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Kataoka T, Shuto H, Naoe S, Yano J, Kanzaki N, Sakoda A, Tanaka H, Hanamoto K, Mitsunobu F, Terato H, Yamaoka K. Radon inhalation decreases DNA damage induced by oxidative stress in mouse organs via the activation of antioxidative functions. J Radiat Res 2021; 62:861-867. [PMID: 34370027 PMCID: PMC8438471 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrab069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2021] [Revised: 06/10/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Radon inhalation decreases the level of lipid peroxide (LPO); this is attributed to the activation of antioxidative functions. This activation contributes to the beneficial effects of radon therapy, but there are no studies on the risks of radon therapy, such as DNA damage. We evaluated the effect of radon inhalation on DNA damage caused by oxidative stress and explored the underlying mechanisms. Mice were exposed to radon inhalation at concentrations of 2 or 20 kBq/m3 (for one, three, or 10 days). The 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG) levels decreased in the brains of mice that inhaled 20 kBq/m3 radon for three days and in the kidneys of mice that inhaled 2 or 20 kBq/m3 radon for one, three or 10 days. The 8-OHdG levels in the small intestine decreased by approximately 20-40% (2 kBq/m3 for three days or 20 kBq/m3 for one, three or 10 days), but there were no significant differences in the 8-OHdG levels between mice that inhaled a sham treatment and those that inhaled radon. There was no significant change in the levels of 8-oxoguanine DNA glycosylase, which plays an important role in DNA repair. However, the level of Mn-superoxide dismutase (SOD) increased by 15-60% and 15-45% in the small intestine and kidney, respectively, following radon inhalation. These results suggest that Mn-SOD probably plays an important role in the inhibition of oxidative DNA damage.
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- Takahiro Kataoka
- Corresponding author. Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8558, Japan. Phone: +81-86-235-7208;
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Advanced Science Research Center Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama-shi, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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K W, J O, P P, K DG, K K, M Z, M B, M S. Residential exposure to radon and levels of histone γH2AX and DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes of residents of Kowary city regions (Poland). Chemosphere 2020; 247:125748. [PMID: 31954338 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2019.125748] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2019] [Revised: 12/19/2019] [Accepted: 12/23/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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INTRODUCTION Radon-induced biological effects have been studied mainly through epidemiological investigations, and well-controlled in vitro and in vivo experiments. To provide data explaining radon exposure-induced harmful effects in natural environment, exposure assessment under these conditions is needed. The objective of the study was to examine the level of genetic damage assessed with biomarkers of DNA single- and double-strand breaks (SSBs and DSBs) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells obtained from individuals continuously exposed to Rn in homes. Naturally elevated Rn concentrations in homes can be found in the South of Poland, in Kowary city. METHODS Measurements of expression of phosphorylated histone γH2AX was used as a marker of DNA double strand breaks. To detect DNA single and double-strand breaks and alkali labile sites, the alkaline comet assay was used. Oxidative damage of DNA was evaluated by formamidopyrimidyne (FPG)-modified comet assay. The blood was collected from 94 volunteers living in Kowary. Subjects were grouped according to their status of living in radon concentration ≥100 Bq/m3 (n = 67), and <100 Bq/m3 (n = 27). RESULTS The statistically significant differences in levels of DNA damage in peripheral lymphocytes assessed with comet assay were found to be associated with levels of radon exposure in indoor air (p = 0.034). DNA damage in the comet assay was significantly correlated with DNA damage assessed with γH2AX staining. CONCLUSIONS Results of the present study indicate the suitability of alkaline comet assay for the detection of DNA damage in peripheral blood lymphocytes of people environmentally exposed to radon.
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- Walczak K
- Radiological Protection Dept, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, ul. Św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8, 91-348, Łódź, Poland.
