DNA double-strand break repair and radiation response in human tumour primary cultures.

abstract：PURPOSE:The long-term effect of low and moderate doses of ionizing radiation on the lens is still a matter of debate and needs to be evaluated in more detail. MATERIAL AND METHODS:We conducted a detailed histological analysis of eyes from B6C3F1 mice cohorts after acute gamma irradiation (60Co source; 0.063 Gy/min) at...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kunze S,Cecil A,Prehn C,Möller G,Ohlmann A,Wildner G,Thurau S,Unger K,Rößler U,Hölter SM,Tapio S,Wagner F,Beyerlein A,Theis F,Zitzelsberger H,Kulka U,Adamski J,Graw J,Dalke C

更新日期：2021-01-19 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Cartilage degradation usually results as a consequence of inflammatory processes in the joints. To study this phenomenon experimentally, adjuvant-induced arthritis (AIA) was used as a model of chronic inflammation under the influence of irradiation. The potential chondroprotective effect of 13% aqueous extract ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： El-Ghazaly MA,El-Naby DH,Khayyal MT

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Exposition of best practice in management and experimental use of human stem cell lines in radiobiological research. This paper outlines the key challenges to be addressed by radiobiologists wishing to use human pluripotent stem cell (hPSC) lines in their research including human embryonic stem cell (hESC) line...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Stacey G

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To propose an improved version of RADACK, a stochastic simulation of radiolytic attack on DNA, that takes into account the reactivity of each amino acid of a specifically bound protein with hydroxyl radicals. To apply it to the natural lactose operator-repressor complex taking advantage of recently reported str...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Begusova M,Giliberto S,Gras J,Sy D,Charlier M,Spotheim-Maurizot M

更新日期：2003-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A comparison has been made of the in vitro light-activated drug cytotoxicities of two different porphyrin compounds, Photofrin II and TPPS4. An early passage human colon adenocarcinoma cell line, WiDr, has been exposed to either drug for 24 h, the excess drug washed from the cells and the cells irradiated with light u...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： West CM,Moore JV

更新日期：1988-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Biomarkers of ionising radiation exposure are useful in a variety of scenarios, such as medical diagnostic imaging, occupational exposures, and spaceflight. This study investigates to what extent microRNA (miRNA) expression signatures in mouse peripheral blood can be used as biomarkers for exposures to radiatio...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Templin T,Amundson SA,Brenner DJ,Smilenov LB

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study cell damage and possible apoptosis in K562 human erythroleukemic cells exposed for 2 h to an extremely low frequency (ELF) 50 Hz sinusoidal magnetic field with a magnetic induction of either 1 or 5 mT using high resolution proton nuclear magnetic resonance (1H-NMR) spectroscopy. MATERIALS AND METHODS:...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Santini MT,Ferrante A,Romano R,Rainaldi G,Motta A,Donelli G,Vecchia P,Indovina PL

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Dose response and repair kinetics of phosphorylated histone H2A isoform X (gamma-H2AX) foci in T-lymphocytes were investigated in the low-dose range after in vitro irradiation of whole blood and T-lymphocytes with 100 kVp X-rays and (60)Co gamma-rays. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Whole blood or isolated T-lymphocytes...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Beels L,Werbrouck J,Thierens H

更新日期：2010-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Free radical formation in aqueous solutions of ubiquinone (coenzyme Qo) induced by ultrasound was studied by EPR and spin trapping with 3,5-dibromo-4-nitrosobenzene sulphonate. When aqueous solutions of ubiquinone were sonicated with 50-kHz ultrasound in the presence of argon or nitrogen, radicals formed by addition o...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Kondo T,Riesz P

更新日期：1996-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Adverse effects on human health caused by electromagnetic fields (EMF) associated with the use of mobile phones, particularly among young people, are increasing all the time. The potential deleterious effects of EMF exposure resulting from mobile phones being used in close proximity to the brain require particu...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Erdem Koç G,Kaplan S,Altun G,Gümüş H,Gülsüm Deniz Ö,Aydin I,Emin Onger M,Altunkaynak Z

