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Fucic A, Druzhinin V, Aghajanyan A, Slijepcevic P, Bakanova M, Baranova E, Minina V, Golovina T, Kourdakov K, Timofeeva A, Titov V. Rogue versus chromothriptic cell as biomarker of cancer. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2020; 784:108299. [PMID: 32430100 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2020.108299] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/13/2019] [Revised: 02/17/2020] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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New molecular cytogenetic biomarkers may significantly contribute to biodosimetry, whose application is still globally diverse and not fully standardized. In 2011, a new term, chromothripsis, was introduced raising great interest among researchers and soon motivating further investigations of the phenomenon. Chromothripsis is described as a single event in which one or more chromosomes go through severe DNA damage very much resembling rogue cells (RC) described more than 50 years ago. In this review, we for the first time compare these two multi-aberrant cells types, RC versus chromothriptic cells, giving insight into the similarities of the mechanisms involved in their etiology. In order to make a better comparison, data on RC in 3366 subjects from studies on cancer patients, Chernobyl liquidators, child victims of the Chernobyl nuclear plant accident, residentially and occupationally exposed population have been summarized for the first time. Results of experimental and epidemiological analysis show that chromothriptic cells and RC may be caused by exposure to high LET ionizing radiation. Experience and knowledge collected on RC may be used in future for further investigations of chromothripsis, introducing a new class of cells which include both chromothriptic and RC, and better insight into the frequency of chromothriptic cell per subject, which is currently absent. Both cell types are relevant in investigations of cancer etiology, biomonitoring of accidentally exposed population to ionizing radiation and biomonitoring of astronauts due to their exposure to high LET ionizing radiation during interplanetary voyages.
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- Aleksandra Fucic
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Medical Institute Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN University), Moscow, Russia Federation
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- Brunel University London, Department of Life Sciences, College of Health and Life Sciences, Uxbridge, UK
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- Kemerovo Regional Oncology Center, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
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Goh VST, Fujishima Y, Abe Y, Sakai A, Yoshida MA, Ariyoshi K, Kasai K, Wilkins RC, Blakely WF, Miura T. Construction of fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) translocation dose-response calibration curve with multiple donor data sets using R, based on ISO 20046:2019 recommendations. Int J Radiat Biol 2019; 95:1668-1684. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1664788] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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- Valerie Swee Ting Goh
- Department of Bioscience and Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
- Department of Radiation Biology, Tohoku University School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Life Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Life Sciences, Fukushima Medical University School of Medicine, Fukushima, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Department of Bioscience and Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Healthy Environments and Consumer Safety Branch, Ottawa, ON, Canada
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- Armed Forces Radiobiology Research Institute, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Department of Bioscience and Laboratory Medicine, Graduate School of Health Sciences, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
- Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Radiation Emergency Medicine, Hirosaki University, Hirosaki, Japan
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Fucic A, Aghajanyan A, Druzhinin V, Minina V, Neronova E. Follow-up studies on genome damage in children after Chernobyl nuclear power plant accident. Arch Toxicol 2016; 90:2147-2159. [PMID: 27329326 DOI: 10.1007/s00204-016-1766-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2016] [Accepted: 06/14/2016] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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As children are more susceptible to ionizing radiation than adults, each nuclear accident demands special attention and care of this vulnerable population. The Chernobyl nuclear disaster occurred in a region populated with a large number of children, but despite all efforts and expertise of nuclear specialists, it was not possible to avoid casualties. As vast regions of Ukraine, Belarus and Russia were exposed to doses of ionizing radiation, which are known to be related with different diseases, shortly after the accident medical surveillance was launched, which also included analysis of genome damage. Child population affected by internal and external radiation consisted of subjects exposed prenatally, postnatally (both evacuated and non-evacuated), born by irradiated fathers who worked as liquidators, and parents exposed environmentally. In all groups of children during the last 30 years who were exposed to doses which were significantly higher than that recommended for general population of 1 mSv per year, increased genome damage was detected. Increased genome damage includes statistically higher frequency of dicentric and ring chromosomes, chromated and chromosome breaks, acentric fragments, translocations, and micronuclei. The presence of rogue cells confirmed internal contamination. Genome instability and radiosensitivity in children was detected both in evacuated and continuously exposed children. Today the population exposed to ionizing radiation in 1986 is in reproductive period of life and follow-up of this population and their offspring is of great importance. This review aims to give insight in results of studies, which reported genome damage in children in journals without language restrictions.
