ki-67), astrocytes' reactivity (GFAP) and NF-κB pathway activation (p65) were analyzed by immunofluorescence microscopy. Cell cycle progression was investigated by flow cytometry of DNA content. Gene expression changes after exposure to X- rays were investigated by mRNA-sequencing. RT-qPCR for several genes of interest was performed with RNA from X-rays- and heavy-ion-irradiated astrocytes: Cdkn1a, Cdkn2a, Gfap, Tnf, Il1β, Il6, and Tgfβ1. Levels of the pro inflammatory cytokine IL-6 were determined using ELISA. DNA damage response was investigated after exposure to X-rays followed by incubation on a 2D clinostat to simulate the conditions of microgravity.ResultsAstrocytes showed distinct responses toward the three different radiation qualities. Induction of radiation-induced DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) and the respective repair was dose-, LET- and time-dependent. Simulated microgravity had no significant influence on DNA DSB repair. Proliferation and cell cycle progression was not affected by radiation qualities examined in this study. Astrocytes expressed IL-6 and GFAP with constitutive NF-κB activity independent of radiation exposure. mRNA sequencing of X-irradiated astrocytes revealed downregulation of 66 genes involved in DNA damage response and repair, mitosis, proliferation and cell cycle regulation.DiscussionIn conclusion, primary murine astrocytes are DNA repair proficient irrespective of radiation quality. Only minor gene expression changes were observed after X-ray exposure and reactivity was not induced. Co-culture of astrocytes with microglial cells, brain organoids or organotypic brain slice culture experiments might reveal whether astrocytes show a more pronounced radiation response in more complex network architectures in the presence of other neuronal cell types.
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- Marie Denise Roggan
- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
- Microgravity User Support Center (MUSC), German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
- Department of Gravitational Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
- Department of Medical Sciences, Pakistan Institute of Engineering and Applied Sciences (PIEAS), Islamabad, Pakistan
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
- Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, United States
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- Department of Gravitational Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Center (DLR), Cologne, Germany
- *Correspondence: Christine E. Hellweg
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Chaudhary P, Milluzzo G, McIlvenny A, Ahmed H, McMurray A, Maiorino C, Polin K, Romagnani L, Doria D, McMahon SJ, Botchway SW, Rajeev PP, Prise KM, Borghesi M. Cellular irradiations with laser-driven carbon ions at ultra-high dose rates. Phys Med Biol 2023; 68. [PMID: 36625355 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aca387] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2022] [Accepted: 11/16/2022] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Objective.Carbon is an ion species of significant radiobiological interest, particularly in view of its use in cancer radiotherapy, where its large Relative Biological Efficiency is often exploited to overcome radio resistance. A growing interest in highly pulsed carbon delivery has arisen in the context of the development of the FLASH radiotherapy approach, with recent studies carried out at dose rates of 40 Gy s-1. Laser acceleration methods, producing ultrashort ion bursts, can now enable the delivery of Gy-level doses of carbon ions at ultra-high dose rates (UHDRs), exceeding 109Gy s-1. While studies at such extreme dose rate have been carried out so far using low LET particles such as electrons and protons, the radiobiology of high-LET, UHDR ions has not yet been explored. Here, we report the first application of laser-accelerated carbon ions generated by focussing 1020W cm-2intense lasers on 10-25 nm carbon targets, to irradiate radioresistant patient-derived Glioblastoma stem like cells (GSCs).Approach.We exposed GSCs to 1 Gy of 9.5 ± 0.5 MeV/n carbon ions delivered in a single ultra-short (∼400-picosecond) pulse, at a dose rate of 2 × 109Gy s-1, generated using the ASTRA GEMINI laser of the Central Laser Facility at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxfordshire, UK. We quantified carbon ion-induced DNA double strand break (DSB) damage using the 53BP1 foci formation assay and used 225 kVp x-rays as a reference radiation.Main Results.Laser-accelerated carbon ions induced complex DNA DSB damage, as seen through persistent 53BP1 foci (11.5 ± 0.4 foci/cell/Gy) at 24 h and significantly larger foci (1.69 ± 0.07μm2) than x-rays induced ones (0.63 ± 0.02μm2). The relative foci induction value for laser-driven carbon ions relative to conventional x-rays was 3.2 ± 0.3 at 24 h post-irradiation also confirming the complex nature of the induced damage.Significance.Our study demonstrates the feasibility of radiobiology investigations at unprecedented dose rates using laser-accelerated high-LET carbon ions in clinically relevant models.
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- Pankaj Chaudhary
- The Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.,Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.,Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare,, via S Sofia 62, I-95123 Catania, Sicily, Italy
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.,Experimental Science Group, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxford, OX11 0QX, England, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- The Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.,Laboratori Nazionali del Sud, Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare,, via S Sofia 62, I-95123 Catania, Sicily, Italy.,Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI-NP) and Horia Hulubei National Institute for R & D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Str. Reactorului No. 30, 077125 Bucharest, Magurele, Romania.,University College Cork, College of Medicine and Health, Discipline of Diagnostic Radiography and Radiation Therapy, Brookfield Health Sciences Complex, Brookfield College Road, T12AK54, Cork, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.,Laboratoire LULI, École Polytechnique, Route de Saclay, F-91128 Palaiseau, Paris, France
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom.,Extreme Light Infrastructure (ELI-NP) and Horia Hulubei National Institute for R & D in Physics and Nuclear Engineering (IFIN-HH), Str. Reactorului No. 30, 077125 Bucharest, Magurele, Romania
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- The Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Research Complex at Harwell & Central Laser facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxford, OX11 0QX, England, United Kingdom
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- Experimental Science Group, Central Laser Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Didcot, Oxford, OX11 0QX, England, United Kingdom
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- The Patrick G. Johnston Centre for Cancer Research, Queen's University Belfast, Lisburn Road, Belfast, BT9 7AE, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Light-Matter Interactions, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, BT7 1NN, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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Chaurasia RK, Shirsath KB, Desai UN, Bhat NN, Sapra BK. Establishment of in vitro Calibration Curve for 60Co-γ-rays Induced Phospho-53BP1 Foci, Rapid Biodosimetry and Initial Triage, and Comparative Evaluations With γH2AX and Cytogenetic Assays. Front Public Health 2022; 10:845200. [PMID: 36003625 PMCID: PMC9393360 DOI: 10.3389/fpubh.2022.845200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2021] [Accepted: 05/19/2022] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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A rapid and reliable method for biodosimetry of populations exposed to ionizing radiation in the event of an incident or accident is crucial for initial triage and medical attention. DNA-double strand breaks (DSBs) are indicative of radiation exposure, and DSB-repair proteins (53BP1, γH2AX, ATM, etc.) are considered sensitive markers of DSB quantification. Phospho-53BP1 and γH2AX immunofluorescence technique serves as a sensitive, reliable, and reproducible tool for the detection and quantification of DSB-repair proteins, which can be used for biological dose estimations. In this study, dose-response curves were generated for 60Co-γ-rays induced phospho-53 Binding Protein 1 (phospho-53BP1) foci at 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 24 h, post-irradiation for a dose range of 0.05–4 Gy using fluorescence microscopy. Following ISO recommendations, minimum detection limits (MDLs) were estimated to be 16, 18, 25, 40, 50, and 75 mGy for dose-response curves generated at 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, and 24 h post-irradiation. Colocalization and correlation of phospho-53BP1 and γH2AX were also measured in irradiated peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs) to gain dual confirmation. Comparative evaluation of the established curve was made by γH2AX-immunofluorescence, dicentric chromosome assay (DCA), and reciprocal translocation (RT) assays by reconstructing the dose of 6 dose-blinded samples. Coefficients of respective in-house established dose-response curves were employed to reconstruct the blind doses. Estimated doses were within the variation of 4.124%. For lower doses (0.052 Gy), phospho-53BP1 and γH2AX assays gave closer estimates with the variation of −4.1 to + 9% in comparison to cytogenetic assays, where variations were −8.5 to 24%. For higher doses (3 and 4 Gy), both the cytogenetic and immunofluorescence (phospho-53BP1 and γH2AX), assays gave comparable close estimates, with −11.3 to + 14.3% and −10.3 to −13.7%, variations, respectively.