更新日期：2016-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The yields of strand break formation (Gssb) in single-stranded DNA (ssDNA) initiated by radiation-generated OH radicals have been determined using the method of low-angle laser light scattering (LALLS). The irradiations were carried out in aqueous, N2O-saturated solutions in the absence and presence of oxygen and at d...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Liphard M,Bothe E,Schulte-Frohlinde D

更新日期：1990-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Ionizing radiation induces both quantitative and qualitative changes in the lymphoid cells of both man and experimental animals, including inhibition of antibody responses. However, the cellular basis of this immunological lesion is not clear. In the present study, groups of mice were exposed to 2.0 Gy gamma-rays or s...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Goud SN

更新日期：1995-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It has been previously argued that the use of the one-electron oxidants (SCN)2(*-) and Br2(*-) with plasmid DNA leads to the formation of DNA guanyl radicals. These guanyl radical species are intermediates in the DNA damage produced by processes such as photo-ionization and ionizing irradiation. The present pap...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Milligan JR,Aguilera JA,Mares EJ,Paglinawan RA,Ward JF

更新日期：2001-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare the chromosomal radiosensitivity of C3H mouse acute myeloid leukaemia (AML) cell lines 7926 and 8709 and to investigate the mechanistic basis of the radiosensitivity observed in 7926. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Yields of chromosome aberrations following X-irradiation were determined in Giemsa-stained met...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Finnon P,Wong HP,Silver AR,Slijepcevic P,Bouffler SD

更新日期：2001-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We studied the extent of split-dose recovery in seven non-transformed human fibroblast cell lines of different intrinsic radiosensitivity (HF19, 1BR3, 149BR, 84BR, GM739, 180BR and AT2EM). Experiments were performed on both growing and plateau-phase cells. The seven cell lines displayed a wide range of intrinsic radio...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Alsbeih MG,Fertil B,Arlett CF,Malaise EP

更新日期：1996-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Terminally differentiated cells usually do not divide and are, thus, reproductively dead. To elucidate the significance of radiation-enhanced differentiation to reproductive cell death, murine erythroid progenitor cells were gamma-irradiated in plasma clot cultures and the development of haemoglobinized clones was stu...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Schwenke K,Peterson HP,von Wangenheim KH,Feinendegen LE

更新日期：1996-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To examine the relationship between cell killing and residual chromatin breaks after irradiation with qualitatively different types of radiation in six human cell lines. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Six human tumour cell lines and normal human cells were irradiated with 200 kV X-rays and two carbon-ion beams accelera...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Suzuki M,Kase Y,Kanai T,Ando K

更新日期：2000-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We have previously described a cell-free assay that can be employed to study rejoining of radiation-induced DNA double-stranded breaks (dsb) in 'naked' DNA prepared from agarose-embedded cells using an extract of HeLa cells as a source of enzymes. Rejoining of dsb in this assay is absolutely dependent on cell extract ...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Cheong N,Iliakis G

更新日期：1997-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Estimating the absorbed dose to tumour relative to normal tissues has often been used in the assessment of the therapeutic efficacy of radiolabelled antibodies for radioimmunotherapy. Typically, the calculations assume a uniform dose deposition and response throughout the tumour. However, the heterogeneity of t...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Flynn AA,Pedley RB,Green AJ,Boxer GM,Boden R,Bhatia J,Morris R,Begent RH

更新日期：2002-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To compare experimental yields of single strand breaks (SSB) and double strand breaks (DSB) induced in plasmid DNA in aqueous solution by alpha-particles and Al(K) ultrasoft X-rays (USX) with the corresponding yields, generated via computer simulations, for a range of mean diffusion distances of the hydroxyl ra...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Fulford J,Nikjoo H,Goodhead DT,O'Neill P