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- Aleksandra Fucic
- Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Ksaverska c 2, Zagreb, Croatia.
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- Institute of Medicine, Peoples' Friendship University of Russia (RUDN), Moscow, Russian Federation
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- Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russian Federation.,Federal State Budget Scientific Institution, The Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
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- Kemerovo State University, Kemerovo, Russian Federation.,Federal State Budget Scientific Institution, The Federal Research Center of Coal and Coal Chemistry of Siberian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Kemerovo, Russian Federation
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- Nikiforov Russian Center Emergency and Radiation Medicine EMERCOM of Russia, St Petersburg, Russian Federation
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Heterogeneity of Genetic Damage in Cervical Nuclei and Lymphocytes in Women with Different Levels of Dysplasia and Cancer-Associated Risk Factors. BIOMED RESEARCH INTERNATIONAL 2015; 2015:293408. [PMID: 26339603 PMCID: PMC4538336 DOI: 10.1155/2015/293408] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2014] [Revised: 02/12/2015] [Accepted: 03/09/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The comet assay can be used to assess genetic damage, but heterogeneity in the length of the tails is frequently observed. The aims of this study were to evaluate genetic damage and heterogeneity in the cervical nuclei and lymphocytes from patients with different levels of dysplasia and to determine the risk factors associated with the development of cervical cancer. The study included 97 females who presented with different levels of dysplasia. A comet assay was performed in peripheral blood lymphocytes and cervical epithelial cells. Significant genetic damage (P ≤ 0.05) was observed only in patients diagnosed with nuclei cervical from dysplasia III (NCDIII) and lymphocytes from dysplasia I (LDI). However, the standard deviations of the tail lengths in the cervical nuclei and lymphocytes from patients with dysplasia I were significantly different (P ≤ 0.0001) from the standard deviations of the tail lengths in the nuclei cervical and lymphocytes from patients with DII and DIII (NCDII, NCDIII and LDII, LDIII), indicating a high heterogeneity in tail length. Results suggest that genetic damage could be widely present but only manifested as increased tail length in certain cell populations. This heterogeneity could obscure the statistical significance of the genetic damage.
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Volpato CB, Martínez-Alfaro M, Corvi R, Gabus C, Sauvaigo S, Ferrari P, Bonora E, De Grandi A, Romeo G. Enhanced sensitivity of the RET proto-oncogene to ionizing radiation in vitro. Cancer Res 2008; 68:8986-92. [PMID: 18974143 DOI: 10.1158/0008-5472.can-08-1032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Exposure to ionizing radiation is a well-known risk factor for a number of human cancers, including leukemia and thyroid cancer. It has been known for a long time that exposure of cells to radiation results in extensive DNA damage; however, a small number of studies have tried to explain the mechanisms of radiation-induced carcinogenesis. The high prevalence of RET/PTC rearrangements in patients who have received external radiation, and the evidence of in vitro induction of RET rearrangements in human cells, suggest an enhanced sensitivity of the RET genomic region to damage by ionizing radiation. To assess whether RET is indeed more sensitive to radiations than other genomic regions, we used a COMET assay coupled with fluorescence in situ hybridization, which allows the measurement of DNA fragmentation in defined genomic regions of single cells. We compared the initial DNA damage of the genomic regions of RET, CXCL12/SDF1, ABL, MYC, PLA2G2A, p53, and JAK2 induced by ionizing radiation in both a lymphoblastoid and a fetal thyroid cell line. In both cell lines, RET fragmentation was significantly higher than in other genomic regions. Moreover, a differential distribution of signals within the COMET was associated with a higher percentage of RET fragments in the tail. RET was more susceptible to fragmentation in the thyroid-derived cells than in lymphoblasts. This enhanced susceptibility of RET to ionizing radiation suggests the possibility of using it as a radiation exposure marker.