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- Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia
- Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
- *Correspondence: Rajesh Kumar Chaurasia
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- Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
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- Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
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- Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
- Nagesh N. Bhat
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- Radiological Physics and Advisory Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Mumbai, India
- Homi Bhabha National Institute (HBNI), Mumbai, India
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Tang FR, Liu L, Wang H, Ho KJN, Sethi G. Spatiotemporal dynamics of γH2AX in the mouse brain after acute irradiation at different postnatal days with special reference to the dentate gyrus of the hippocampus. Aging (Albany NY) 2021; 13:15815-15832. [PMID: 34162763 PMCID: PMC8266370 DOI: 10.18632/aging.203202] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/17/2021] [Accepted: 06/04/2021] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Gamma H2A histone family member X (γH2AX) is a molecular marker of aging and disease. However, radiosensitivity of the different brain cells, including neurons, glial cells, cells in cerebrovascular system, epithelial cells in pia mater, ependymal cells lining the ventricles of the brain in immature animals at different postnatal days remains unknown. Whether radiation-induced γH2AX foci in immature brain persist in adult animals still needs to be investigated. Hence, using a mouse model, we showed an extensive postnatal age-dependent induction of γH2AX foci in different brain regions at 1 day after whole body gamma irradiation with 5Gy at postnatal day 3 (P3), P10 and P21. P3 mouse brain epithelial cells in pia mater, glial cells in white matter and cells in cerebrovascular system were more radiosensitive at one day after radiation exposure than those from P10 and P21 mice. Persistent DNA damage foci (PDDF) were consistently demonstrated in the brain at 120 days and 15 months after irradiation at P3, P10 and P21, and these mice had shortened lifespan compared to the age-matched control. Our results suggest that early life irradiation-induced PDDF at later stages of animal life may be related to the brain aging and shortened life expectancy of irradiated animals.
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- Feng Ru Tang
- Radiation Physiology Lab, Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative, National University of Singapore, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- The School of Basic Medicine, Health Science Center, Yangtze University, Jingzhou 434023, Hubei, China
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- Radiation Physiology Lab, Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative, National University of Singapore, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- Radiation Physiology Lab, Singapore Nuclear Research and Safety Initiative, National University of Singapore, Singapore 138602, Singapore
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- Department of Pharmacology, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Singapore 117600, Singapore
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Şekeroğlu V, Ertürk B, Atlı Şekeroğlu Z. Effects of deltamethrin and thiacloprid on cell viability, colony formation and DNA double-strand breaks in human bronchial epithelial cells. CHEMOSPHERE 2021; 263:128293. [PMID: 33297235 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2020.128293] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/2020] [Revised: 08/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/06/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Deltamethrin (DEL) and thiacloprid (THIA) are commonly used insecticides applied either separately or as a mixture. We aimed to investigate the effects of DEL and THIA on cell viability, proliferation and DNA damage in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) because their effects in lung cells are not known. Our results indicate that all concentrations of DEL and THIA statistically decreased colony formation, plating efficiency and survival fraction in a concentration-dependent manner in BEAS-2B cells expect the lowest concentration for 24 h. MTT assay showed that treatment of DEL + THIA increased the cytotoxicity at higher concentrations. DEL + THIA significantly induced the foci formation of phosphorylated H2AX protein and p53 binding protein 1 at the highest concentration (44 μM DEL+666 μM THIA) for 120 h. Because gH2AX foci number was still higher in the recovery group given an additional 24 h after 120 h, the recovery period was not sufficient for DNA double-strand breaks repair.
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- Vedat Şekeroğlu
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey.
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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Atlı Şekeroğlu Z, Şekeroğlu V, Aydın B, Kontaş Yedier S, İlkun E. Clothianidin induces DNA damage and oxidative stress in bronchial epithelial cells. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 2020; 61:647-655. [PMID: 32285515 DOI: 10.1002/em.22376] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2020] [Revised: 03/24/2020] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Clothianidin (CHN) is a member of the neonicotinoid group of insecticides. Its oxidative and DNA damage potential for human lung cells are not known. Therefore, the present study was designed to examine the effects of CHN on DNA damage and oxidative stress in human bronchial epithelial cells (BEAS-2B) treated with CHN for 24, 72, and 120 hr. Our results indicate that CHN decreased cell viability in a concentration-dependent manner. CHN induced DNA single-strand breaks because alkaline comet parameters such as tail intensity, DNA in the tail, tail moment, and tail length increased. All CHN concentrations also significantly induced the formation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) because it increased phosphorylated H2AX protein foci for all treatment times and p53-binding protein 1 foci for all treatments except for the lowest concentration (0.15 mM) of 120-hr treatment. DNA damage caused by DNA DSBs was not repaired in a 24-hr recovery period. CHN also induced oxidative stress by decreasing reduced glutathione and increasing lipid peroxidation. These results make it necessary to conduct studies about the detailed carcinogenic potential of CHN in humans because it can induce both oxidative and DNA damage.
