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Wilkins RC, Beaton-Green LA. Development of high-throughput systems for biodosimetry. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2023; 199:1477-1484. [PMID: 37721060 PMCID: PMC10720693 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncad060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/29/2022] [Revised: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 09/19/2023]
Abstract
Biomarkers for ionising radiation exposure have great utility in scenarios where there has been a potential exposure and physical dosimetry is missing or in dispute, such as for occupational and accidental exposures. Biomarkers that respond as a function of dose are particularly useful as biodosemeters to determine the dose of radiation to which an individual has been exposed. These dose measurements can also be used in medical scenarios to track doses from medical exposures and even have the potential to identify an individual's response to radiation exposure that could help tailor treatments. The measurement of biomarkers of exposure in medicine and for accidents, where a larger number of samples would be required, is limited by the throughput of analysis (i.e. the number of samples that could be processed and analysed), particularly for microscope-based methods, which tend to be labour-intensive. Rapid analysis in an emergency scenario, such as a large-scale accident, would provide dose estimates to medical practitioners, allowing timely administration of the appropriate medical countermeasures to help mitigate the effects of radiation exposure. In order to improve sample throughput for biomarker analysis, much effort has been devoted to automating the process from sample preparation through automated image analysis. This paper will focus mainly on biological endpoints traditionally analysed by microscopy, specifically dicentric chromosomes, micronuclei and gamma-H2AX. These endpoints provide examples where sample throughput has been improved through automated image acquisition, analysis of images acquired by microscopy, as well as methods that have been developed for analysis using imaging flow cytometry.
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- Ruth C Wilkins
- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa K1A 1C1, Canada
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- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa K1A 1C1, Canada
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Bertucci A, Wilkins RC, Lachapelle S, Turner HC, Brenner DJ, Garty G. Comparison of Isolated Lymphocyte and Whole Blood-Based CBMN Assays for Radiation Triage. Cytogenet Genome Res 2023; 163:110-120. [PMID: 37573770 PMCID: PMC10859551 DOI: 10.1159/000533488] [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: 04/07/2023] [Accepted: 08/06/2023] [Indexed: 08/15/2023] Open
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Following a mass-casualty nuclear/radiological event, there will be an important need for rapid and accurate estimation of absorbed dose for biological triage. The cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay is an established and validated cytogenetic biomarker used to assess DNA damage in irradiated peripheral blood lymphocytes. Here, we describe an intercomparison experiment between two biodosimetry laboratories, located at Columbia University (CU) and Health Canada (HC) that performed different variants of the human blood CBMN assay to reconstruct dose in human blood, with CU performing the assay on isolated lymphocytes and using semi-automated scoring whereas HC used the more conventional whole blood assay. Although the micronucleus yields varied significantly between the two assays, the predicted doses closely matched up to 4 Gy - the range from which the HC calibration curve was previously established. These results highlight the importance of a robust calibration curve(s) across a wide age range of donors that match the exposure scenario as closely as possible and that will account for differences in methodology between laboratories. We have seen that at low doses, variability in the results may be attributed to variation in the processing while at higher doses the variation is dominated by inter-individual variation in cell proliferation. This interlaboratory collaboration further highlights the usefulness of the CBMN endpoint to accurately reconstruct absorbed dose in human blood after ionizing radiation exposure.
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- Antonella Bertucci
- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
- Currently at: Loma Linda University Medical Center, Loma Linda, CA, USA
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- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA
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Lee Y, Jin YW, Seong KM, Wilkins RC, Jang S. Improving radiation dosimetry with an automated micronucleus scoring system: correction of automated scoring errors. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2023:10.1007/s00411-023-01030-7. [PMID: 37195317 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-023-01030-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2022] [Accepted: 05/01/2023] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Radiation dose estimations performed by automated counting of micronuclei (MN) have been studied for their utility for triage following large-scale radiological incidents; although speed is essential, it also is essential to estimate radiation doses as accurately as possible for long-term epidemiological follow-up. Our goal in this study was to evaluate and improve the performance of automated MN counting for biodosimetry using the cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay. We measured false detection rates and used them to improve the accuracy of dosimetry. The average false-positive rate for binucleated cells was 1.14%; average false-positive and -negative MN rates were 1.03% and 3.50%, respectively. Detection errors seemed to be correlated with radiation dose. Correction of errors by visual inspection of images used for automated counting, called the semi-automated and manual scoring method, increased accuracy of dose estimation. Our findings suggest that dose assessment of the automated MN scoring system can be improved by subsequent error correction, which could be useful for performing biodosimetry on large numbers of people rapidly, accurately, and efficiently.
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- Younghyun Lee
- Laboratory of Biological Dosimetry, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, National Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, College of Medical Sciences, Soonchunhyang University, Asan, Republic of Korea
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- Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, National Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Laboratory of Biological Dosimetry, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, National Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Laboratory of Biological Dosimetry, Korea Institute of Radiological and Medical Sciences, National Radiation Emergency Medical Center, Seoul, Republic of Korea.
