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Liu Y, Zhu K, Peng X, Luo S, Zhu J, Xiao W, He L, Wang X. Proton relative biological effectiveness for the induction of DNA double strand breaks based on Geant4. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2024; 10:035018. [PMID: 38181453 DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/ad1bb9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2023] [Accepted: 01/05/2024] [Indexed: 01/07/2024]
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Uncertainties in the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of proton remains a major barrier to the biological optimization of proton therapy. A large amount of experimental data suggest that proton RBE is variable. As an evolving Monte Carlo code toolkit, Geant4-DNA is able to simulate the initial DNA damage caused by particle beams through physical and chemical interactions at the nanometer scale over a short period of time. This contributes to evaluating the radiobiological effects induced by ionizing radiation. Based on the Geant4-DNA toolkit, this study constructed a DNA geometric model containing 6.32Gbp, simulated the relationship between radiochemical yields (G-values) and their corresponding chemical constructors, and calculated a detailed calculation of the sources of damage and the complexity of damage in DNA strand breaks. The damage model constructed in this study can simulate the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) in the proton Bragg peak region. The results indicate that: (1) When the electron energy is below 400 keV, the yield of OH·account for 18.1% to 25.3% of the total water radiolysis yields. (2) Under the influence of histone clearance function, the yield of indirect damage account for over 72.93% of the yield of DNA strand breaks (SBs). When linear energy transfer (LET) increased from 29.79 (keV/μm) to 64.29 (keV/μm), the yield of double strand breaks (DSB) increased from 17.27% to 32.65%. (3) By investigating the effect of proton Bragg peak depth on the yield of direct DSB (DSBdirect) and total DSB (DSBtotal), theRBEDSBtotandRBEDSBdirlevels of cells show that the RBE value of protons reaches 2.2 in the Bragg peak region.
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- Yuchen Liu
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory of Radiation Medicine and Protection, School of Radiation Medicine and Protection, Soochow University, Suzhou 215123, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, People's Republic of China
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Feng H, Li W, Zhang Y, Chang C, Hua L, Feng Y, Lai Y, Geng L. Mechanistic modelling of relative biological effectiveness of carbon ion beams and comparison with experiments. Phys Med Biol 2024; 69:035020. [PMID: 38157549 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ad1998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2023] [Accepted: 12/29/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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Objective.Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) plays a vital role in carbon ion radiotherapy, which is a promising treatment method for reducing toxic effects on normal tissues and improving treatment efficacy. It is important to have an effective and precise way of obtaining RBE values to support clinical decisions. A method of calculating RBE from a mechanistic perspective is reported.Approach.Ratio of dose to obtain the same number of double strand breaks (DSBs) between different radiation types was used to evaluate RBE. Package gMicroMC was used to simulate DSB yields. The DSB inductions were then analyzed to calculate RBE. The RBE values were compared with experimental results.Main results.Furusawa's experiment yielded RBE values of 1.27, 2.22, 3.00 and 3.37 for carbon ion beam with dose-averaged LET of 30.3 keVμm-1, 54.5 keVμm-1, 88 keVμm-1and 137 keVμm-1, respectively. RBE values computed from gMicroMC simulations were 1.75, 2.22, 2.87 and 2.97. When it came to a more sophisticated carbon ion beam with 6 cm spread-out Bragg peak, RBE values were 1.61, 1.63, 2.19 and 2.36 for proximal, middle, distal and distal end part, respectively. Values simulated by gMicroMC were 1.50, 1.87, 2.19 and 2.34. The simulated results were in reasonable agreement with the experimental data.Significance.As a mechanistic way for the evaluation of RBE for carbon ion radiotherapy by combining the macroscopic simulation of energy spectrum and microscopic simulation of DNA damages, this work provides a promising tool for RBE calculation supporting clinical applications such as treatment planning.