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- Radiological Protection Dept, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, ul. Św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8, 91-348, Łódź, Poland
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- Radiological Protection Dept, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, ul. Św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8, 91-348, Łódź, Poland
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- Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Dept, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, ul. Św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8, 91-348, Łódź, Poland
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- Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Dept, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, ul. Św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8, 91-348, Łódź, Poland
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- Radiological Protection Dept, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, ul. Św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8, 91-348, Łódź, Poland
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- Radiological Protection Dept, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, ul. Św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8, 91-348, Łódź, Poland
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- Toxicology and Carcinogenesis Dept, Nofer Institute of Occupational Medicine, ul. Św. Teresy od Dzieciątka Jezus 8, 91-348, Łódź, Poland
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Li P, Zhang R, Zheng G. Genetic and physiological effects of the natural radioactive gas radon on the epiphytic plant Tillandsia brachycaulos. Plant Physiol Biochem 2018; 132:385-390. [PMID: 30268929 DOI: 10.1016/j.plaphy.2018.09.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2018] [Revised: 09/23/2018] [Accepted: 09/24/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Radon (222Rn) is the most abundant natural radioactive gas in nature and triggers carcinogenesis. Few reports exist on whether radon can damage plants as it does animals. Therefore, we chose Tillandsia brachycaulos, a common indicator plant, as the material to detect the physiological and genetic changes caused by radon. With an increase in radon concentration, DNA indices (tail length, tail DNA, tail moment and Olive tail moment) from the comet assay and malondialdehyde (MDA) content increased significantly, suggesting that T. brachycaulos inevitably suffered from radiation damage. However, neither the leaf relative conductivity nor the soluble protein content changed significantly with radon fumigation, and no dose-dependent effect existed between the chlorophyll content and radon concentration, indicating that T. brachycaulos had resistance to radon stress. Foliar trichomes most likely excluded the pollutant from plants because DNA damage in T. brachycaulos with trichomes manually removed was considerably greater than that with trichomes. Moreover, the antioxidant enzyme system further reduced the damage of radon to plants because the activity of superoxide dismutase (SOD) increased significantly with the radon concentration.
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- Peng Li
- College of Resource and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China
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- College of Resource and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China
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- College of Resource and Environment, Qingdao Agricultural University, Qingdao, 266109, Shandong, China.
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Etani R, Kataoka T, Kanzaki N, Sakoda A, Tanaka H, Ishimori Y, Mitsunobu F, Taguchi T, Yamaoka K. Protective effects of hot spring water drinking and radon inhalation on ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury in mice. J Radiat Res 2017; 58:614-625. [PMID: 28498931 PMCID: PMC5737809 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrx021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2016] [Revised: 01/26/2017] [Accepted: 03/31/2017] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Radon therapy using radon (222Rn) gas is classified into two types of treatment: inhalation of radon gas and drinking water containing radon. Although short- or long-term intake of spa water is effective in increasing gastric mucosal blood flow, and spa water therapy is useful for treating chronic gastritis and gastric ulcer, the underlying mechanisms for and precise effects of radon protection against mucosal injury are unclear. In the present study, we examined the protective effects of hot spring water drinking and radon inhalation on ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury in mice. Mice inhaled radon at a concentration of 2000 Bq/m3 for 24 h or were provided with hot spring water for 2 weeks. The activity density of 222Rn ranged from 663 Bq/l (start point of supplying) to 100 Bq/l (end point of supplying). Mice were then orally administered ethanol at three concentrations. The ulcer index (UI), an indicator of mucosal injury, increased in response to the administration of ethanol; however, treatment with either radon inhalation or hot spring water inhibited the elevation in the UI due to ethanol. Although no significant differences in antioxidative enzymes were observed between the radon-treated groups and the non-treated control groups, lipid peroxide levels were significantly lower in the stomachs of mice pre-treated with radon or hot spring water. These results suggest that hot spring water drinking and radon inhalation inhibit ethanol-induced gastric mucosal injury.