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- Zülal Atlı Şekeroğlu
- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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- Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Letters, Amasya University, Amasya, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Faculty of Science and Letters, Ordu University, Ordu, Turkey
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Ma D, Bronk L, Kerr M, Sobieski M, Chen M, Geng C, Yiu J, Wang X, Sahoo N, Cao W, Zhang X, Stephan C, Mohan R, Grosshans DR, Guan F. Exploring the advantages of intensity-modulated proton therapy: experimental validation of biological effects using two different beam intensity-modulation patterns. Sci Rep 2020; 10:3199. [PMID: 32081928 PMCID: PMC7035246 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-60246-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2019] [Accepted: 01/30/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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In current treatment plans of intensity-modulated proton therapy, high-energy beams are usually assigned larger weights than low-energy beams. Using this form of beam delivery strategy cannot effectively use the biological advantages of low-energy and high-linear energy transfer (LET) protons present within the Bragg peak. However, the planning optimizer can be adjusted to alter the intensity of each beamlet, thus maintaining an identical target dose while increasing the weights of low-energy beams to elevate the LET therein. The objective of this study was to experimentally validate the enhanced biological effects using a novel beam delivery strategy with elevated LET. We used Monte Carlo and optimization algorithms to generate two different intensity-modulation patterns, namely to form a downslope and a flat dose field in the target. We spatially mapped the biological effects using high-content automated assays by employing an upgraded biophysical system with improved accuracy and precision of collected data. In vitro results in cancer cells show that using two opposed downslope fields results in a more biologically effective dose, which may have the clinical potential to increase the therapeutic index of proton therapy.
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- Duo Ma
- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Departments of Radiation and Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Ruijin Hospital, Shanghai Jiaotong University School of Medicine, Shanghai, 200025, China
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- Department of Nuclear Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Nanjing, 210016, China
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- Departments of Radiation and Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
- Department of BioSciences, Rice University, Houston, TX, 77005, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Center for Translational Cancer Research, Texas A&M Health Science Center, Institute of Biosciences and Technology, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA
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- Departments of Radiation and Experimental Radiation Oncology, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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- Department of Radiation Physics, The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Gonon G, Villagrasa C, Voisin P, Meylan S, Bueno M, Benadjaoud MA, Tang N, Langner F, Rabus H, Barquinero JF, Giesen U, Gruel G. From Energy Deposition of Ionizing Radiation to Cell Damage Signaling: Benchmarking Simulations by Measured Yields of Initial DNA Damage after Ion Microbeam Irradiation. Radiat Res 2019; 191:566-584. [PMID: 31021733 DOI: 10.1667/rr15312.1] [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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Advances in accelerator technology, which have enabled conforming radiotherapy with charged hadronic species, have brought benefits as well as potential new risks to patients. To better understand the effects of ionizing radiation on tumor and surrounding tissue, it is important to investigate and quantify the relationship between energy deposition at the nanometric scale and the initial biological events. Monte Carlo track structure simulation codes provide a powerful tool for investigating this relationship; however, their success and reliability are dependent on their improvement and development accordingly to the dedicated biological data to which they are challenged. For this aim, a microbeam facility that allows for fluence control, down to one ion per cell nucleus, was used to evaluate relative frequencies of DNA damage after interaction between the incoming ion and DNA according to radiation quality. Primary human cells were exposed to alpha particles of three different energies with respective linear energy transfers (LETs) of approximately 36, 85 or 170 keV·µm-1 at the cells' center position, or to protons (19 keV·µm-1). Statistical evaluation of nuclear foci formation (53BP1/γ-H2AX), observed using immunofluorescence and related to a particle traversal, was undertaken in a large population of cell nuclei. The biological results were adjusted to consider the factors that drive the experimental uncertainties, then challenged with results using Geant4-DNA code modeling of the ionizing particle interactions on a virtual phantom of the cell nucleus with the same mean geometry and DNA density as the cells used in our experiments. Both results showed an increase of relative frequencies of foci (or simulated DNA damage) in cell nuclei as a function of increasing LET of the traversing particles, reaching a quasi-plateau when the LET exceeded 80-90 keV·µm-1. For the LET of an alpha particle ranging from 80-90 to 170 keV·µm-1, 10-30% of the particle hits did not lead to DNA damage inducing 53BP1 or γ-H2AX foci formation.
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- c Radiobiology and Regenerative Medicine Research Service, Direction of Human Health, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- d Department 6.5 Radiation Effects, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany
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- d Department 6.5 Radiation Effects, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany
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- d Department 6.5 Radiation Effects, Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Braunschweig, Germany
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- a Radiobiology of Accidental Exposure Laboratory
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DNA DSB Repair Dynamics following Irradiation with Laser-Driven Protons at Ultra-High Dose Rates. Sci Rep 2019; 9:4471. [PMID: 30872656 PMCID: PMC6418121 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-40339-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 02/07/2019] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Protontherapy has emerged as more effective in the treatment of certain tumors than photon based therapies. However, significant capital and operational costs make protontherapy less accessible. This has stimulated interest in alternative proton delivery approaches, and in this context the use of laser-based technologies for the generation of ultra-high dose rate ion beams has been proposed as a prospective route. A better understanding of the radiobiological effects at ultra-high dose-rates is important for any future clinical adoption of this technology. In this study, we irradiated human skin fibroblasts-AG01522B cells with laser-accelerated protons at a dose rate of 109 Gy/s, generated using the Gemini laser system at the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, UK. We studied DNA double strand break (DSB) repair kinetics using the p53 binding protein-1(53BP1) foci formation assay and observed a close similarity in the 53BP1 foci repair kinetics in the cells irradiated with 225 kVp X-rays and ultra- high dose rate protons for the initial time points. At the microdosimetric scale, foci per cell per track values showed a good correlation between the laser and cyclotron-accelerated protons indicating similarity in the DNA DSB induction and repair, independent of the time duration over which the dose was delivered.