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Sholom S, McKeever SWS, Escalona MB, Ryan TL, Balajee AS. A comparative validation of biodosimetry and physical dosimetry techniques for possible triage applications in emergency dosimetry. JOURNAL OF RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION : OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF THE SOCIETY FOR RADIOLOGICAL PROTECTION 2022; 42:021515. [PMID: 35196651 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6498/ac5815] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2021] [Accepted: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Large-scale radiological accidents or nuclear terrorist incidents involving radiological or nuclear materials can potentially expose thousands, or hundreds of thousands, of people to unknown radiation doses, requiring prompt dose reconstruction for appropriate triage. Two types of dosimetry methods namely, biodosimetry and physical dosimetry are currently utilized for estimating absorbed radiation dose in humans. Both methods have been tested separately in several inter-laboratory comparison exercises, but a direct comparison of physical dosimetry with biological dosimetry has not been performed to evaluate their dose prediction accuracies. The current work describes the results of the direct comparison of absorbed doses estimated by physical (smartphone components) and biodosimetry (dicentric chromosome assay (DCA) performed in human peripheral blood lymphocytes) methods. For comparison, human peripheral blood samples (biodosimetry) and different components of smartphones, namely surface mount resistors (SMRs), inductors and protective glasses (physical dosimetry) were exposed to different doses of photons (0-4.4 Gy; values refer to dose to blood after correction) and the absorbed radiation doses were reconstructed by biodosimetry (DCA) and physical dosimetry (optically stimulated luminescence (OSL)) methods. Additionally, LiF:Mg,Ti (TLD-100) chips and Al2O3:C (Luxel) films were used as reference TL and OSL dosimeters, respectively. The best coincidence between biodosimetry and physical dosimetry was observed for samples of blood and SMRs exposed toγ-rays. Significant differences were observed in the reconstructed doses by the two dosimetry methods for samples exposed to x-ray photons with energy below 100 keV. The discrepancy is probably due to the energy dependence of mass energy-absorption coefficients of the samples extracted from the phones. Our results of comparative validation of the radiation doses reconstructed by luminescence dosimetry from smartphone components with biodosimetry using DCA from human blood suggest the potential use of smartphone components as an effective emergency triage tool for high photon energies.
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- Sergey Sholom
- Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory, Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America
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- Radiation Dosimetry Laboratory, Department of Physics, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, United States of America
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- Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory, Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory, Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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- Cytogenetic Biodosimetry Laboratory, Radiation Emergency Assistance Center/Training Site, Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education, Oak Ridge Associated Universities, Oak Ridge, TN, United States of America
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Radiation Biomarkers in Large Scale Human Health Effects Studies. J Pers Med 2020; 10:jpm10040155. [PMID: 33023046 PMCID: PMC7712754 DOI: 10.3390/jpm10040155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2020] [Revised: 09/28/2020] [Accepted: 10/01/2020] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Following recent developments, the RENEB network (Running the European Network of biological dosimetry and physical retrospective dosimetry) is in an excellent position to carry out large scale molecular epidemiological studies of ionizing radiation effects, with validated expertise in the dicentric, fluorescent in situ hybridization (FISH)-translocation, micronucleus, premature chromosome condensation, gamma-H2AX foci and gene expression assays. Large scale human health effects studies present complex challenges such as the practical aspects of sample logistics, assay costs, effort, effect modifiers and quality control/assurance measures. At Public Health England, the dicentric, automated micronucleus and gamma-H2AX radiation-induced foci assays have been tested for use in a large health effects study. The results of the study and the experience gained in carrying out such a large scale investigation provide valuable information that could help minimise random and systematic errors in biomarker data sets for health surveillance analyses going forward.
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Beinke C, Scherthan H, Port M, Popp T, Hermann C, Eder S. Triterpenoid CDDO-Me induces ROS generation and up-regulates cellular levels of antioxidative enzymes without induction of DSBs in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2020; 59:461-472. [PMID: 32409897 PMCID: PMC7369132 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-020-00847-w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2019] [Accepted: 04/30/2020] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Ionizing radiation produces reactive oxygen species (ROS) leading to cellular DNA damage. Therefore, patients undergoing radiation therapy or first responders in radiological accident scenarios could both benefit from the identification of specifically acting pharmacological radiomitigators. The synthetic triterpenoid bardoxolone-methyl (CDDO-Me) has previously been shown to exert antioxidant, anti-inflammatory and anticancer activities in several cell lines, in part by enhancing the DNA damage response. In our study, we examined the effect of nanomolar concentrations of CDDO-Me in human peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC). We observed increased cellular levels of the antioxidative enzymes heme oxygenase-1 (HO-1), NAD(P)H dehydrogenase (quinone1) and mitochondrial superoxide dismutase 2 by immunoblotting. Surprisingly, we found increased intracellular ROS-levels using imaging flow-cytometry. However, the radiation-induced DNA double-strand break (DSB) formation using the γ-H2AX + 53BP1 DSB focus assay and the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay both revealed, that nanomolar CDDO-Me pre-treatment of PBMC for 2 h or 6 h ahead of X irradiation with 2 Gy did neither significantly affect γ-H2AX + 53BP1 DSB foci formation nor the frequency of micronuclei. CDDO-Me treatment also failed to alter the nuclear division index and the frequency of IR-induced PBMC apoptosis as investigated by Annexin V-labeled live-cell imaging. Our results indicate that pharmacologically increased cellular concentrations of antioxidative enzymes might not necessarily exert radiomitigating short-term effects in IR-exposed PBMC. However, the increase of antioxidative enzymes could also be a result of a defensive cellular mechanism towards elevated ROS levels.