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- Haonan Feng
- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
- Department of Medical Management, Chinese Academy of Science Heavy Ion Medicine (CASHIM) Co. Ltd, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
- Department of Medical Management, Chinese Academy of Science Heavy Ion Medicine (CASHIM) Co. Ltd, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Management, Chinese Academy of Science Heavy Ion Medicine (CASHIM) Co. Ltd, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Carcinogenesis and Translational Research (Ministry of Education/Beijing), Department of Radiation Oncology, Peking University Cancer Hospital & Institute, Beijing 100142, People's Republic of China
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- Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Beijing 100876, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Medical Management, Chinese Academy of Science Heavy Ion Medicine (CASHIM) Co. Ltd, Beijing 100083, People's Republic of China
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- School of Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
- Peng Huanwu Collaborative Center for Research and Education, Beihang University, Beijing 100191, People's Republic of China
- Beijing Key Laboratory of Advanced Nuclear Materials and Physics, Beihang University, Beijing 102206, People's Republic of China
- Southern Center for Nuclear-Science Theory (SCNT), Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Huizhou 516000, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China
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Kolovi S, Fois GR, Lanouar S, Chardon P, Miallier D, Baker LA, Bailly C, Beauger A, Biron DG, David K, Montavon G, Pilleyre T, Schoefs B, Breton V, Maigne L. Assessing radiation dosimetry for microorganisms in naturally radioactive mineral springs using GATE and Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo simulations. PLoS One 2023; 18:e0292608. [PMID: 37824461 PMCID: PMC10569590 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0292608] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/25/2022] [Accepted: 09/25/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023] Open
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Mineral springs in Massif Central, France can be characterized by higher levels of natural radioactivity in comparison to the background. The biota in these waters is constantly under radiation exposure mainly from the α-emitters of the natural decay chains, with 226Ra in sediments ranging from 21 Bq/g to 43 Bq/g and 222Rn activity concentrations in water up to 4600 Bq/L. This study couples for the first time micro- and nanodosimetric approaches to radioecology by combining GATE and Geant4-DNA to assess the dose rates and DNA damages to microorganisms living in these naturally radioactive ecosystems. It focuses on unicellular eukaryotic microalgae (diatoms) which display an exceptional abundance of teratological forms in the most radioactive mineral springs in Auvergne. Using spherical geometries for the microorganisms and based on γ-spectrometric analyses, we evaluate the impact of the external exposure to 1000 Bq/L 222Rn dissolved in the water and 30 Bq/g 226Ra in the sediments. Our results show that the external dose rates for diatoms are significant (9.7 μGy/h) and comparable to the threshold (10 μGy/h) for the protection of the ecosystems suggested by the literature. In a first attempt of simulating the radiation induced DNA damage on this species, the rate of DNA Double Strand Breaks per day is estimated to 1.11E-04. Our study confirms the significant mutational pressure from natural radioactivity to which microbial biodiversity has been exposed since Earth origin in hydrothermal springs.
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- Sofia Kolovi
- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) - UMR6533, CNRS/IN2P3 Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France
- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) - UMR6533, CNRS/IN2P3 Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) - UMR6533, CNRS/IN2P3 Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) - UMR6533, CNRS/IN2P3 Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France
- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) - UMR6533, CNRS/IN2P3 Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France
- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE) - UMR6023, CNRS, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont–Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire de Géographie Physique et Environnementale (GEOLAB) - UMR6042, CNRS, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées (SUBATECH) - UMR6457, CNRS/IN2P3/IMT Atlantique/Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE) - UMR6023, CNRS, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont–Ferrand, France
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- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire Microorganismes: Génome Environnement (LMGE) - UMR6023, CNRS, Université Clermont Auvergne, Clermont–Ferrand, France
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- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées (SUBATECH) - UMR6457, CNRS/IN2P3/IMT Atlantique/Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Laboratoire de Physique Subatomique et des Technologies Associées (SUBATECH) - UMR6457, CNRS/IN2P3/IMT Atlantique/Université de Nantes, Nantes, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) - UMR6533, CNRS/IN2P3 Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France
- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
- Metabolism, Molecular Engineering of Microalgae and Applications, Laboratoire de Biologie des Organismes, Stress, Santé Environnement, IUML FR3473, CNRS, Le Mans University, Le Mans, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) - UMR6533, CNRS/IN2P3 Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France
- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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- Laboratoire de Physique de Clermont (LPC) - UMR6533, CNRS/IN2P3 Université Clermont Auvergne, Aubière, France
- LTSER “Zone Atelier Territoires Uranifères”, Clermont-Ferrand, France
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Manalad J, Montgomery L, Kildea J. A Monte Carlo study on the impact of indirect action on neutron relative biological effectiveness. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2023; 199:1917-1921. [PMID: 37819307 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncad148] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2022] [Revised: 02/10/2023] [Accepted: 04/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/13/2023]
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Recent Monte Carlo studies have linked the energy-dependent risk of neutron-induced stochastic effects to the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of neutrons in inflicting difficult-to-repair clusters of lesions in nuclear deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). However, an investigation on the damaging effects of indirect radiation action is missing from such studies. In this work, we extended our group's existing simulation pipeline by incorporating and validating a model for indirect action. Our updated simulation pipeline was used to study the impact of indirect action and estimate neutron RBE for inflicting clustered lesions in DNA. In our results, although indirect action significantly increased the average yield of DNA damage clusters, our neutron RBE values are lower in magnitude than previous estimates due to model limitations and the greater relative impact of indirect action in lower-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation than in higher-LET radiation.