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Cobler L, Zhang H, Suri P, Park C, Timmerman LA. xCT inhibition sensitizes tumors to γ-radiation via glutathione reduction. Oncotarget 2018; 9:32280-32297. [PMID: 30190786 PMCID: PMC6122354 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.25794] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2018] [Accepted: 07/08/2018] [Indexed: 01/13/2023] Open
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About 3 million US cancer patients and 1.7 million EU cancer patients received multiple doses of radiation therapy (RT) in 2012, with treatment duration limited by normal adjacent tissue damage. Tumor-specific sensitization could allow treatment with lower radiation doses, reducing normal tissue damage. This is a longstanding, largely unrealized therapeutic goal. The cystine:glutamate exchanger xCT is expressed on poor prognosis subsets of most solid tumors, but not on most normal cells. xCT provides cells with environmental cystine for enhanced glutathione synthesis. Glutathione is used to control reactive oxygen species (ROS), which are therapeutic effectors of RT. We tested whether xCT inhibition would sensitize xCT+ tumor cells to ionizing radiation. We found that pretreatment with the xCT inhibitor erastin potently sensitized xCT+ but not xCT- cells, in vitro and in xenograft. Similarly, targeted gene inactivation also sensitized cells, and both modes of sensitization were overcome by glutathione supplementation. Sensitization prolongs DNA damage signaling, increases genome instability, and enhances cell death, revealing an unforeseen role for cysteine in genome integrity maintenance. We conclude that an xCT-specific therapeutic would provide tumor-specific sensitization to RT, allowing treatment with lower radiation doses, and producing far fewer side effects than other proposed sensitizers. Our data speaks to the need for the rapid development of such a drug.
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- Lara Cobler
- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA.,Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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- Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, CA, USA
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Lemon JA, Phan N, Boreham DR. Multiple CT Scans Extend Lifespan by Delaying Cancer Progression in Cancer-Prone Mice. Radiat Res 2017; 188:495-504. [DOI: 10.1667/rr14575.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Jennifer A. Lemon
- Medical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Canada, P3E 2C6
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- Medical Physics and Applied Radiation Sciences, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada, L8S 4K1
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- Medical Sciences, Northern Ontario School of Medicine, Sudbury, Canada, P3E 2C6
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Patient-Specific Screening Using High-Grade Glioma Explants to Determine Potential Radiosensitization by a TGF-β Small Molecule Inhibitor. Neoplasia 2017; 18:795-805. [PMID: 27978994 PMCID: PMC5156509 DOI: 10.1016/j.neo.2016.08.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2016] [Revised: 08/26/2016] [Accepted: 08/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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High-grade glioma (HGG), a deadly primary brain malignancy, manifests radioresistance mediated by cell-intrinsic and microenvironmental mechanisms. High levels of the cytokine transforming growth factor-β (TGF-β) in HGG promote radioresistance by enforcing an effective DNA damage response and supporting glioma stem cell self-renewal. Our analysis of HGG TCGA data and immunohistochemical staining of phosphorylated Smad2, which is the main transducer of canonical TGF-β signaling, indicated variable levels of TGF-β pathway activation across HGG tumors. These data suggest that evaluating the putative benefit of inhibiting TGF-β during radiotherapy requires personalized screening. Thus, we used explant cultures of seven HGG specimens as a rapid, patient-specific ex vivo platform to test the hypothesis that LY364947, a small molecule inhibitor of the TGF-β type I receptor, acts as a radiosensitizer in HGG. Immunofluorescence detection and image analysis of γ-H2AX foci, a marker of cellular recognition of radiation-induced DNA damage, and Sox2, a stem cell marker that increases post-radiation, indicated that LY364947 blocked these radiation responses in five of seven specimens. Collectively, our findings suggest that TGF-β signaling increases radioresistance in most, but not all, HGGs. We propose that short-term culture of HGG explants provides a flexible and rapid platform for screening context-dependent efficacy of radiosensitizing agents in patient-specific fashion. This time- and cost-effective approach could be used to personalize treatment plans in HGG patients.
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Wang Y, Guan H, Xie DF, Xie Y, Liu XD, Wang Q, Sui L, Song M, Zhang H, Zhou J, Zhou PK. Proteomic Analysis Implicates Dominant Alterations of RNA Metabolism and the Proteasome Pathway in the Cellular Response to Carbon-Ion Irradiation. PLoS One 2016; 11:e0163896. [PMID: 27711237 PMCID: PMC5053480 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163896] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2015] [Accepted: 09/18/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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Radiotherapy with heavy ions is considered advantageous compared to irradiation with photons due to the characteristics of the Braggs peak and the high linear energy transfer (LET) value. To understand the mechanisms of cellular responses to different LET values and dosages of heavy ion radiation, we analyzed the proteomic profiles of mouse embryo fibroblast MEF cells exposed to two doses from different LET values of heavy ion 12C. Total proteins were extracted from these cells and examined by Q Exactive with Liquid Chromatography (LC)—Electrospray Ionization (ESI) Tandem MS (MS/MS). Using bioinformatics approaches, differentially expressed proteins with 1.5 or 2.0-fold changes between different dosages of exposure were compared. With the higher the dosage and/or LET of ion irradiation, the worse response the cells were in terms of protein expression. For instance, compared to the control (0 Gy), 771 (20.2%) proteins in cells irradiated at 0.2 Gy of carbon-ion radiation with 12.6 keV/μm, 313 proteins (8.2%) in cells irradiated at 2 Gy of carbon-ion radiation with 12.6 keV/μm, and 243 proteins (6.4%) in cells irradiated at 2 Gy of carbon-ion radiation with 31.5 keV/μm exhibited changes of 1.5-fold or greater. Gene ontology (GO) analysis, Kyoto Encyclopedia of Genes and Genomes (KEGG) analysis, Munich Information Center for Protein Sequences (MIPS) analysis, and BioCarta analysis all indicated that RNA metabolic processes (RNA splicing, destabilization and deadenylation) and proteasome pathways may play key roles in the cellular response to heavy-ion irradiation. Proteasome pathways ranked highest among all biological processes associated with heavy carbon-ion irradiation. In addition, network analysis revealed that cellular pathways involving proteins such as Col1a1 and Fn1 continued to respond to high dosages of heavy-ion irradiation, suggesting that these pathways still protect cells against damage. However, pathways such as those involving Ikbkg1 responded better at lower dosages than at higher dosages, implying that cell damage would occur when the networks involving these proteins stop responding. Our investigation provides valuable proteomic information for elucidating the mechanism of biological effects induced by carbon ions in general.