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Ballardin M, Antonelli A, Cipollini M, Fallahi P, Scarpato R, Tomei A, Traino C, Barale R. Induction of chromatid-type aberrations in peripheral lymphocytes of hospital workers exposed to very low doses of radiation. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2007; 626:61-8. [PMID: 17097335 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.08.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2005] [Revised: 07/18/2006] [Accepted: 08/22/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Radiological personnel represent workers exposed to low cumulative doses of radiation. As their surveillance is generally based on physical dosimetry, there is little or inconclusive information on biological effects due to radiation exposure at these doses. We aimed to explore the extent of chromosomal damage in circulating lymphocytes of hospital workers (technicians, nurses and physicians) chronically exposed to a very low level of radiation using conventional and molecular cytogenetic analyses (chromosome painting with chromosomes #2, #3 and #10 as probe cocktail). Compared with controls, exposed workers displayed a significant increase in the frequency of aberrant lymphocytes (1.26+/-0.11/100 cells versus 1.63+/-0.17/100 cells). In particular, exposed technicians showed significantly higher mean values than nurses or physicians (3.68+/-1.17/100 cells versus 1.36+/-0.18/100 cells and 1.36+/-0.09/100 cells, respectively). Interestingly, we found that the chromosomal damage was prevalently expressed as chromatid-type aberrations. Chromosome painting indicated that the frequency of chromosome rearrangements (CR; translocations and dicentrics pooled together) was approximately comparable between radiological workers and the control group. Moreover, we did not detect any significant difference due to radiation exposure when CR rates were considered separately for each of the three chromosomes in the probe cocktail.
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- Michela Ballardin
- Dipartimento di Biologia, University of Pisa, Via San Giuseppe 22, Pisa 56100, Italy
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Beskid O, Dusek Z, Solanský I, Srám RJ. The effects of exposure to different clastogens on the pattern of chromosomal aberrations detected by FISH whole chromosome painting in occupationally exposed individuals. Mutat Res 2006; 594:20-9. [PMID: 16153664 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2005.07.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2005] [Revised: 07/15/2005] [Accepted: 07/20/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The pattern of chromosomal aberrations (CA) was studied by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) technique (whole chromosomes #1 and #4 painting) in workers occupationally exposed to any of the four following conditions: acrylonitrile (ACN), ethyl benzene (EB), carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (c-PAHs), and irradiation in nuclear power plants (NPP), respectively. Decrease in the relative frequency of translocations was observed in EB group, and an increase in reciprocal translocations in ACN and NPP-exposed groups. An increase in a relative number of insertions was registered under all four conditions (significant at ACN, EB, c-PAHs, quasisignificant at NPP-exposed groups). Significant differences in the percentage of lymphocytes with aberrations on chromosome #1 (58.8+/-32.7%, versus 73.8+/-33.6% in the controls, P < 0.05), and chromosome #4 (47.0+/-34.1%, versus 29.4+/-32.2%, P < 0.01) were found in workers exposed to ACN. Similarly, a decrease in the proportion of cells with aberration on chromosome #1 (61.0+/-24.0%, versus 73.8+/-33.6%, P < 0.05) and an increase on chromosome #4 (45.6+/-24.6%, versus 29.4+/-32.2%, P < 0.05) were observed in workers exposed to EB. Frequency of aberrant cells (%AB.C.) as well as genomic frequency of translocations (F(G)/100) increased with age (P < 0.001). Aging also increased the percentage of translocations and reciprocal translocations (P < 0.05), but decreased the relative number of acentric fragments (P < 0.01). Smoking led to significantly increased F(G)/100 (P < 0.05), but did not affect the pattern of chromosomal aberrations. Our results seem to indicate that different carcinogens may induce a different pattern of chromosomal aberrations.