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- James Manalad
- Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Cancer Centre of Southeastern Ontario, Kingston Health Sciences Centre, Kingston, ON K7L 5P9, Canada
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- Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, QC H4A 3J1, Canada
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Chatzipapas K, Dordevic M, Zivkovic S, Tran NH, Lampe N, Sakata D, Petrovic I, Ristic-Fira A, Shin WG, Zein S, Brown JMC, Kyriakou I, Emfietzoglou D, Guatelli S, Incerti S. Geant4-DNA simulation of human cancer cells irradiation with helium ion beams. Phys Med 2023; 112:102613. [PMID: 37356419 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2023.102613] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2023] [Revised: 05/03/2023] [Accepted: 05/30/2023] [Indexed: 06/27/2023] Open
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PURPOSE This study aimed to develop a computational environment for the accurate simulation of human cancer cell irradiation using Geant4-DNA. New cell geometrical models were developed and irradiated by alpha particle beams to induce DNA damage. The proposed approach may help further investigation of the benefits of external alpha irradiation therapy. METHODS The Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo (MC) toolkit allows the simulation of cancer cell geometries that can be combined with accurate modelling of physical, physicochemical and chemical stages of liquid water irradiation, including radiolytic processes. Geant4-DNA is used to calculate direct and non-direct DNA damage yields, such as single and double strand breaks, produced by the deposition of energy or by the interaction of DNA with free radicals. RESULTS In this study, the "molecularDNA" example application of Geant4-DNA was used to quantify early DNA damage in human cancer cells upon irradiation with alpha particle beams, as a function of linear energy transfer (LET). The MC simulation results are compared to experimental data, as well as previously published simulation data. The simulation results agree well with the experimental data on DSB yields in the lower LET range, while the experimental data on DSB yields are lower than the results obtained with the "molecularDNA" example in the higher LET range. CONCLUSION This study explored and demonstrated the possibilities of the Geant4-DNA toolkit together with the "molecularDNA" example to simulate the helium beam irradiation of cancer cell lines, to quantify the early DNA damage, or even the following DNA damage response.
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovica Alasa 12-14, 11351 Vinca, Belgrade, Serbia.