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- Christina Beinke
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology Affiliated to the University Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany.
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology Affiliated to the University Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology Affiliated to the University Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology Affiliated to the University Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology Affiliated to the University Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology Affiliated to the University Ulm, Neuherbergstr. 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
- Institute and Outpatient Clinic for Occupational, Social and Environmental Medicine, Inner City Clinic, University Hospital of Munich (LMU), Munich, Germany
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Pujol-Canadell M, Perrier JR, Cunha L, Shuryak I, Harken A, Garty G, Brenner DJ. Cytogenetically-based biodosimetry after high doses of radiation. PLoS One 2020; 15:e0228350. [PMID: 32320391 PMCID: PMC7176141 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0228350] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2019] [Accepted: 01/13/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Dosimetry is an important tool for triage and treatment planning following any radiation exposure accident, and biological dosimetry, which estimates exposure dose using a biological parameter, is a practical means of determining the specific dose an individual receives. The cytokinesis-blocked micronucleus assay (CBMN) is an established biodosimetric tool to measure chromosomal damage in mitogen-stimulated human lymphocytes. The CBMN method is especially valuable for biodosimetry in triage situations thanks to simplicity in scoring and adaptability to high-throughput automated sample processing systems. While this technique produces dose-response data which fit very well to a linear-quadratic model for exposures to low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation and for doses up for 5 Gy, limitations to the accuracy of this method arise at larger doses. Accuracy at higher doses is limited by the number of cells reaching mitosis. Whereas it would be expected that the yield of micronuclei increases with the dose, in many experiments it has been shown to actually decrease when normalized over the total number of cells. This variation from a monotonically increasing dose response poses a limitation for retrospective dose reconstruction. In this study we modified the standard CBMN assay to increase its accuracy following exposures to higher doses of photons or a mixed neutron-photon beam. The assay is modified either through inhibitions of the G2/M and spindle checkpoints with the addition of caffeine and/or ZM447439 (an Aurora kinase inhibitor), respectively to the blood cultures at select times during the assay. Our results showed that caffeine addition improved assay performance for photon up to 10 Gy. This was achieved by extending the assay time from the typical 70 h to just 74 h. Compared to micronuclei yields without inhibitors, addition of caffeine and ZM447439 resulted in improved accuracy in the detection of micronuclei yields up to 10 Gy from photons and 4 Gy of mixed neutrons-photons. When the dose-effect curves were fitted to take into account the turnover phenomenon observed at higher doses, best fitting was achieved when the combination of both inhibitors was used. These techniques permit reliable dose reconstruction after high doses of radiation with a method that can be adapted to high-throughput automated sample processing systems.
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- Monica Pujol-Canadell
- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America
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- Radiological Research Accelerator Facility, Irvington, NY, United States of America
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- Radiological Research Accelerator Facility, Irvington, NY, United States of America
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, United States of America
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Micronucleus Assay: The State of Art, and Future Directions. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:ijms21041534. [PMID: 32102335 PMCID: PMC7073234 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21041534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2020] [Revised: 02/13/2020] [Accepted: 02/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022] Open
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During almost 40 years of use, the micronucleus assay (MN) has become one of the most popular methods to assess genotoxicity of different chemical and physical factors, including ionizing radiation-induced DNA damage. In this minireview, we focus on the position of MN among the other genotoxicity tests, its usefulness in different applications and visibility by international organizations, such as International Atomic Energy Agency, Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development and International Organization for Standardization. In addition, the mechanism of micronuclei formation is discussed. Finally, foreseen directions of the MN development are pointed, such as automation, buccal cells MN and chromothripsis phenomenon.