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- Yu Wang
- Department of Radiation Toxicology and Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiation Biology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Toxicology and Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiation Biology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Toxicology and Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiation Biology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Department of Radiation Toxicology and Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiation Biology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China
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- Department of Radiation Toxicology and Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiation Biology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China
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- China Institute of Atomic Energy, Beijing 102413, China
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- Department of Radiation Toxicology and Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiation Biology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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- Department of Heavy Ion Radiation Medicine, Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- iBioinfo Groups, Lexington, Massachusetts 02421, United States of America
- Department of Neuroregeneration, Nantong University, Nantong, China
- * E-mail: (PKZ); (JZ)
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- Department of Radiation Toxicology and Oncology, Beijing Key Laboratory for Radiation Biology, Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine, Beijing, China
- Collaborative Innovation Center of Radiation Medicine of Jiangsu Higher Education Institutions, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
- * E-mail: (PKZ); (JZ)
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Low doses of X-rays induce prolonged and ATM-independent persistence of γH2AX foci in human gingival mesenchymal stem cells. Oncotarget 2016; 6:27275-87. [PMID: 26314960 PMCID: PMC4694989 DOI: 10.18632/oncotarget.4739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2015] [Accepted: 07/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022] Open
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Diagnostic imaging delivering low doses of radiation often accompany human mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs)-based therapies. However, effects of low dose radiation on MSCs are poorly characterized. Here we examine patterns of phosphorylated histone H2AX (γH2AX) and phospho-S1981 ATM (pATM) foci formation in human gingiva-derived MSCs exposed to X-rays in time-course and dose-response experiments. Both γH2AX and pATM foci accumulated linearly with dose early after irradiation (5–60 min), with a maximum induction observed at 30–60 min (37 ± 3 and 32 ± 3 foci/cell/Gy for γH2AX and pATM, respectively). The number of γH2AX foci produced by intermediate doses (160 and 250 mGy) significantly decreased (40–60%) between 60 and 240 min post-irradiation, indicating rejoining of DNA double-strand breaks. In contrast, γH2AX foci produced by low doses (20–80 mGy) did not change after 60 min. The number of pATM foci between 60 and 240 min decreased down to control values in a dose-independent manner. Similar kinetics was observed for pATM foci co-localized with γH2AX foci. Collectively, our results suggest differential DNA double-strand break signaling and processing in response to low vs. intermediate doses of X-rays in human MSCs. Furthermore, mechanisms governing the prolonged persistence of γH2AX foci in these cells appear to be ATM-independent.
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Rall M, Kraft D, Volcic M, Cucu A, Nasonova E, Taucher-Scholz G, Bönig H, Wiesmüller L, Fournier C. Impact of Charged Particle Exposure on Homologous DNA Double-Strand Break Repair in Human Blood-Derived Cells. Front Oncol 2015; 5:250. [PMID: 26618143 PMCID: PMC4641431 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2015.00250] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2015] [Accepted: 10/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Ionizing radiation generates DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) which, unless faithfully repaired, can generate chromosomal rearrangements in hematopoietic stem and/or progenitor cells (HSPC), potentially priming the cells towards a leukemic phenotype. Using an enhanced green fluorescent protein (EGFP)-based reporter system, we recently identified differences in the removal of enzyme-mediated DSB in human HSPC versus mature peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBL), particularly regarding homologous DSB repair (HR). Assessment of chromosomal breaks via premature chromosome condensation or γH2AX foci indicated similar efficiency and kinetics of radiation-induced DSB formation and rejoining in PBL and HSPC. Prolonged persistence of chromosomal breaks was observed for higher LET charged particles which are known to induce more complex DNA damage compared to X-rays. Consistent with HR deficiency in HSPC observed in our previous study, we noticed here pronounced focal accumulation of 53BP1 after X-ray and carbon ion exposure (intermediate LET) in HSPC versus PBL. For higher LET, 53BP1 foci kinetics was similarly delayed in PBL and HSPC suggesting similar failure to repair complex DNA damage. Data obtained with plasmid reporter systems revealed a dose- and LET-dependent HR increase after X-ray, carbon ion and higher LET exposure, particularly in HR-proficient immortalized and primary lymphocytes, confirming preferential use of conservative HR in PBL for intermediate LET damage repair. HR measured adjacent to the leukemia-associated MLL breakpoint cluster sequence in reporter lines revealed dose dependency of potentially leukemogenic rearrangements underscoring the risk of leukemia-induction by radiation treatment.
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- Melanie Rall
- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
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- Department of Biophysics, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
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- German Red Cross Blood Service Baden-Wuerttemberg – Hessen, Institute for Transfusion Medicine and Immunohematology, Johann Wolfgang Goethe-University Hospital, Frankfurt, Germany
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany
- *Correspondence: Lisa Wiesmüller, ; Claudia Fournier,
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- Department of Biophysics, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany
- *Correspondence: Lisa Wiesmüller, ; Claudia Fournier,
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Chaudhary P, Marshall TI, Currell FJ, Kacperek A, Schettino G, Prise KM. Variations in the Processing of DNA Double-Strand Breaks Along 60-MeV Therapeutic Proton Beams. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2015; 95:86-94. [PMID: 26452569 PMCID: PMC4840231 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2015.07.2279] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Revised: 01/27/2016] [Accepted: 02/05/2016] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Purpose To investigate the variations in induction and repair of DNA damage along the proton path, after a previous report on the increasing biological effectiveness along clinically modulated 60-MeV proton beams. Methods and Materials Human skin fibroblast (AG01522) cells were irradiated along a monoenergetic and a modulated spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP) proton beam used for treating ocular melanoma at the Douglas Cyclotron, Clatterbridge Centre for Oncology, Wirral, Liverpool, United Kingdom. The DNA damage response was studied using the 53BP1 foci formation assay. The linear energy transfer (LET) dependence was studied by irradiating the cells at depths corresponding to entrance, proximal, middle, and distal positions of SOBP and the entrance and peak position for the pristine beam. Results A significant amount of persistent foci was observed at the distal end of the SOBP, suggesting complex residual DNA double-strand break damage induction corresponding to the highest LET values achievable by modulated proton beams. Unlike the directly irradiated, medium-sharing bystander cells did not show any significant increase in residual foci. Conclusions The DNA damage response along the proton beam path was similar to the response of X rays, confirming the low-LET quality of the proton exposure. However, at the distal end of SOBP our data indicate an increased complexity of DNA lesions and slower repair kinetics. A lack of significant induction of 53BP1 foci in the bystander cells suggests a minor role of cell signaling for DNA damage under these conditions.