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovica Alasa 12-14, 11351 Vinca, Belgrade, Serbia
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2i, UMR5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovica Alasa 12-14, 11351 Vinca, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, University of Belgrade, Mike Petrovica Alasa 12-14, 11351 Vinca, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Physics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital and Harvard Medical School, Boston, 02114 MA, USA
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2i, UMR5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- Optical Sciences Centre, Department of Physics and Astronomy, Swinburne University of Technology, Hawthorn 3122, Australia
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- Medical Physics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Medical Physics Laboratory, Department of Medicine, University of Ioannina, 45110 Ioannina, Greece
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, NSW 2522, Australia
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2i, UMR5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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Ballisat L, Beck L, De Sio C, Guatelli S, Sakata D, Incerti S, Tran HN, Duan J, Maclean K, Shi Y, Velthuis J, Rosenfeld A. In-silico calculations of DNA damage induced by α-particles in the 224Ra DaRT decay chain for a better understanding of the radiobiological effectiveness of this treatment. Phys Med 2023; 112:102626. [PMID: 37393861 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2023.102626] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 06/07/2023] [Accepted: 06/13/2023] [Indexed: 07/04/2023] Open
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Diffusing alpha-emitters radiation Therapy (DaRT) is an interstitial brachytherapy technique using 224Ra seeds. For accurate treatment planning a good understanding of the early DNA damage due to α-particles is required. Geant4-DNA was used to calculate the initial DNA damage and radiobiological effectiveness due to α-particles with linear energy transfer (LET) values in the range 57.5-225.9 keV/μm from the 224Ra decay chain. The impact of DNA base pair density on DNA damage has been modelled, as this parameter varies between human cell lines. Results show that the quantity and complexity of DNA damage changes with LET as expected. Indirect damage, due to water radical reactions with the DNA, decreases and becomes less significant at higher LET values as shown in previous studies. As expected, the yield of complex double strand breaks (DSBs), which are harder for a cell to repair, increases approximately linearly with LET. The level of complexity of DSBs and radiobiological effectiveness have been found to increase with LET as expected. The quantity of DNA damage has been shown to increase for increased DNA density in the expected base pair density range of human cells. The change in damage yield as a function of base pair density is largest for higher LET α-particles, an increase of over 50% for individual strand breaks between 62.7 and 127.4 keV/μm. This change in yield shows that the DNA base pair density is an important parameter for modelling DNA damage particularly at higher LET where the DNA damage is greatest and most complex.
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- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP), University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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- Division of Health Sciences, Osaka University, Osaka 565-0871, Japan
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2I, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2I, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- School of Physics, University of Bristol, Bristol, UK
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics (CMRP), University of Wollongong, NSW, Australia
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Chatzipapas KP, Tran NH, Dordevic M, Zivkovic S, Zein S, Shin W, Sakata D, Lampe N, Brown JMC, Ristic‐Fira A, Petrovic I, Kyriakou I, Emfietzoglou D, Guatelli S, Incerti S. Simulation of DNA damage using Geant4‐DNA: an overview of the “molecularDNA” example application. PRECISION RADIATION ONCOLOGY 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/pro6.1186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/17/2023] Open
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2I Bordeaux, UMR 5797 Gradignan France
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia University of Belgrade, Vinca Belgrade Serbia
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia University of Belgrade, Vinca Belgrade Serbia
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2I Bordeaux, UMR 5797 Gradignan France
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- Physics Division, Department of Radiation Oncology Massachusetts General Hospital & Harvard Medical School Boston Massachusetts USA
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne Australia
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia University of Belgrade, Vinca Belgrade Serbia
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia University of Belgrade, Vinca Belgrade Serbia
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- Medical Physics Laboratory Department of Medicine University of Ioannina Ioannina Greece
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- Medical Physics Laboratory Department of Medicine University of Ioannina Ioannina Greece
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- Centre for Medical Radiation Physics University of Wollongong Wollongong New South Wales Australia
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- University of Bordeaux, CNRS, LP2I Bordeaux, UMR 5797 Gradignan France
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Thibaut Y, Gonon G, Martinez JS, Petit M, Vaurijoux A, Gruel G, Villagrasa C, Incerti S, Perrot Y. MINAS TIRITH: a new tool for simulating radiation-induced DNA damage at the cell population level. Phys Med Biol 2023; 68. [PMID: 36623319 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/acb196] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2022] [Accepted: 01/09/2023] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Objective. The mechanisms of radiation-induced DNA damage can be understood via the fundamental acquisition of knowledge through a combination of experiments and modeling. Currently, most biological experiments are performed by irradiating an entire cell population, whereas modeling of radiation-induced effects is usually performed via Monte Carlo simulations with track structure codes coupled to realistic DNA geometries of a single-cell nucleus. However, the difference in scale between the two methods hinders a direct comparison because the dose distribution in the cell population is not necessarily uniform owing to the stochastic nature of the energy deposition. Thus, this study proposed the MINAS TIRITH tool to model the distribution of radiation-induced DNA damage in a cell population.Approach. The proposed method is based on precomputed databases of microdosimetric parameters and DNA damage distributions generated using the Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo Toolkit. First, a specific energyzwas assigned to each cell of an irradiated population for a particular absorbed doseDabs,following microdosimetric formalism. Then, each cell was assigned a realistic number of DNA damage events according to the specific energyz,respecting the stochastic character of its occurrence.Main results. This study validated the MINAS TIRITH tool by comparing its results with those obtained using the Geant4-DNA track structure code and a Geant4-DNA based simulation chain for DNA damage calculation. The different elements of comparison indicated consistency between MINAS TIRITH and the Monte Carlo simulation in case of the dose distribution in the population and the calculation of the amount of DNA damage.Significance. MINAS TIRITH is a new approach for the calculation of radiation-induced DNA damage at the cell population level that facilitates reasonable simulation times compared to those obtained with track structure codes. Moreover, this tool enables a more direct comparison between modeling and biological experimentation.