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Bensimon Etzol J, Bouvet S, Bettencourt C, Altmeyer S, Paget V, Ugolin N, Chevillard S. DosiKit, a New Immunoassay for Fast Radiation Biodosimetry of Hair and Blood Samples. Radiat Res 2018; 190:473-482. [DOI: 10.1667/rr15136.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Fontenay-aux-Roses France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Fontenay-aux-Roses France
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Bensimon Etzol J, Valente M, Altmeyer S, Bettencourt C, Bouvet S, Cosler G, Desangles F, Drouet M, Entine F, Hérodin F, Jourquin F, Lecompte Y, Martigne P, Michel X, Pateux J, Ugolin N, Chevillard S. DosiKit, a New Portable Immunoassay for Fast External Irradiation Biodosimetry. Radiat Res 2017; 190:176-185. [DOI: 10.1667/rr14760.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armées (IRBA), Bretigny, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armées (IRBA), Bretigny, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armées (IRBA), Bretigny, France
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- Service de Protection Radiologique des Armées (SPRA), Clamart, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armées (IRBA), Bretigny, France
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- Service de Protection Radiologique des Armées (SPRA), Clamart, France
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- Service de Protection Radiologique des Armées (SPRA), Clamart, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armées (IRBA), Bretigny, France
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- Service de Protection Radiologique des Armées (SPRA), Clamart, France
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- Institut de Recherche Biomedicale des Armées (IRBA), Bretigny, France
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- Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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Vinnikov VA. Optimizing the Microscopy Time Schedule for Chromosomal Dosimetry of High-dose and Partial-body Irradiations. Genome Integr 2017; 8:3. [PMID: 28250910 PMCID: PMC5320789 DOI: 10.4103/2041-9414.198908] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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The methodology of cytogenetic triage can be improved by optimizing a schedule of microscopy for different exposure scenarios. Chromosome aberrations were quantified by microscopy in human blood lymphocytes irradiated in vitro to ~2, 4, and 12 Gy acute 60Co γ-rays mixed with the unirradiated blood simulating 10%, 50%, 90%, and 100% exposure and in along with a sample from a homogeneous exposure to ~20 Gy. Biodosimetry workload was statistically modeled assuming that 0.5, 1, 5, or 25 h was available for scoring one case or for analysis of up to 1000 cells or 100 dicentrics plus centric rings by one operator. A strong negative correlation was established between the rates of aberration acquisition and cell recording. Calculations showed that the workload of 1 case per operator per·day (5 h of scoring by microscopy) allows dose estimates with high accuracy for either 90%–100% irradiations of 2 Gy or 50%–90% irradiations of 4–12 Gy; lethal homogeneous (100%) exposures of 12 and 20 Gy can be evaluated with just 1 h of microscopy. Triage analysis of 0.5 h scoring per case results in the minimum tolerable accuracy only for partial- and total-body exposure of 4–20 Gy. Time-related efficacy of conventional biodosimetry depends primarily on the aberration yield in the sample, which is dependent on the radiation dose and its distribution in the patient's body. An optimized schedule of microscopy scoring should be developed for different exposure scenarios in each laboratory to increase their preparedness to radiological emergencies.
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- Volodymyr A Vinnikov
- Individual Radiosensitivity Group, Grigoriev Institute for Medical Radiology of the National Academy of Medical Science of Ukraine, Kharkiv, Ukraine
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Rodrigues MA, Probst CE, Beaton-Green LA, Wilkins RC. THE EFFECT OF AN OPTIMIZED IMAGING FLOW CYTOMETRY ANALYSIS TEMPLATE ON SAMPLE THROUGHPUT IN THE REDUCED CULTURE CYTOKINESIS-BLOCK MICRONUCLEUS ASSAY. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2016; 172:223-229. [PMID: 27421474 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncw160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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In cases of overexposure to ionizing radiation, the cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay can be performed in order to estimate the dose of radiation to an exposed individual. However, in the event of a large-scale radiation accident with many potentially exposed casualties, the assay must be able to generate accurate dose estimates to within ±0.5 Gy as quickly as possible. The assay has been adapted to, validated and optimized on the ImageStreamX imaging flow cytometer. The ease of running this automated version of the CBMN assay allowed investigation into the accuracy of dose estimates after reducing the volume of whole blood cultured to 200 µl and reducing the culture time to 48 h. The data analysis template used to identify binucleated lymphocyte cells (BNCs) and micronuclei (MN) has since been optimized to improve the sensitivity and specificity of BNC and MN detection. This paper presents a re-analysis of existing data using this optimized analysis template to demonstrate that dose estimations from blinded samples can be obtained to the same level of accuracy in a shorter data collection time. Here, we show that dose estimates from blinded samples were obtained to within ±0.5 Gy of the delivered dose when data collection time was reduced by 30 min at standard culture conditions and by 15 min at reduced culture conditions. Reducing data collection time while retaining the same level of accuracy in our imaging flow cytometry-based version of the CBMN assay results in higher throughput and further increases the relevancy of the CBMN assay as a radiation biodosimeter.