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- Reo Etani
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Graduate School of Medicine, Dentistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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Etani R, Kataoka T, Kanzaki N, Sakoda A, Tanaka H, Ishimori Y, Mitsunobu F, Yamaoka K. Difference in the action mechanism of radon inhalation and radon hot spring water drinking in suppression of hyperuricemia in mice. J Radiat Res 2016; 57:250-7. [PMID: 27021217 PMCID: PMC4915545 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrw014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/28/2015] [Accepted: 01/18/2016] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Although radon therapy is indicated for hyperuricemia, the underlying mechanisms of action have not yet been elucidated in detail. Therefore, we herein examined the inhibitory effects of radon inhalation and hot spring water drinking on potassium oxonate (PO)-induced hyperuricemia in mice. Mice inhaled radon at a concentration of 2000 Bq/m(3) for 24 h or were given hot spring water for 2 weeks. Mice were then administrated PO at a dose of 500 mg/kg. The results obtained showed that serum uric acid levels were significantly increased by the administration of PO. Radon inhalation or hot spring water drinking significantly inhibited elevations in serum uric acid levels through the suppression of xanthine oxidase activity in the liver. Radon inhalation activated anti-oxidative functions in the liver and kidney. These results suggest that radon inhalation inhibits PO-induced hyperuricemia by activating anti-oxidative functions, while hot spring water drinking may suppress PO-induced elevations in serum uric acid levels through the pharmacological effects of the chemical compositions dissolved in it.
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- Reo Etani
- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Ningyo-toge Environmental Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, 1550 Kamisaibara, Kagamino-cho, Tomata-gun, Okayama 708-0698, Japan
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- Misasa Medical Center, Okayama University Hospital, 827 Yamada, Misasa-cho, Tohaku-gun, Totori 682-0192, Japan
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- Graduate School of Health Sciences, Okayama University, 5-1 Shikata-cho, 2-chome, Kita-ku, Okayama 700-8558, Japan
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Bissett RJ, McLaughlin JR. Radon. Chronic Dis Can 2010; 29 Suppl 1:38-50. [PMID: 21199598] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Radon is a radioactive gas that emanates from uranium-bearing soil and porous rock. Although radon is most highly concentrated in areas of high uranium concentration, the presence of trace amounts of uranium in most ground sources means that all humans are exposed to radon to some degree. Radon migrates out of soil and rock into the surrounding air, resulting in accumulation in poorly ventilated or closed areas. Such areas represent the primary environments in which humans are exposed to radioactivity from radon to experience detrimental health effects. There is no convincing evidence that any cancers other than lung cancer are associated with exposure to radon. There is, on the other hand, consistent evidence of a substantially elevated risk of lung cancer among Canadians exposed to radon in certain occupational settings, particularly uranium mining. While the combined evidence for a positive association between residential radon exposure and lung cancer is less compelling, the inherent methodological difficulties in mounting such studies may render it impossible for any single study to detect the relationship more conclusively. The best available evidence to date from pooled analyses indicates a positive, but weak association between residential radon and lung cancer risk. Residential radon is of critical importance because it is ubiquitous; a small excess risk that may exist in relation to radon exposures encountered in a residential setting translates into the potential for a far greater number of excess cancers in the general population than does exposure of a relatively small number of miners, even though the latter may be exposed to much higher levels of ionizing radiation. Fortunately, a number of techniques are available to homeowners to reduce radon concentrations in their homes.
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The aim of this study was to investigate the differential expression of proteins in lung of rats following long-term exposure to radon. The total proteins of lung tissue from Wistar rats exposed to radon for cumulative doses up to 100, 200, or 400 WLM (working level months) were isolated by two-dimensional electrophoresis (2-DE) and analyzed with ImageMaster 2D Platinum software. Comparison of the 2-DE images between the control and radon-exposed groups resulted in 14 upregulated and 9 downregulated protein spots, of which 15 were identified by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight (MALDI-TOF) or matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight/time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF/TOF-MS). The simultaneous up-expressions of RAGE and S100A6 indicated that both proteins might be applied as biomarkers for lung injury induced by long-term radon exposure.