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- O Beskid
- Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR and Health Institute of Central Bohemia, Vídenská 1083, 142 20 Prague 4, Czech Republic
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Sram RJ, Rössner P, Rubes J, Beskid O, Dusek Z, Chvatalova I, Schmuczerova J, Milcova A, Solansky I, Bavorova H, Ocadlikova D, Kopecna O, Musilova P. Possible genetic damage in the Czech nuclear power plant workers. Mutat Res 2006; 593:50-63. [PMID: 16191433 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2005.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/25/2005] [Revised: 06/15/2005] [Accepted: 06/15/2005] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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The aim of our study was to identify occupational risk of irradiation exposure in the Czech nuclear power plant workers. We analyzed levels of chromosomal aberrations, a well-known biomarker of early biological effects and a predictor of cancer risk. We applied the conventional method of cytogenetic analysis and fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH, whole chromosome painting for chromosomes 1 and 4, combined with a pancentromeric probe) to three groups: 123 subjects in the Temelin nuclear power plant (2 years in use), 114 subjects in the Dukovany nuclear power plant (20 years in use), and 53 matched controls from Ceske Budejovice. Nuclear power plant workers were divided into two groups: subjects with admittance into the monitored zone, and others. Following factors were also analyzed: GSTM1, GSTT1, GSTP1, XPD, XRCC1, hOGG1, p53, MTHFR, and MS gene polymorphisms, levels of vitamins A, C, E, and folate in plasma, and level of cotinine in urine. Long-term exposure to ionizing radiation in the monitored zone was 0.47+/-1.50 mSv (miliSievert) in the Temelin nuclear power plant and 5.74+/-9.57 mSv in the Dukovany nuclear power plant. Using the conventional cytogenetic analysis, we observed 1.90+/-0.95 and 1.82+/-1.19% AB.C. (percent of aberrant cells) in the Temelin nuclear power plant, and 2.39+/-1.01 and 2.33+/-1.04% AB.C. in the Dukovany nuclear power plant, for monitored zone workers and others, respectively. In the control group, we found 2.25+/-0.82% AB.C. Genomic frequency of translocations F(G)/100 measured by FISH was 1.89+/-1.40 and 2.01+/-1.68 in the Temelin nuclear power plant, and 2.48+/-1.93 and 2.14+/-1.62 in the Dukovany nuclear power plant for monitored zone workers and others, respectively. In the control group, F(G)/100 was 1.83+/-1.19. Following factors were identified as potential confounders by the conventional cytogenetic analysis: XPD-6, by the FISH: age, GSTP1 and p53Bst genotypes, long-term use of medication, alcohol consumption, and smoking. No association between the dose of irradiation and the level of chromosomal aberrations in any nuclear power plant was detected either by the conventional cytogenetic analysis or by FISH.
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- Radim J Sram
- Laboratory of Genetic Ecotoxicology, Health Institute of Central Bohemia and Institute of Experimental Medicine AS CR, Videnska 1083, 142 20 Praha 4, Czech Republic.