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- M A Rodrigues
- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1C1, Canada
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- Amnis, a part of MilliporeSigma, 645 Elliott Avenue West, Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98119, USA
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1C1, Canada
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario K1A 1C1, Canada
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Ainsbury EA, Higueras M, Puig P, Einbeck J, Samaga D, Barquinero JF, Barrios L, Brzozowska B, Fattibene P, Gregoire E, Jaworska A, Lloyd D, Oestreicher U, Romm H, Rothkamm K, Roy L, Sommer S, Terzoudi G, Thierens H, Trompier F, Vral A, Woda C. Uncertainty of fast biological radiation dose assessment for emergency response scenarios. Int J Radiat Biol 2016; 93:127-135. [PMID: 27572921 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1227106] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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PURPOSE Reliable dose estimation is an important factor in appropriate dosimetric triage categorization of exposed individuals to support radiation emergency response. MATERIALS AND METHODS Following work done under the EU FP7 MULTIBIODOSE and RENEB projects, formal methods for defining uncertainties on biological dose estimates are compared using simulated and real data from recent exercises. RESULTS The results demonstrate that a Bayesian method of uncertainty assessment is the most appropriate, even in the absence of detailed prior information. The relative accuracy and relevance of techniques for calculating uncertainty and combining assay results to produce single dose and uncertainty estimates is further discussed. CONCLUSIONS Finally, it is demonstrated that whatever uncertainty estimation method is employed, ignoring the uncertainty on fast dose assessments can have an important impact on rapid biodosimetric categorization.
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- Elizabeth A Ainsbury
- a Public Health England Centre for Radiation , Chemical and Environmental Hazards (PHE) , Chilton , UK
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- a Public Health England Centre for Radiation , Chemical and Environmental Hazards (PHE) , Chilton , UK.,b Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain
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- b Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona , Barcelona , Spain
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- c Department of Mathematical Sciences , Durham University , Durham , UK
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- d Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS) , Munich , Germany
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- e Stockholm University , Centre for Radiation Protection Research, Department of Molecular Bioscience, The Wenner-Gren Institute , Stockholm , Sweden.,f University of Warsaw , Faculty of Physics, Department of Biomedical Physics , Warsaw , Poland
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- h Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire (IRSN) , Paris , France
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- i Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority (NRPA) , Østerås , Norway
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- a Public Health England Centre for Radiation , Chemical and Environmental Hazards (PHE) , Chilton , UK
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- d Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz (BfS) , Munich , Germany
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- a Public Health England Centre for Radiation , Chemical and Environmental Hazards (PHE) , Chilton , UK.,j University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf , Hamburg , Germany
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- h Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire (IRSN) , Paris , France
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- k Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology (ICHTJ) , Warsaw , Poland
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- l National Centre for Scientific Research Demokritos , Athens , Greece
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- h Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire (IRSN) , Paris , France
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- m Ghent University , Ghent , Belgium
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- n Helmholtz Zentrum München (HMGU) , Neuherberg , Germany
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McKeever S, Sholom S. Biodosimetry versus physical dosimetry for emergency dose assessment following large-scale radiological exposures. RADIAT MEAS 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.radmeas.2016.06.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Depuydt J, Baeyens A, Barnard S, Beinke C, Benedek A, Beukes P, Buraczewska I, Darroudi F, De Sanctis S, Dominguez I, Monteiro Gil O, Hadjidekova V, Kis E, Kulka U, Lista F, Lumniczky K, M’kacher R, Moquet J, Obreja D, Oestreicher U, Pajic J, Pastor N, Popova L, Regalbuto E, Ricoul M, Sabatier L, Slabbert J, Sommer S, Testa A, Thierens H, Wojcik A, Vral A. RENEB intercomparison exercises analyzing micronuclei (Cytokinesis-block Micronucleus Assay). Int J Radiat Biol 2016; 93:36-47. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2016.1206231] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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- Julie Depuydt
- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
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- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, UK
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- Bundeswehr Institut für Radiobiology, Universität Ulm, Munich, Germany
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- National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
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- Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, Bobadela-LRS, Portugal
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- National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- Bundesamt für Strahlenschutz, Department Radiation Protection and Health, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Army Medical and Veterinary Research Center, Rome, Italy
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- National Public Health Centre – National Research Directorate for Radiobiology and Radiohygiene, Budapest, Hungary
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- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Oncologie, Commissariat à l’Energy Atomique, France
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- Public Health England, Centre for Radiation Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Chilton, UK
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- Institutul National de Sanatate Publica, Bucuresti, Romania
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Serbian Institute of Occupational Health “Dr Dragomir Karajovic”, Radiation Protection Center, Belgrado, Serbia
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- National Center for Radiobiology and Radiation Protection, Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Oncologie, Commissariat à l’Energy Atomique, France