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- Nai-Yu Xu
- College of Pharmacy, Soochow University, Suzhou, China
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Yamaoka K, Mitsunobu F, Hanamoto K, Mori S, Tanizaki Y, Sugita K. Study on biologic effects of radon and thermal therapy on osteoarthritis. The Journal of Pain 2004; 5:20-5. [PMID: 14975375 DOI: 10.1016/j.jpain.2003.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2003] [Revised: 08/25/2003] [Accepted: 09/11/2003] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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UNLABELLED Radon therapy uses radon (222Rn) gas, which mainly emits alpha-rays and induces a small amount of active oxygen in the body. We first examined the temporal changes in antioxidants, immune, vasoactive, and pain-associated substances in human blood by therapy to elucidate the mechanism of osteoarthritis in which radon therapy is used as a treatment. Results showed that radon inhalation enhanced the antioxidation and immune function, and the findings suggest that radon therapy contributes to the prevention of osteoarthritis related to peroxidation reactions and immune depression. Moreover, the changes in vasoactive and pain-associated substances indicated increases in tissue perfusion brought about by radon therapy, suggesting that radon inhalation plays a role in alleviating pain. PERSPECTIVE The findings suggest that an appropriate amount of active oxygen is produced in the body after radon inhalation, and this contributes to the alleviation of the symptoms of active oxygen diseases such as osteoarthritis.
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- Kiyonori Yamaoka
- Department of Medical Radioscience, Okayama University Medical School, Okayama, Japan.
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Bijwaard H, Brugmans MJ, Leenhouts HP. A consistent two-mutation model of lung cancer for different data sets of radon-exposed rats. Radiat Environ Biophys 2001; 40:269-277. [PMID: 11820735 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-001-0118-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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A two-mutation carcinogenesis model, formulated in terms of biologically motivated equations for mutation and expansion steps, has been applied in a mechanistic modelling of the lung cancer incidence in two large data sets of rats exposed to radon, both separately and jointly. Results indicate that (1) the equations employed are able to provide an accurate description of the separate data sets, (2) the parameters in the equations take on similar values for both data sets, and (3) it is possible to construct a consistent and well-fitting solution for the joint data set. It proved not to be necessary to take into account the effect of uranium ore dust, administered to part of the data or the different rat strains of the data sets. The joint solution provides a firm basis to investigate the effects of exposure, exposure rate and age at exposure on cumulative incidence, excess relative risk and excess absolute risk. For the same total exposure, cumulative incidence reaches a maximum for exposure rates between 1 and 10 WLM per day. The so-called inverse-exposure-rate effect acts for higher exposure rates. The influence of age at exposure, however, seems to be even more pronounced. Exposure at a young age leads to considerably higher incidences than exposure at a later age. Parameters derived in this study compare fairly well with those derived for uranium miners, suggesting that a consistent model description for the induction of lung cancer by radon in rats and humans may be possible.
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- H Bijwaard
- National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands.
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Soto J, Sainz C, Gonzalez-Lamuno D, Falkenbach A, Cos S. Low radon doses sensitize MCF-7 human breast cancer cells to taxol. Oncol Rep 2000; 7:941-4. [PMID: 10948318 DOI: 10.3892/or.7.5.941] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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We studied whether human breast cancer cells show increased sensitivity to the chemotherapeutic agent taxol when they have been treated with low radiation doses (1.7-3.2 x 10(-3) Gy) from the gas radon. To this end, MCF-7 cells were cultivated in a medium either with or without dissolved radon for 3 days and then exposed to taxol (50 nM). Cells exposed to low doses of radon and then to a concentration of 50 nM of taxol exhibit a lower proliferation rate and a lower viability than cells treated with the same concentration of taxol but not irradiated. These findings indicate an important interaction of radon and taxol in the inhibition of MCF-7 cell growth.
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- J Soto
- Department of Medical Physics, School of Medicine, University of Cantabria, 39011 Santander, Spain
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Hirin SV. [Free radical processes in combined chronic inhalation effect of xenobiotics on the rat]. Ukr Biokhim Zh (1999) 1999; 71:65-8. [PMID: 10609306] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/14/2023]
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The chronic combined inhalation influence of nitric oxides (II, IV), amorphic hydrophobic silicon dioxide, lead and radon on the free radical processes intensively was investigated. The dienic conjugates, lipid hydroperoxides and MDA concentration in the liver and kidney of the white mongrel male-rats was defined. It has been shown that lipid peroxidation process displaies sensitivity toward complex exposure of the most wide-spreader xenobiotics. It was expressed in the content decreasing of there products at the first step of our experience as a result of the action of the adaptive and compensative mechanisms directed to the suppression of the peroxidation processes. As a result of the antioxidant system powers exhaustion it was found the content rising of the lipid peroxidation products at the last step of our experience. It has been proposed to use the total content index of the lipid peroxidation products as a criteria of the organism resistant ion toward action of the exogenic factors of various origin.