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Genomic Instability:Signaling Pathways Orchestrating the Responsesto Ionizing Radiation and Cisplatin. Genome Integr 2005. [DOI: 10.1007/7050_010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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Camparoto ML, Takahashi-Hyodo SA, Dauwerse JG, Natarajan AT, Sakamoto-Hojo ET. High susceptibility of chromosome 16 to radiation-induced chromosome rearrangements in human lymphocytes under in vivo and in vitro exposure. Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 108:287-92. [PMID: 15627747 DOI: 10.1159/000081522] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2004] [Accepted: 06/25/2004] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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The aim of the present study was to investigate whether chromosome 16p presents breakpoint regions susceptible to radiation-induced rearrangements. The frequencies of translocations were determined by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) using cosmid probes C40 and C55 mapping on chromosome 16p, and a chromosome 16 centromere-specific probe (pHUR195). Peripheral lymphocytes were collected from normal individuals and from seven victims of 137Cs in the Goiania (Brasil) accident (absorbed doses: 0.8-4.6 Gy) 10 years after exposure. In vitro irradiated lymphocytes (3 Gy) were also analyzed. The mean translocation frequency/cell obtained for the 137Cs exposed individuals was 2.4-fold higher than the control value (3.6 x 10(-3) +/- 0.001), and the in vitro irradiated lymphocytes showed a seven-fold increase. The genomic translocation frequencies (FGs) were calculated by the formula Fp = 2.05 fp(1-fp)FG (Lucas et al., 1992). For the irradiated lymphocytes and victims of 137Cs, the FGs calculated on the basis of chromosome 16 were 2- to 8-fold higher than those for chromosomes 1, 4 and 12. Our results indicate that chromosome 16 is more prone to radiation-induced chromosome breaks, and demonstrate a non-random distribution of induced aberrations. This information is valuable for retrospective biological dosimetry in case of human exposure to radiation, since the estimates of absorbed doses are calculated by determining the translocation frequency for a sub-set of chromosomes, and the results are extrapolated to the whole genome, assuming a random distribution of induced aberrations. Furthermore, the demonstration of breakpoints on 16p is compatible with the reports about their involvement in neoplasias.
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- M L Camparoto
- Departamento de Genética, Faculdade de Medicina de Ribeirão Preto, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brasil
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Giver CR, Moore DH, Pallavicini MG. Radiation-induced translocations in mice: persistence, chromosome specificity, and influence of genetic background. Radiat Res 2000; 154:283-92. [PMID: 10956434 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2000)154[0283:ritimp]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The translocation frequency response in the chromosomes of peripheral blood lymphocytes is widely used for radiation biomonitoring and dose estimation. However, this assay is based upon several assumptions that have not been rigorously tested. It is typically assumed that the translocation frequency in blood lymphocytes reflects the level of genomic damage in other hemopoietic tissues and is independent of the chromosome probe and genetic background. We conducted studies to evaluate these assumptions using mice with different genetic backgrounds. Six different whole-chromosome fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) probes were used to detect translocations in peripheral blood lymphocytes at multiple times after whole-body irradiation. Translocation frequencies were chromosome-independent at 6 and 16 weeks after exposure but were chromosome-dependent at 1. 5 years after exposure. Similar translocation frequencies were observed in blood, bone marrow and spleen at 1.5 years, supporting previous suggestions that genetically aberrant peripheral blood lymphocytes may derive from precursor populations in hemopoietic tissues. Translocations measured 66 h after irradiation differed among some strains. We conclude that the translocation frequency response is a complex phenotype that is influenced not only by exposure dose but also by genetic background, the choice of chromosome analyzed, and time after exposure. These results raise important considerations for the use of the FISH-based translocation frequency response for radiation dosimetry and biomonitoring.
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- C R Giver