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- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie et Oncologie, Commissariat à l’Energy Atomique, France
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- National Research Foundation (NRF) iThemba LABS, Somerset West, South Africa
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- Agenzia Nazionale per le Nuove Tecnologie, l'Energia e lo Sviluppo Economico Sostenibile, Rome, Italy
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Institute Molecular Biosciences, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ghent University, Gent, Belgium
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Flood AB, Ali AN, Boyle HK, Du G, Satinsky VA, Swarts SG, Williams BB, Demidenko E, Schreiber W, Swartz HM. Evaluating the Special Needs of The Military for Radiation Biodosimetry for Tactical Warfare Against Deployed Troops: Comparing Military to Civilian Needs for Biodosimetry Methods. HEALTH PHYSICS 2016; 111:169-82. [PMID: 27356061 PMCID: PMC4930006 DOI: 10.1097/hp.0000000000000538] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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The aim of this paper is to delineate characteristics of biodosimetry most suitable for assessing individuals who have potentially been exposed to significant radiation from a nuclear device explosion when the primary population targeted by the explosion and needing rapid assessment for triage is civilians vs. deployed military personnel. The authors first carry out a systematic analysis of the requirements for biodosimetry to meet the military's needs to assess deployed troops in a warfare situation, which include accomplishing the military mission. Then the military's special capabilities to respond and carry out biodosimetry for deployed troops in warfare are compared and contrasted systematically, in contrast to those available to respond and conduct biodosimetry for civilians who have been targeted by terrorists, for example. Then the effectiveness of different biodosimetry methods to address military vs. civilian needs and capabilities in these scenarios was compared and, using five representative types of biodosimetry with sufficient published data to be useful for the simulations, the number of individuals are estimated who could be assessed by military vs. civilian responders within the timeframe needed for triage decisions. Analyses based on these scenarios indicate that, in comparison to responses for a civilian population, a wartime military response for deployed troops has both more complex requirements for and greater capabilities to use different types of biodosimetry to evaluate radiation exposure in a very short timeframe after the exposure occurs. Greater complexity for the deployed military is based on factors such as a greater likelihood of partial or whole body exposure, conditions that include exposure to neutrons, and a greater likelihood of combined injury. These simulations showed, for both the military and civilian response, that a very fast rate of initiating the processing (24,000 d) is needed to have at least some methods capable of completing the assessment of 50,000 people within a 2- or 6-d timeframe following exposure. This in turn suggests a very high capacity (i.e., laboratories, devices, supplies and expertise) would be necessary to achieve these rates. These simulations also demonstrated the practical importance of the military's superior capacity to minimize time to transport samples to offsite facilities and use the results to carry out triage quickly. Assuming sufficient resources and the fastest daily rate to initiate processing victims, the military scenario revealed that two biodosimetry methods could achieve the necessary throughput to triage 50,000 victims in 2 d (i.e., the timeframe needed for injured victims), and all five achieved the targeted throughput within 6 d. In contrast, simulations based on the civilian scenario revealed that no method could process 50,000 people in 2 d and only two could succeed within 6 d.
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- Ann Barry Flood
- EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Radiology Department, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
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- EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Radiology Department, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Radiology Department, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, College of Medicine, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL
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- EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Radiology Department, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
- Radiation Oncology Division, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- Department of Biomedical Data Science, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Radiology Department, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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- EPR Center for the Study of Viable Systems, Radiology Department, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
- Radiation Oncology Division, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH 03755
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Rodrigues MA, Probst CE, Beaton-Green LA, Wilkins RC. Optimized automated data analysis for the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay using imaging flow cytometry for high throughput radiation biodosimetry. Cytometry A 2016; 89:653-62. [PMID: 27272602 PMCID: PMC5089661 DOI: 10.1002/cyto.a.22887] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/12/2015] [Revised: 05/05/2016] [Accepted: 05/10/2016] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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The cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay is a well-established technique that can be employed in triage radiation biodosimetry to estimate whole body doses of radiation to potentially exposed individuals through quantitation of the frequency of micronuclei (MN) in binucleated lymphocyte cells (BNCs). The assay has been partially automated using traditional microscope-based methods and most recently has been modified for application on the ImageStream(X) (IS(X) ) imaging flow cytometer. This modification has allowed for a similar number of BNCs to be automatically scored as compared to traditional microscopy in a much shorter time period. However, the MN frequency measured was much lower than both manual and automated slide-based methods of performing the assay. This work describes the optimized analysis template which implements newly developed functions in the IDEAS(®) data analysis software for the IS(X) that enhances specificity for BNCs and increases the frequency of scored MN. A new dose response calibration curve is presented in which the average rate of MN per BNC is of similar magnitude to those presented in the literature using automated CBMN slide scoring methods. In addition, dose estimates were generated for nine irradiated, blinded samples and were found to be within ±0.5 Gy of the delivered dose. Results demonstrate that the improved identification accuracy for MN and BNCs in the IS(X) -based version of the CBMN assay will translate to increased accuracy when estimating unknown radiation doses received by exposed individuals following large-scale radiological or nuclear emergencies. © 2016 The Authors. Cytometry Part A published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of ISAC.