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- Y Thibaut
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LDRI, PSE-SANTE/SERAMED/LRAcc, PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, BP 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LDRI, PSE-SANTE/SERAMED/LRAcc, PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, BP 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LDRI, PSE-SANTE/SERAMED/LRAcc, PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, BP 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LDRI, PSE-SANTE/SERAMED/LRAcc, PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, BP 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LDRI, PSE-SANTE/SERAMED/LRAcc, PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, BP 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LDRI, PSE-SANTE/SERAMED/LRAcc, PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, BP 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LDRI, PSE-SANTE/SERAMED/LRAcc, PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, BP 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, LP2i, UMR 5797, F-33170 Gradignan, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LDRI, PSE-SANTE/SERAMED/LRAcc, PSE-SANTE/SDOS/LMDN, BP 17, F-92262 Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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Matsuya Y, Kai T, Parisi A, Yoshii Y, Sato T. Application of a simple DNA damage model developed for electrons to proton irradiation. Phys Med Biol 2022; 67. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/ac9a20] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2022] [Accepted: 10/13/2022] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Proton beam therapy allows irradiating tumor volumes with reduced side effects on normal tissues with respect to conventional x-ray radiotherapy. Biological effects such as cell killing after proton beam irradiations depend on the proton kinetic energy, which is intrinsically related to early DNA damage induction. As such, DNA damage estimation based on Monte Carlo simulations is a research topic of worldwide interest. Such simulation is a mean of investigating the mechanisms of DNA strand break formations. However, past modellings considering chemical processes and DNA structures require long calculation times. Particle and heavy ion transport system (PHITS) is one of the general-purpose Monte Carlo codes that can simulate track structure of protons, meanwhile cannot handle radical dynamics simulation in liquid water. It also includes a simple model enabling the efficient estimation of DNA damage yields only from the spatial distribution of ionizations and excitations without DNA geometry, which was originally developed for electron track-structure simulations. In this study, we investigated the potential application of the model to protons without any modification. The yields of single-strand breaks, double-strand breaks (DSBs) and the complex DSBs were assessed as functions of the proton kinetic energy. The PHITS-based estimation showed that the DSB yields increased as the linear energy transfer (LET) increased, and reproduced the experimental and simulated yields of various DNA damage types induced by protons with LET up to about 30 keV μm−1. These results suggest that the current DNA damage model implemented in PHITS is sufficient for estimating DNA lesion yields induced after protons irradiation except at very low energies (below 1 MeV). This model contributes to evaluating early biological impacts in radiation therapy.