- Cancer Center, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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Corvi R, Berger N, Balczon R, Romeo G. RET/PCM-1: a novel fusion gene in papillary thyroid carcinoma. Oncogene 2000; 19:4236-42. [PMID: 10980597 DOI: 10.1038/sj.onc.1203772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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The RET proto-oncogene is often activated through somatic rearrangements in papillary thyroid carcinomas (PTCs). Three main rearranged forms of RET have been described: RET/PTC1 and RET/PTC3, which arise from a paracentric inversion and RET/PTC2, which originates from a 10 : 17 translocation. We previously developed a dual-color FISH test to detect these RET rearrangements in interphase nuclei of thyroid lesions. This approach allowed us to detect a novel translocation involving the RET region, which was not detectable by RT - PCR with specific primers for known rearrangements. A combination of RT - PCR and RACE analyses finally led to the identification of the fusion gene, which involves the 5' portion of PCM-1, a gene coding for a centrosomal protein with distinct cell cycle distribution, and the RET tyrosine kinase (TK) domain. FISH analysis confirmed the chromosomal localization of PCM-1 on chromosome 8p21-22, a region commonly deleted in several tumors. Immunohistochemistry, using an antibody specific for the C-terminal portion of PCM-1 showed that the protein level is drastically decreased and its subcellular localization is altered in thyroid tumor tissue with respect to normal thyroid. However, heterozygosity is retained for seven microsatellite markers in the 8p21-22 region, suggesting that the non-rearranged PCM-1 allele is not lost and that the translocation is balanced. Oncogene (2000) 19, 4236 - 4242
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MESH Headings
- Adult
- Carcinoma, Papillary/genetics
- Carcinoma, Papillary/pathology
- Chromosome Mapping
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/ultrastructure
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 8/ultrastructure
- Female
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Interphase
- Loss of Heterozygosity
- Microsatellite Repeats
- Molecular Sequence Data
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/genetics
- Oncogene Proteins, Fusion/immunology
- Proto-Oncogene Mas
- Reverse Transcriptase Polymerase Chain Reaction
- Thyroid Neoplasms/genetics
- Thyroid Neoplasms/pathology
- Translocation, Genetic
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- R Corvi
- International Agency for Research on Cancer, 150 cours Albert Thomas, 69372 Lyon, France
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Puerto S, Marcos R, Ramírez MJ, Galofré P, Creus A, Surrallés J. Equal induction and persistence of chromosome aberrations involving chromosomes 1, 4 and 10 in thyroid cancer patients treated with radioactive iodine. Mutat Res 2000; 469:147-58. [PMID: 10946251 DOI: 10.1016/s1383-5718(00)00064-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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A number of in vitro studies have questioned the assumption of random distribution of breaks in radiation-induced chromosome aberrations. The therapeutic application of radioactive 131I in thyroid cancer patients offers a good opportunity to study the induction and persistence of cytogenetic damage involving different chromosomes in vivo. Using whole-chromosome painting probes and triple colour painting by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH), we have analysed the frequency of chromosomal aberrations (CAs) involving chromosomes 1, 4 and 10 in peripheral blood lymphocytes of 10 thyroid cancer patients sampled before and 1 week, 1 year and 3.5 years after therapeutic application of radioactive iodine in a self-controlled, longitudinal study. A highly significant 3.4-fold increase in the frequency of chromosome breaks was observed 1 week after treatment with a similar representation of all chromosomes analysed. Although a significant decrease in dicentrics was observed during the first year after treatment, the frequency of chromosome aberrations remained over control levels until the last sampling time, 41-47 months post-treatment. The same behaviour, in terms of induction and persistence, was observed for all three chromosomes, confirming our previous results in vitro and rejecting the reported suggestion that chromosome 10 is radiosensitive in vivo. Our finding that the dynamics of radiation-induced CA in vivo is independent on the chromosome of choice suggests that this variable is not important in retrospective studies.
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- S Puerto
- Grup de Mutagènesi, Unitat de Genet., Departament de Genètica i de Microbiologia, Edifici Cn, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, 08193, Bellaterra (Cerdanyola des Valles), Spain