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- Pankaj Chaudhary
- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom; Centre for Plasma Physics, School of Mathematics and Physics, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Douglas Cyclotron, Clatterbridge Cancer Centre, Bebbington, Wirral, United Kingdom
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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Siddiqui MS, François M, Fenech MF, Leifert WR. Persistent γH2AX: A promising molecular marker of DNA damage and aging. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2015; 766:1-19. [PMID: 26596544 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2015.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 138] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2015] [Revised: 07/13/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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One of the earliest cellular responses to DNA double strand breaks (DSBs) is the phosphorylation of the core histone protein H2AX (termed γH2AX). Persistent γH2AX is the level of γH2AX above baseline, measured at a given time-point beyond which DNA DSBs are normally expected to be repaired (usually persist for days to months). This review summarizes the concept of persistent γH2AX in the context of exogenous source induced DNA DSBs (e.g. ionizing radiation (IR), chemotherapeutic drugs, genotoxic agents), and endogenous γH2AX levels in normal aging and accelerated aging disorders. Summary of the current literature demonstrates the following (i) γH2AX persistence is a common phenomenon that occurs in humans and animals; (ii) nuclei retain persistent γH2AX foci for up to several months after IR exposure, allowing for retrospective biodosimetry; (iii) the combination of various radiosensitizing drugs with ionizing radiation exposure leads to persistent γH2AX response, thus enabling the potential for monitoring cancer patients' response to chemotherapy and radiotherapy as well as tailoring cancer treatments; (iv) persistent γH2AX accumulates in telomeric DNA and in cells undergoing cellular senescence; and (v) increased endogenous γH2AX levels may be associated with diseases of accelerated aging. In summary, measurement of persistent γH2AX could potentially be used as a marker of radiation biodosimetry, evaluating sensitivity to therapeutic genotoxins and radiotherapy, and exploring the association of unrepaired DNA DSBs on telomeres with diseases of accelerated aging.
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- Mohammad Sabbir Siddiqui
- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Aging, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia; University of Adelaide, School of Agriculture, Food & Wine, Urrbrae, South Australia 5064, Australia
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- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Aging, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Aging, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia
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- CSIRO Food and Nutrition Flagship, Genome Health and Healthy Aging, Adelaide, South Australia 5000, Australia.
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Georgescu W, Osseiran A, Rojec M, Liu Y, Bombrun M, Tang J, Costes SV. Characterizing the DNA Damage Response by Cell Tracking Algorithms and Cell Features Classification Using High-Content Time-Lapse Analysis. PLoS One 2015; 10:e0129438. [PMID: 26107175 PMCID: PMC4479605 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0129438] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2014] [Accepted: 05/10/2015] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Traditionally, the kinetics of DNA repair have been estimated using immunocytochemistry by labeling proteins involved in the DNA damage response (DDR) with fluorescent markers in a fixed cell assay. However, detailed knowledge of DDR dynamics across multiple cell generations cannot be obtained using a limited number of fixed cell time-points. Here we report on the dynamics of 53BP1 radiation induced foci (RIF) across multiple cell generations using live cell imaging of non-malignant human mammary epithelial cells (MCF10A) expressing histone H2B-GFP and the DNA repair protein 53BP1-mCherry. Using automatic extraction of RIF imaging features and linear programming techniques, we were able to characterize detailed RIF kinetics for 24 hours before and 24 hours after exposure to low and high doses of ionizing radiation. High-content-analysis at the single cell level over hundreds of cells allows us to quantify precisely the dose dependence of 53BP1 protein production, RIF nuclear localization and RIF movement after exposure to X-ray. Using elastic registration techniques based on the nuclear pattern of individual cells, we could describe the motion of individual RIF precisely within the nucleus. We show that DNA repair occurs in a limited number of large domains, within which multiple small RIFs form, merge and/or resolve with random motion following normal diffusion law. Large foci formation is shown to be mainly happening through the merging of smaller RIF rather than through growth of an individual focus. We estimate repair domain sizes of 7.5 to 11 µm2 with a maximum number of ~15 domains per MCF10A cell. This work also highlights DDR which are specific to doses larger than 1 Gy such as rapid 53BP1 protein increase in the nucleus and foci diffusion rates that are significantly faster than for spontaneous foci movement. We hypothesize that RIF merging reflects a "stressed" DNA repair process that has been taken outside physiological conditions when too many DSB occur at once. High doses of ionizing radiation lead to RIF merging into repair domains which in turn increases DSB proximity and misrepair. Such finding may therefore be critical to explain the supralinear dose dependence for chromosomal rearrangement and cell death measured after exposure to ionizing radiation.
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- Walter Georgescu
- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Department of Pathology, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, 02215, United States of America
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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- Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Life Sciences Division, Berkeley, CA, United States of America
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Quantification of the Dynamics of DNA Repair to Ionizing Radiation via Colocalization of 53BP1 and ɣH2AX. COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY 2015. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-23724-4_14] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/03/2022]
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Werner E, Wang H, Doetsch PW. Opposite roles for p38MAPK-driven responses and reactive oxygen species in the persistence and resolution of radiation-induced genomic instability. PLoS One 2014; 9:e108234. [PMID: 25271419 PMCID: PMC4182705 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0108234] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/14/2014] [Accepted: 08/27/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023] Open
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We report the functional and temporal relationship between cellular phenotypes such as oxidative stress, p38MAPK-dependent responses and genomic instability persisting in the progeny of cells exposed to sparsely ionizing low-Linear Energy Transfer (LET) radiation such as X-rays or high-charge and high-energy (HZE) particle high-LET radiation such as 56Fe ions. We found that exposure to low and high-LET radiation increased reactive oxygen species (ROS) levels as a threshold-like response induced independently of radiation quality and dose. This response was sustained for two weeks, which is the period of time when genomic instability is evidenced by increased micronucleus formation frequency and DNA damage associated foci. Indicators for another persisting response sharing phenotypes with stress-induced senescence, including beta galactosidase induction, increased nuclear size, p38MAPK activation and IL-8 production, were induced in the absence of cell proliferation arrest during the first, but not the second week following exposure to high-LET radiation. This response was driven by a p38MAPK-dependent mechanism and was affected by radiation quality and dose. This stress response and elevation of ROS affected genomic instability by distinct pathways. Through interference with p38MAPK activity, we show that radiation-induced stress phenotypes promote genomic instability. In contrast, exposure to physiologically relevant doses of hydrogen peroxide or increasing endogenous ROS levels with a catalase inhibitor reduced the level of genomic instability. Our results implicate persistently elevated ROS following exposure to radiation as a factor contributing to genome stabilization.