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- M A Rodrigues
- Amnis - MilliporeSigma, Seattle, WA, 98119.,Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Amnis - MilliporeSigma, Seattle, WA, 98119
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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- Environmental and Radiation Health Sciences Directorate, Health Canada, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Beinke C, Port M, Riecke A, Ruf CG, Abend M. Adaption of the Cytokinesis-Block Micronucleus Cytome Assay for Improved Triage Biodosimetry. Radiat Res 2016; 185:461-72. [DOI: 10.1667/rr14294.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- C. Beinke
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, 80937 Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, 80937 Munich, Germany
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- Department of Hematology, Federal Armed Forces Hospital, 89081 Ulm, Germany; and
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- Department of Urology, Federal Armed Forces Hospital, 56072 Koblenz, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, 80937 Munich, Germany
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Bertucci A, Smilenov LB, Turner HC, Amundson SA, Brenner DJ. In vitro RABiT measurement of dose rate effects on radiation induction of micronuclei in human peripheral blood lymphocytes. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2016; 55:53-59. [PMID: 26791381 PMCID: PMC4792265 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-015-0628-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/05/2015] [Accepted: 11/28/2015] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Developing new methods for radiation biodosimetry has been identified as a high-priority need in case of a radiological accident or nuclear terrorist attacks. A large-scale radiological incident would result in an immediate critical need to assess the radiation doses received by thousands of individuals. Casualties will be exposed to different doses and dose rates due to their geographical position and sheltering conditions, and dose rate is one of the principal factors that determine the biological consequences of a given absorbed dose. In these scenarios, high-throughput platforms are required to identify the biological dose in a large number of exposed individuals for clinical monitoring and medical treatment. The Rapid Automated Biodosimetry Tool (RABiT) is designed to be completely automated from the input of blood sample into the machine to the output of a dose estimate. The primary goal of this paper was to quantify the dose rate effects for RABiT-measured micronuclei in vitro in human lymphocytes. Blood samples from healthy volunteers were exposed in vitro to different doses of X-rays to acute and protracted doses over a period up to 24 h. The acute dose was delivered at ~1.03 Gy/min and the low dose rate exposure at ~0.31 Gy/min. The results showed that the yield of micronuclei decreases with decreasing dose rate starting at 2 Gy, whereas response was indistinguishable from that of acute exposure in the low dose region, up to 0.5 Gy. The results showed a linear-quadratic dose-response relationship for the occurrence of micronuclei for the acute exposure and a linear dose-response relationship for the low dose rate exposure.
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- Antonella Bertucci
- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY, 10032, USA.
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY, 10032, USA
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- Center for Radiological Research, Columbia University Medical Center, 630 W. 168th St., New York, NY, 10032, USA
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HERD OLIVIA, FRANCIES FLAVIA, KOTZEN JEFFREY, SMITH TRUDY, NXUMALO ZWIDE, MULLER XANTHENE, SLABBERT JACOBUS, VRAL ANNE, BAEYENS ANS. Chromosomal radiosensitivity of human immunodeficiency virus positive/negative cervical cancer patients in South Africa. Mol Med Rep 2016; 13:130-6. [PMID: 26549042 PMCID: PMC4686097 DOI: 10.3892/mmr.2015.4504] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/03/2014] [Accepted: 07/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Cervical cancer is the second most common cancer amongst South African women and is the leading cause of cancer-associated mortality in this region. Several international studies on radiation‑induced DNA damage in lymphocytes of cervical cancer patients have remained inconclusive. Despite the high incidence of cervical cancer in South Africa, and the extensive use of radiotherapy to treat it, the chromosomal radiosensitivity of South African cervical cancer patients has not been studied to date. Since a high number of these patients are human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)‑positive, the effect of HIV infection on chromosomal radiosensitivity was also investigated. Blood samples from 35 cervical cancer patients (20 HIV‑negative and 15 HIV‑positive) and 20 healthy controls were exposed to X‑rays at doses of 6 MV of 2 and 4 Gy in vitro. Chromosomal radiosensitivity was assessed using the micronucleus (MN) assay. MN scores were obtained using the Metafer 4 platform, an automated microscopic system. Three scoring methods of the MNScore module of Metafer were applied and compared. Cervical cancer patients had higher MN values than healthy controls, with HIV‑positive patients having the highest MN values. Differences between groups were significant when using a scoring method that corrects for false positive and false negative MN. The present study suggested increased chromosomal radiosensitivity in HIV-positive South African cervical cancer patients.