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- S V Hirin
- Ukrainian Research Institute of Industrial Medicine, Kryvyi Rig
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Fleck CM, Schöllnberger H, Kottbauer MM, Dockal T, Prüfert U. Modeling radioprotective mechanisms in the dose effect relation at low doses and low dose rates of ionizing radiation. Math Biosci 1999; 155:13-44. [PMID: 10024833 DOI: 10.1016/s0025-5564(98)10053-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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A new model (Random Coincidence Model--Radiation Adapted (RCM-RA)) is proposed which explains a possible pseudo threshold for stochastic radiation effects. It describes the formation of cancer in the case of multistep fixation of lesions in the critical regions of tumor associated genes such as proto-oncogenes or tumor-suppressor genes. The RCM-RA contains two different possibilities of DNA damage to complementary nucleotides. The damage may be caused either by radiation or by natural processes such as cellular radicals or thermal damage or by chemical cytotoxins. The model is based on the premise that radiation initially is bionegative, damaging organisms at their different levels of organization. The radiation, however, also induces various cellular radioprotective mechanisms which decrease the damage by natural processes. Considering both effects together, the theory explains apparent thresholds in the dose-response relation for radiation carcinogenesis without contradiction to the classical assumption that radiation is predominantly bionegative at doses typically found in occupational exposures.
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- C M Fleck
- Atominstitut der Osterreichischen Universitäten, Wien, Austria
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Hirin SV. [Combined action of xenobiotics on the status of the antioxidant system of the body]. Ukr Biokhim Zh (1999) 1999; 71:103-8. [PMID: 10458002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/13/2023]
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The chronic combined inhalational effect of lead, radon, nitric oxides (NO, NO2) and amorphous hydrophobic silicon dioxide on the activity of enzymes such as superoxide dismutase, catalase, glutathione peroxidase, glutathione-s-transferase, g-glutamyl transpeptidase, peroxidases and also on the protein reducing glutathione concentration of the mongrel male-rat was investigated. It has been shown that organism antioxidant system displaces activity toward of the most widespread xenobiotics, expressing the rising of itself activity during whole experience. The dynamic of changes of the antioxidant system activity also was analyzed. Moreover, at the first step of our experience there was the sharp activity rise as a result of action of the mechanisms of adaptation and compensation. At the following intermediate step we were observing exhaustion of the antioxidant system and including of additional powers at the last step.
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- S V Hirin
- Ukrainian Research Institute of Industrial Medicine, Ministry of Public Health of Ukraine, Kryvyi Rig
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Averkina NA. [The characteristics of the effect of radon on the human body]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1997:45-8. [PMID: 9424836] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Soto J, Quindós LS, Cos S, Sánchez-Barceló EJ. Influence of low doses of radiation due to 222Rn on proliferation of fibroblasts and MCF-7 human breast cancer cells in vitro. Sci Total Environ 1996; 181:181-185. [PMID: 8820433 DOI: 10.1016/0048-9697(95)05008-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The aim of the present study is to analyze the effects of low doses of radiation due to radon (within the range present in the environment) in the proliferation of normal (fibroblasts) and tumoral (MCF-7 human breast cancer cells) mammalian cells. Both fibroblast and MCF-7 cells were incubated in culture media with different levels of radon (doses of 10-15 000 microGy), or non-radon (control). After incubation the number of cells per plate was measured with a hemocytometer. The dissolution of radon in the culture media decreased the proliferation of MCF-7 cells (not the fibroblasts). Within the range of doses used in this experiment, the lowest as well as the highest doses of radiation had the lowest antiproliferative effects. Intermediate doses strongly decreased the number of final cells with respect to those in the control population.