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- Erica Werner
- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (PWD); (EW)
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
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- Department of Biochemistry, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- Department of Hematology and Medical Oncology Winship Cancer Institute, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
- * E-mail: (PWD); (EW)
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DeCarolis NA, Rivera PD, Ahn F, Amaral WZ, LeBlanc JA, Malhotra S, Shih HY, Petrik D, Melvin N, Chen BP, Eisch AJ. 56Fe Particle Exposure Results in a Long-Lasting Increase in a Cellular Index of Genomic Instability and Transiently Suppresses Adult Hippocampal Neurogenesis in Vivo. LIFE SCIENCES IN SPACE RESEARCH 2014; 2:70-79. [PMID: 25170435 PMCID: PMC4142527 DOI: 10.1016/j.lssr.2014.06.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The high-LET HZE particles from galactic cosmic radiation pose tremendous health risks to astronauts, as they may incur sub-threshold brain injury or maladaptations that may lead to cognitive impairment. The health effects of HZE particles are difficult to predict and unfeasible to prevent. This underscores the importance of estimating radiation risks to the central nervous system as a whole as well as to specific brain regions like the hippocampus, which is central to learning and memory. Given that neurogenesis in the hippocampus has been linked to learning and memory, we investigated the response and recovery of neurogenesis and neural stem cells in the adult mouse hippocampal dentate gyrus after HZE particle exposure using two nestin transgenic reporter mouse lines to label and track radial glia stem cells (Nestin-GFP and Nestin-CreERT2/R26R:YFP mice, respectively). Mice were subjected to 56Fe particle exposure (0 or 1 Gy, at either 300 or 1000 MeV/n) and brains were harvested at early (24h), intermediate (7d), and/or long time points (2-3mo) post-irradiation. 56Fe particle exposure resulted in a robust increase in 53BP1+ foci at both the intermediate and long time points post-irradiation, suggesting long-term genomic instability in the brain. However, 56Fe particle exposure only produced a transient decrease in immature neuron number at the intermediate time point, with no significant decrease at the long time point post-irradiation. 56Fe particle exposure similarly produced a transient decrease in dividing progenitors, with fewer progenitors labeled at the early time point but equal number labeled at the intermediate time point, suggesting a recovery of neurogenesis. Notably, 56Fe particle exposure did not change the total number of nestin-expressing neural stem cells. These results highlight that despite the persistence of an index of genomic instability, 56Fe particle-induced deficits in adult hippocampal neurogenesis may be transient. These data support the regenerative capacity of the adult SGZ after HZE particle exposure and encourage additional inquiry into the relationship between radial glia stem cells and cognitive function after HZE particle exposure.
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- Dept Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Dept Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Dept Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Dept Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Dept Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Dept Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
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- Dept Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Co-Corresponding Authors: Amelia J. Eisch, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9070. . Benjamin P. C. Chen, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9187.
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- Dept Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA
- Co-Corresponding Authors: Amelia J. Eisch, Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9070. . Benjamin P. C. Chen, Department of Radiation Oncology, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX 75390-9187.
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Histological and biochemical analysis of DNA damage after BNCT in rat model. Appl Radiat Isot 2014; 88:104-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.apradiso.2014.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2012] [Revised: 02/27/2014] [Accepted: 03/05/2014] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Rivera PD, Shih HY, Leblanc JA, Cole MG, Amaral WZ, Mukherjee S, Zhang S, Lucero MJ, Decarolis NA, Chen BPC, Eisch AJ. Acute and fractionated exposure to high-LET (56)Fe HZE-particle radiation both result in similar long-term deficits in adult hippocampal neurogenesis. Radiat Res 2013; 180:658-67. [PMID: 24320054 DOI: 10.1667/rr13480.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Astronauts on multi-year interplanetary missions will be exposed to a low, chronic dose of high-energy, high-charge particles. Studies in rodents show acute, nonfractionated exposure to these particles causes brain changes such as fewer adult-generated hippocampal neurons and stem cells that may be detrimental to cognition and mood regulation and thus compromise mission success. However, the influence of a low, chronic dose of these particles on neurogenesis and stem cells is unknown. To examine the influence of galactic cosmic radiation on neurogenesis, adult-generated stem and progenitor cells in Nestin-CreER(T2)/R26R-YFP transgenic mice were inducibly labeled to allow fate tracking. Mice were then sham exposed or given one acute 100 cGy (56)Fe-particle exposure or five fractionated 20 cGy (56)Fe-particle exposures. Adult-generated hippocampal neurons and stem cells were quantified 24 h or 3 months later. Both acute and fractionated exposure decreased the amount of proliferating cells and immature neurons relative to sham exposure. Unexpectedly, neither acute nor fractionated exposure decreased the number of adult neural stem cells relative to sham expsoure. Our findings show that single and fractionated exposures of (56)Fe-particle irradiation are similarly detrimental to adult-generated neurons. Implications for future missions and ground-based studies in space radiation are discussed.
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- Phillip D Rivera
- a Department of Psychiatry, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, Texas 75390-9070; and
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Development of new radiotherapy strategies based on the use of hadrons, as well as reduction of uncertainties associated with radiation health risk during long-term space flights, requires increasing knowledge of the mechanisms underlying the biological effects of charged particles. It is well known that charged particles are more effective in damaging biological systems than photons. This capability has been related to the production of spatially correlated and/or clustered DNA damage, in particular two or more double-strand breaks (DSB) in close proximity or DSB associated with other lesions within a localized DNA region. These kinds of complex damages are rarely induced by photons. They are difficult to repair accurately and are therefore expected to produce severe consequences at the cellular level. This paper provides a review of radiation-induced cellular effects and will discuss the dependence of cell death and mutation induction on the linear energy transfer of various light and heavy ions. This paper will show the inadequacy of a single physical parameter for describing radiation quality, underlining the importance of the characteristics of the track structure at the submicrometer level to determine the biological effects. This paper will give a description of the physical properties of the track structure that can explain the differences in the spatial distributions of DNA damage, in particular DSB, induced by radiation of different qualities. In addition, this paper will show how a combined experimental and theoretical approach based on Monte Carlo simulations can be useful for providing information on the damage distribution at the nanoscale level. It will also emphasize the importance, especially for DNA damage evaluation at low doses, of the more recent functional approaches based on the use of fluorescent antibodies against proteins involved in the cellular processing of DNA damage. Advantages and limitations of the different experimental techniques will be discussed with particular emphasis on the still unsolved problem of the clustered DNA damage resolution. Development of biophysical models aimed to describe the kinetics of the DNA repair process is underway, and it is expected to support the experimental investigation of the mechanisms underlying the cellular radiation response.