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- OLIVIA HERD
- Department of Radiation Biophysics, NRF-iThemba LABS, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Department of Radiation Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
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- Department of Radiation Biophysics, NRF-iThemba LABS, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Department of Radiation Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
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- Department of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Charlotte Maxeke Johannesburg Academic Hospital, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
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- Department of Radiation Biophysics, NRF-iThemba LABS, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
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- Department of Radiation Biophysics, NRF-iThemba LABS, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Ghent University, Ghent B-9000, Belgium
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- Department of Radiation Biophysics, NRF-iThemba LABS, Somerset West 7129, South Africa
- Department of Radiation Sciences, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 2193, South Africa
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Jaworska A, Ainsbury EA, Fattibene P, Lindholm C, Oestreicher U, Rothkamm K, Romm H, Thierens H, Trompier F, Voisin P, Vral A, Woda C, Wojcik A. Operational guidance for radiation emergency response organisations in Europe for using biodosimetric tools developed in EU MULTIBIODOSE project. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2015; 164:165-169. [PMID: 25274532 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu294] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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In the event of a large-scale radiological emergency, the triage of individuals according to their degree of exposure forms an important initial step of the accident management. Although clinical signs and symptoms of a serious exposure may be used for radiological triage, they are not necessarily radiation specific and can lead to a false diagnosis. Biodosimetry is a method based on the analysis of radiation-induced changes in cells of the human body or in portable electronic devices and enables the unequivocal identification of exposed people who should receive medical treatment. The MULTIBIODOSE (MBD) consortium developed and validated several biodosimetric assays and adapted and tested them as tools for biological dose assessment in a mass-casualty event. Different biodosimetric assays were validated against the 'gold standard' of biological dosimetry-the dicentric assay. The assays were harmonised in such a way that, in an emergency situation, they can be run in parallel in a network of European laboratories. The aim of this guidance is to give a concise overview of the developed biodosimetric tools as well as how and when they can be used in an emergency situation.
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- Alicja Jaworska
- Department of Monitoring and Research, Norwegian Radiation Protection Authority, Oesteraas, Norway
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- Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Didcot, Oxon, UK
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- Department Technology and Health, Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Environmental Radiation Surveillance, Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, Helsinki, Finland
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- Department Radiation Protection and Health, Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Centre for Radiation, Chemical and Environmental Hazards, Public Health England, Didcot, Oxon, UK
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- Department Radiation Protection and Health, Bundesamt fuer Strahlenschutz, Oberschleissheim, Germany
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
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- Department of Radiobiology and Epidemiology, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-roses, France
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- Department of Radiobiology and Epidemiology, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay-aux-roses, France
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- Department of Basic Medical Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, Universiteit Gent, Gent, Belgium
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- Institute of Radiation Biology, Helmholtz Zentrum München, Neuherberg, Germany
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- Centre for Radiation Protection Research, MBW Department, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden
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Beinke C, Port M, Abend M. Automatic versus manual lymphocyte fixation: impact on dose estimation using the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2015; 54:81-90. [PMID: 25398502 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-014-0575-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/01/2014] [Accepted: 10/31/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The lymphocyte cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay is a biodosemeter for the exposure to ionizing radiation. We examined the feasibility to implement a fully automated cell harvesting system for binucleate lymphocyte (BN) fixation. We compared fully automated versus manual BN fixation and evaluated its relevance on the accuracy of dose estimates using the CBMN. First, dose-response curves based on X-ray irradiated blood samples of ten healthy donors (0-4 Gy, dose rate 1.0 Gy/min) were established. BN was either prepared manually or fully automatically using the Hanabi cell harvester system PII. Slides were finally scored following an automatic or semi-automatic approach using the Metafer4 platform. The variance was calculated per dose and separately for each of the four fixation and scoring combinations. Thereafter, a serial of 16 blood samples of unknown exposure doses (0-3.9 Gy X-ray) was analyzed. Employing the four fixation and scoring combinations, we compared the number of dose estimates lying outside the ±0.5 Gy interval and the mean absolute difference (MAD) and examined sensitivity, specificity and accuracy of doses merged into binary dose categories of clinical significance. Irrespective of the fixation procedure, we observed at doses ≤1.0 Gy about 2-4 times higher median variances for the automated scoring procedure over the semi-automated approach (p ≤ 0.03). The lowest median variance was observed for automatic fixation + semi-automated scoring (135) which was even 2 times lower relative to manual fixation + semi-automated scoring (276, p = 0.04). These differences became negligible after doses >1.0 Gy. For the automatic fixation procedure, we also observed a tendency toward borderline significant higher numbers of dose estimates falling into the ±0.5 Gy interval (25 %, p = 0.08) and lower MAD values (50 %, p = 0.09), which was predominantly caused by the accuracy of dose assessment >1.0 Gy. Regarding the discrimination of binary dose categories of clinical significance, we observed a good agreement of both fixation procedures. The implementation of the automatic cell harvesting system considerably reduces the workload and results in dose estimates with a tendency of being slightly more accurate as they are after a manual fixation.
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- Christina Beinke
- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, affiliated to the University of Ulm, Neuherbergstraße 11, 80937, Munich, Germany.
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, affiliated to the University of Ulm, Neuherbergstraße 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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- Bundeswehr Institute of Radiobiology, affiliated to the University of Ulm, Neuherbergstraße 11, 80937, Munich, Germany
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