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Taghipour H, Taherparvar P. Development of modified microdosimetric kinetic model for relative biological effectiveness in proton therapy. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2022; 61:375-390. [PMID: 35699753 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-022-00977-3] [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: 04/01/2021] [Accepted: 05/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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To predict the biological effects of ionising radiation, the quantity of biological dose is introduced instead of the physical absorbed dose. In proton therapy, a constant relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 1.1 is usually applied clinically as recommended by the International Commission of Radiation Units and Measurements. This study presents a new model, based on the modified microdosimetric kinetic model (MMKM), for calculating variable RBE values based on experimental data on the induction of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) within cells. The MMKM was proposed based on experimental data for the yield of DSBs in mammalian cells, which allows modification of the yield of primary lesions in the MKM. In this approach, a unique function named f(LET), which describes the relation between RBE and linear energy transfer (LET), was considered for charged particles. In the presented model (DMMKM), the MMKM approach was developed further by considering different f(LET)s for different relevant ions involved in energy deposition events in proton therapy. Although experimental data represent the dependence of the yield of primary lesions on the ion species, the DSB yield (assumed as the main primary lesion) is assumed independent of the ion species in the MMKM. In the DMMKM, by considering the yield of primary lesions as a function of the ion species, the α and β values are in better agreement with the experimental data as compared to those of the MKM and MMKM approaches. The biological dose in the DMMKM is predicted to be lower than that in the MMKM. Further, in the proposed model, the variation of the β parameter is higher than the constant value assumed in the MKM, at the distal end of the spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP). Moreover, the level of cell death estimated by the MMKM at the SOBP region is higher than that obtained based on the DMMKM. It is concluded that considering modified f(LET)s in the model developed here is more consistent with experimental results than when MMKM and MKM approaches are considered. The DMMKM examines the biological effects with full detail and will, therefore, be effective in improving proton therapy.
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- Hossein Taghipour
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Namjoo Avenue, P.O. Box 41635-1914, Rasht, 4193833697, Guilan, Iran
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, University of Guilan, Namjoo Avenue, P.O. Box 41635-1914, Rasht, 4193833697, Guilan, Iran.
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Zhu K, Wu C, Peng X, Ji X, Luo S, Liu Y, Wang X. Nanoscale Calculation of Proton-Induced DNA Damage Using a Chromatin Geometry Model with Geant4-DNA. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23116343. [PMID: 35683021 PMCID: PMC9181653 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23116343] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/25/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 05/30/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Monte Carlo simulations can quantify various types of DNA damage to evaluate the biological effects of ionizing radiation at the nanometer scale. This work presents a study simulating the DNA target response after proton irradiation. A chromatin fiber model and new physics constructors with the ELastic Scattering of Electrons and Positrons by neutral Atoms (ELSEPA) model were used to describe the DNA geometry and the physical stage of water radiolysis with the Geant4-DNA toolkit, respectively. Three key parameters (the energy threshold model for strand breaks, the physics model and the maximum distance to distinguish DSB clusters) of scoring DNA damage were studied to investigate the impact on the uncertainties of DNA damage. On the basis of comparison of our results with experimental data and published findings, we were able to accurately predict the yield of various types of DNA damage. Our results indicated that the difference in physics constructor can cause up to 56.4% in the DNA double-strand break (DSB) yields. The DSB yields were quite sensitive to the energy threshold for strand breaks (SB) and the maximum distance to classify the DSB clusters, which were even more than 100 times and four times than the default configurations, respectively.
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- Kun Zhu
- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China; (K.Z.); (X.P.); (X.J.); (S.L.); (Y.L.)
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- School of Nursing, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China;
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China; (K.Z.); (X.P.); (X.J.); (S.L.); (Y.L.)
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China; (K.Z.); (X.P.); (X.J.); (S.L.); (Y.L.)
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China; (K.Z.); (X.P.); (X.J.); (S.L.); (Y.L.)
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China; (K.Z.); (X.P.); (X.J.); (S.L.); (Y.L.)
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, University of South China, Hengyang 421001, China; (K.Z.); (X.P.); (X.J.); (S.L.); (Y.L.)