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Oonishi K, Cui X, Hirakawa H, Fujimori A, Kamijo T, Yamada S, Yokosuka O, Kamada T. Different effects of carbon ion beams and X-rays on clonogenic survival and DNA repair in human pancreatic cancer stem-like cells. Radiother Oncol 2012; 105:258-65. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2012.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/03/2012] [Revised: 08/15/2012] [Accepted: 08/16/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Mendez G, Cilli D, Berardinelli F, Viganotti M, Ascenzi P, Tanzarella C, Antoccia A, di Masi A. Cleavage of the BRCT tandem domains of nibrin by the 657del5 mutation affects the DNA damage response less than the Arg215Trp mutation. IUBMB Life 2012; 64:853-61. [PMID: 22941933 DOI: 10.1002/iub.1077] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/12/2012] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The Nijmegen breakage syndrome (NBS) is a genetic disorder caused by mutations in NBN gene and characterized by chromosomal instability and hypersensitivity to ionizing radiations (IR). The N-terminus of nibrin (NBN) contains a tandem breast cancer 1 (BRCA1) carboxy-terminal (BRCT) domain that represents one of the major mediators of phosphorylation-dependent protein-protein interactions in processes related to cell cycle checkpoint and DNA repair functions. Patients with NBS compound heterozygous for the 657del5 hypomorphic mutation and for the Arg215Trp missense mutation (corresponding to the 643C>T gene mutation) display a clinical phenotype more severe than that of patients homozygous for the 657del5 mutation. Here, we show that both the 657del5 and Arg215Trp mutations, occurring within the tandem BRCT domains of NBN, although not altering the assembly of the MRE11/RAD50/NBN (MRN) complex, affect the MRE11 IR-induced nuclear foci (IRIF) formation and the DNA double-strand break (DSB) signaling via the phosphorylation of both ataxia-telangiectasia-mutated (ATM) kinase and ATM downstream targets (e.g., SMC1 and p53). Remarkably, data obtained indicate that the cleavage of the BRCT tandem domains of NBN by the 657del5 mutation affects the DNA damage response less than the Arg215Trp mutation. Indeed, the 70-kDa NBN fragment, arising from the 657del5 mutation, maintains the capability to interact with MRE11 and γ-H2AX and to form IRIF. Altogether, the role of the tandem BRCT domains of NBN in the localization of the MRN complex at the DNA DSB and in the activation of the damage response is highlighted.
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- Gina Mendez
- Department of Biology, University Roma Tre, Roma, Italy
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Zhang K, Han J, Groesser T, Fontenay G, Parvin B. Inference of causal networks from time-varying transcriptome data via sparse coding. PLoS One 2012; 7:e42306. [PMID: 22916126 PMCID: PMC3423420 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0042306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/06/2011] [Accepted: 07/06/2012] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Temporal analysis of genome-wide data can provide insights into the underlying mechanism of the biological processes in two ways. First, grouping the temporal data provides a richer, more robust representation of the underlying processes that are co-regulated. The net result is a significant dimensional reduction of the genome-wide array data into a smaller set of vocabularies for bioinformatics analysis. Second, the computed set of time-course vocabularies can be interrogated for a potential causal network that can shed light on the underlying interactions. The method is coupled with an experiment for investigating responses to high doses of ionizing radiation with and without a small priming dose. From a computational perspective, inference of a causal network can rapidly become computationally intractable with the increasing number of variables. Additionally, from a bioinformatics perspective, larger networks always hinder interpretation. Therefore, our method focuses on inferring the simplest network that is computationally tractable and interpretable. The method first reduces the number of temporal variables through consensus clustering to reveal a small set of temporal templates. It then enforces simplicity in the network configuration through the sparsity constraint, which is further regularized by requiring continuity between consecutive time points. We present intermediate results for each computational step, and apply our method to a time-course transcriptome dataset for a cell line receiving a challenge dose of ionizing radiation with and without a prior priming dose. Our analyses indicate that (i) the priming dose increases the diversity of the computed templates (e.g., diversity of transcriptome signatures); thus, increasing the network complexity; (ii) as a result of the priming dose, there are a number of unique templates with delayed and oscillatory profiles; and (iii) radiation-induced stress responses are enriched through pathway and subnetwork studies.
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- Life Sciences Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Berkeley, California, United States of America
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Grabham P, Bigelow A, Geard C. DNA damage foci formation and decline in two-dimensional monolayers and in three-dimensional human vessel models: Differential effects according to radiation quality. Int J Radiat Biol 2012; 88:493-500. [DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2012.679382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Okada T, Kashino G, Nishiura H, Tano K, Watanabe M. Micronuclei formation induced by X-ray irradiation does not always result from DNA double-strand breaks. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2012; 53:93-100. [PMID: 22240940 DOI: 10.1269/jrr.11147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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X-ray induced formation of micronuclei is generally thought to result from DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). However, DNA DSBs inhibit the cell cycle progression that is required for micronucleus formation. In order to reconcile this apparent discrepancy, we investigated whether DNA DSBs induced during the G1 phase could lead to micronucleus formation. We irradiated human embryonic (HE17) cells that had been treated with a radical scavenger, either DMSO or ascorbic acid (AsA), and determined the level of suppression of DNA DSBs or micronuclei. When DNA DSBs were evaluated using 53BP1 foci, treatment with 5 mM AsA did not inhibit the numbers of foci at various intervals after X-ray irradiation; however, treatment with 5 mM or 256 mM DMSO did have a significant inhibitory effect. By contrast, an assay of micronucleus numbers showed that treatment with 5 mM or 256 mM DMSO before X-ray irradiation resulted in almost no inhibition of micronucleus formation, but treatment with 5 mM AsA did have a significant inhibitory effect. These results clearly showed that AsA could suppress micronucleus formation, although it was not effective for suppression of DNA DSBs. Therefore, we conclude that DNA DSBs induced in the G1 phase do not directly lead to micronucleus formation.
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- Takuya Okada
- Laboratory of Radiation Biology, Research Reactor Institute, Kyoto University, Japan
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