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- J Soto
- Department of Medical Physics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Cantabria, Spain
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Polushina ND, Frolkov VK, Maksimova TA, Krivobokov NG, Zaporozhchenko IG, Kozhevnikov SA. [The effect of radon on the hormonal regulation of carbohydrate metabolism]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1996:29-32. [PMID: 8686222] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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Wistar rat experiments provided evidence for marked inhibition of early insulin secretion after a single dose of radon water (radon concentration 200 nCi/1). Hepatocytes and activity of transaminase remained unchanged. Miners in long contact with radon in mines (radon concentration in the air of mines 1.5 nCi/1) develop long-term adaptation of the hormonal systems associated with hyperadaptosis in the system of hormonal regulation of glycohomeostasis.
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Gusarov II, Dubovskoĭ AV, Abramov VI. [The presence in the skin of a barrier for the inert gas radon]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1994:32-34. [PMID: 8017042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Human and animal trials have proved the existence of a skin barrier layer which hinders radon penetration. This layer is most developed in the skin sites rich in phospholipids, for instance, in the rat tail epidermis and paw soles. It was also found in the rat tail surface.
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Popova ON, Taskaev AI. [Polonium-210 and lead-210 plant cover contamination routes]. Radiobiologiia 1977; 17:924-7. [PMID: 601205] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Meleshina OB, Meleshin SV. [Effect od radon baths on the mast cell-blood heparin system in immunized animals]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1976:41-5. [PMID: 1014435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Paletta B, Truppe W, Mlekusch W, Pohl E, Hofmann W, Stein häusler F. Time function of corticosteroid levels in the blood plasma of rats under the influence of 222Rn inhalation. Experientia 1976; 32:652-3. [PMID: 1278324 DOI: 10.1007/bf01990216] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The time function of cortocosteroid level in plasma of rats under two different 222Rn concentrations was investigated. Both curves show a maximum after 8h. Whereas the higher activity of 222Rn produces a second maximum after 5 days, the lower activity reaches its second maximum not before 9 days. From both time functions, a two-step mechanism in the intracellular control can be concluded.
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Halawa B. [Effect of radon inhalation on serum gonadotropin and estrogen levels in postmenopausal women]. Pol Tyg Lek 1976; 31:301-4. [PMID: 1257144] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Meleshina OB, Meleshin SV. [Dynamics of the morphofunctional changes in lymph node mast cells and the blood heparin indices in white rats under the influence of radon baths]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1975:220-2. [PMID: 1166637] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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Robaczyński J, Kaplońska J, Lozińska E. [Effect of radon inhalation on some oxidation-reduction enzymes in rat adrenals]. Pol Tyg Lek 1974; 29:2173-6. [PMID: 4438182] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Satskova VI. [Effect of Belotserkovsk radon water on the acid and alkaline phosphatase activity in the process of regeneration of the injured sciatic nerve in rabbits]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1974; 39:146-7. [PMID: 4840645] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Rekkandt AA, Dobrachev IP. [Effect of small doses of irradiation from radon and the products of its decay on the increase in biomass and the level of oxygen consumption of a primary culture]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1973; 38:243-6. [PMID: 4747480] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Satskova VI. [Effects of Belaia Tserkov radon water on the treatment of regenerative and degenerative processes in the nerve trunks]. Vrach Delo 1972; 8:111-4. [PMID: 5073153] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Knopf D. [The influencing of catecholamine metabolism by drinking cures. 1]. Z Physiother 1972; 24:133-42. [PMID: 5052007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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Eigelsreiter H. [Neuromuscular excitation in rheumatic patients during radon inhalation therapy]. Arch Phys Ther (Leipz) 1968; 20:201-2. [PMID: 5733020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Featherstone RM. The molecular pharmacology of anesthesia. Introduction. Fed Proc 1968; 27:870-1. [PMID: 5655009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Vasilenko IK. [The role of mineral and organic components of mineral waters in the mechanism of their action on digestive organs]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1968; 33:27-31. [PMID: 5742767] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Rakhmanova TB. [Metabolism of nucleic acids and catecholamines in internal use of radon water]. Vopr Kurortol Fizioter Lech Fiz Kult 1968; 33:37-43. [PMID: 5742768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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