更新日期：2001-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:It has been proposed previously that the ratio of complete to incomplete translocations as seen by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), the S value, can be a cytogenetic fingerprint of exposure to radiation of different qualities. Results from a previous study suggested that the S value is approximately 1...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Nakano M,Kodama Y,Ohtaki K,Itoh M,Nakamura N

更新日期：1999-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim was to review and summarize the results of 40 years of study concerning the response to ionizing radiation of the pair of L5178Y (LY) sublines, LY-R and LY-S, that differ in sensitivity to various DNA-damaging agents, among them X- and gamma-rays. The reviewed data indicate the key importance of DNA damage rep...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Szumiel I

更新日期：2005-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:The actinides are chemical poisons and radiological hazards. One challenge to better appraise their toxicity and develop countermeasures in case of exposure of living organisms is to better assess pathways of contamination. Because of the high chemical affinity of those actinide elements for phosphate groups an...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Mostapha S,Fontaine-Vive F,Berthon L,Boubals N,Zorz N,Solari PL,Charbonnel MC,Den Auwer C

更新日期：2014-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cell cultures derived from skin biopsies of mouse fetuses X-irradiated at the zygote stage (2 Gy) were studied for the presence of chromosomal aberrations and micronuclei. In comparison with cells from control, unirradiated fetuses significantly higher spontaneous frequencies of aberrations per 100 metaphases and aber...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Pampfer S,Streffer C

更新日期：1989-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To test whether radiolysis-induced fragmentation in frozen aqueous protein solution is dependent on solvent access to the surface of the protein or to the molecular mass of the polypeptide chain. MATERIALS AND METHODS:60Co gamma-irradiation of three proteins at -78 degrees C: lysozyme, citrate synthase and alp...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Audette M,Chen X,Houée-Levin C,Potier M,Le Maire M

更新日期：2000-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pulsed-field electrophoresis is being used extensively in the gene mapping studies and in the analysis of DNA strand breakage by ionizing radiation. We have evaluated the relationship between the fraction of S phase DNA in a cell population and its ability to modify the migration of DNA in pulsed-field gel electrophor...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Mateos S,Gordon AT,Steel GG,McMillan TJ

更新日期：1996-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To seek the delayed appearance of chromosomal abnormalities in human fibroblasts exposed to the Auger electron emitter 125I. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Normal untransformed human fibroblasts, HF19, were exposed to a concentration of [I125]IUdR, which allowed the survival of 37% of clonogens. Chromosomal analysis us...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Griffin CS,Neshasateh-Riz A,Mairs RJ,Wright EG,Wheldon TE

更新日期：2000-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To investigate possible variations in topoisomerase (topo) I and II activities and levels after X-ray treatment in the radiation repair proficient AA8 Chinese hamster cell line for comparison with the radiation sensitive mutant EM9. MATERIALS AND METHODS:AA8 and EM9 cells were irradiated with 5 Gy of X-rays an...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Pastor N,Piñero J,Ortiz T,Mateos JC,De Miguel M,Cortés F

更新日期：1999-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:Ukrain, an alkaloid thiophosphoric acid derivative of Chelidonium majus L., has demonstrated a promising impact on chemotherapy in a variety of malignancies. The effects of the drug on cell survival, alteration of the cell cycle and induction of apoptosis were examined without and in combination with ionizing r...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Cordes N,Plasswilm L,Bamberg M,Rodemann HP

更新日期：2002-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：PURPOSE:To study the oxidative stress-induced changes by sublethal doses of cadmium chloride (CdCl2) and gamma irradiation, two redox-inducing agents, on metallothionein (MT) gene and protein expression in Plantago ovata Forsk (P. ovata). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Chlorophyll content was estimated to study the stress resp...

journal_title：International journal of radiation biology

authors： Ghoshal N,Talapatra S,Moulick A,Chakraborty A,Raychaudhuri SS

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00