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Elisei R, Romei C, Soldatenko PP, Cosci B, Vorontsova T, Vivaldi A, Basolo F, Cherstvoy ED, Pinchera A, Pacini F. New breakpoints in both the H4 and RET genes create a variant of PTC-1 in a post-Chernobyl papillary thyroid carcinoma. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2000; 53:131-6. [PMID: 10931090 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2265.2000.01046.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Two main types of RET/PTC oncogene, named RET/PTC-1 and 3, occur in papillary thyroid carcinomas especially in those from Belarus children after the Chernobyl nuclear accident. Several variants of RET/PTC-3 have also been found, having different break points with respect to the classical RET/PTC-3. To our knowledge, no variant of RET/PTC-1 has been described up to now. We found a post-Chernobyl papillary thyroid carcinoma with an RET/PTC-1 rearrangement characterized by a transcript longer than expected. Sequence analysis of the PCR product obtained after RT-PCR revealed new fusion points between H4 and RET genes. The genomic sequence showed new breakpoints in both H4 intronic and in RET exonic regions. The RET gene breakpoint occurred within exon 11, at variance with the classical form of RET/PTC-1, in which it is in intron 11. As a consequence of this new fusion point, the transcript included 132 nucleotides of exon 11, coding for 44 amino acids of RET protein. Regarding the H4 gene, the classical breakpoint is in the first intron and the cDNA contains a fragment of 339 nucleotides. In our case the cDNA had a longer fragment of H4 involving a total of 1266 nucleotides. Sequencing of genomic DNA revealed a rearrangement breakpoint at position 886 of a new H4 intron located downstream of the 1266 coding region. Furthermore, as a consequence of the activation of a cryptic splicing site, 132 nucleotides of this intron were spliced between the H4 and RET genes. Sequence analysis of the new chimera showed that the original frames of H4 and RET were joint with the intronic sequence without disruption of the open reading frame (ORF). Moreover, the genomic DNA of this case showed transforming activity in the DNA-mediated transfection assay using NIH-3T3 cells. In conclusion, we describe here the first variant of RET/PTC-1 oncogene, which we have termed 'long'-PTC-1, characterized by new breakpoints of both genes involved in the rearrangement and having transforming activity. Similar to previously reported PTC-3 variants, long-PTC-1 has been found in a post-Chernobyl papillary thyroid carcinoma confirming that RET/PTC rearrangements other than the classical forms (RET/PTC-1 and -3) are specifically associated with radiation-induced papillary thyroid cancer.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Elisei
- Department of Endocrinology and Metabolism, University of Pisa, Italy.
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Scarpato R, Lori A, Tomei A, Cipollini M, Barale R. High prevalence of chromosome 10 rearrangements in human lymphocytes after in vitro X-ray irradiation. Int J Radiat Biol 2000; 76:661-6. [PMID: 10866288 DOI: 10.1080/095530000138321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the chromosome symmetric or asymmetric rearrangement (CR) frequency for chromosome 10 compared to chromosomes 1 and 3 induced in vitro in human lymphocytes by low doses of X-rays. MATERIALS AND METHODS Blood samples obtained from three young and healthy volunteers were irradiated in G0 with 0.25, 0.50 and 1 Gy X-rays. Chromosome painting analysis was used on preparations of peripheral lymphocytes for the identification of CR. RESULTS It was found that radiation-induced CR levels were nonrandomly distributed among the three painted chromosomes. Chromosome 10 CR frequencies were significantly greater than those involving chromosomes 1 (at all the doses tested) or 3 (at 0.25 and 1 Gy), with frequency ratios ranging from 2.2 to 5.2. CONCLUSIONS In comparison to chromosomes 1 and 3, chromosome 10 appeared to be involved in exchanging at a significantly greater extent than expected according to its DNA content.
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MESH Headings
- Analysis of Variance
- Chromosome Aberrations
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 1/radiation effects
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 10/radiation effects
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3/genetics
- Chromosomes, Human, Pair 3/radiation effects
- Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
- Humans
- In Situ Hybridization, Fluorescence
- Lymphocytes/radiation effects
- Male
- X-Rays
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- R Scarpato
- Dipartimento di Scienze dell'Uomo e dell'Ambiente, Università degli Studi di Pisa, Italy
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Mäkinen A, Andersson M, Häkkinen A, Kuosmanen S. A reciprocal translocation between autosomes 8 and 10 in a boar used for artificial insemination service and its effects on litter size. Anim Reprod Sci 1999; 56:237-43. [PMID: 10497919 DOI: 10.1016/s0378-4320(99)00040-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The low number of piglets per litter was the reason why a Finnish Yorkshire breed boar used for artificial insemination (AI) was taken for cytogenetic study. The boar had a reciprocal translocation between autosomes 8 and 10, resulting in a reduction in its litter size of about 19%. In addition the litter sizes were counted from 16 female offspring of this 2n = 38,XY; rcp(8;10)(p1.1;q1.3) boar.
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- A Mäkinen
- Department of Animal Science, University of Helsinki, Finland.
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