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Nanodosimetric Calculations of Radiation-Induced DNA Damage in a New Nucleus Geometrical Model Based on the Isochore Theory. Int J Mol Sci 2022; 23:ijms23073770. [PMID: 35409128 PMCID: PMC8998209 DOI: 10.3390/ijms23073770] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/10/2021] [Revised: 03/23/2022] [Accepted: 03/28/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Double-strand breaks (DSBs) in nuclear DNA represents radiation-induced damage that has been identified as particularly deleterious. Calculating this damage using Monte Carlo track structure modeling could be a suitable indicator to better assess and anticipate the side-effects of radiation therapy. However, as already demonstrated in previous work, the geometrical description of the nucleus and the DNA content used in the simulation significantly influence damage calculations. Therefore, in order to obtain accurate results, this geometry must be as realistic as possible. In this study, a new geometrical model of an endothelial cell nucleus and DNA distribution according to the isochore theory are presented and used in a Monte Carlo simulation chain based on the Geant4-DNA toolkit. In this theory, heterochromatin and euchromatin compaction are distributed along the genome according to five different families (L1, L2, H1, H2, and H3). Each of these families is associated with a different hetero/euchromatin rate related to its compaction level. In order to compare the results with those obtained using a previous nuclear geometry, simulations were performed for protons with linear energy transfers (LETs) of 4.29 keV/µm, 19.51 keV/µm, and 43.25 keV/µm. The organization of the chromatin fibers at different compaction levels linked to isochore families increased the DSB yield by 6-10%, and it allowed the most affected part of the genome to be identified. These new results indicate that the genome core is more radiosensitive than the genome desert, with a 3-8% increase in damage depending on the LET. This work highlights the importance of using realistic distributions of chromatin compaction levels to calculate radio-induced damage using Monte Carlo simulation methods.
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Matsuya Y, Kai T, Sato T, Ogawa T, Hirata Y, Yoshii Y, Parisi A, Liamsuwan T. Track-structure modes in particle and heavy ion transport code system (PHITS): application to radiobiological research. Int J Radiat Biol 2021; 98:148-157. [PMID: 34930091 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2022.2013572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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PURPOSE In radiation physics, Monte Carlo radiation transport simulations are powerful tools to evaluate the cellular responses after irradiation. When investigating such radiation-induced biological effects, it is essential to perform track structure simulations by explicitly considering each atomic interaction in liquid water at the sub-cellular and DNA scales. The Particle and Heavy-Ion Transport code System (PHITS) is a Monte Carlo code which enables to calculate track structure at DNA scale by employing the track-structure modes for electrons, protons and carbon ions. In this paper, we review the recent development status and future prospects of the track-structure modes in the PHITS code. CONCLUSIONS To date, the physical features of these modes have been verified using the available experimental data and Monte Carlo simulation results reported in literature. These track-structure modes can be used for calculating microdosimetric distributions to estimate cell survival and for estimating initial DNA damage yields. The use of PHITS track-structure mode is expected not only to clarify the underlying mechanisms of radiation effects but also to predict curative effects in radiation therapy. The results of PHITS simulations coupled with biophysical models will contribute to the radiobiological studies by precisely predicting radiation-induced biological effects based on the Monte Carlo approach.
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- Yusuke Matsuya
- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan
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- Nuclear Science and Engineering Center, Japan Atomic Energy Agency, Tokai, Japan
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- Central Institute of Isotope Science, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Princess Srisavangavadhana College of Medicine, Chulabhorn Royal Academy, Bangkok, Thailand
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A Geant4-DNA Evaluation of Radiation-Induced DNA Damage on a Human Fibroblast. Cancers (Basel) 2021; 13:cancers13194940. [PMID: 34638425 PMCID: PMC8508455 DOI: 10.3390/cancers13194940] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2021] [Revised: 09/21/2021] [Accepted: 09/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Simple Summary DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation in a human fibroblast cell evaluated by the Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo toolkit is presented. A validation study using a computational geometric human DNA model was then carried out, and the calculated DNA damage as a function of particle type and energy is presented. The results of this work showed a significant improvement on past work and were consistent with recent radiobiological experimental data, such as damage yields. This work and the developed methodology could impact a broad number of research fields in which the understanding of radiation effects is crucial, such as cancer radiotherapy, space science, and medical physics. Abstract Accurately modeling the radiobiological mechanisms responsible for the induction of DNA damage remains a major scientific challenge, particularly for understanding the effects of low doses of ionizing radiation on living beings, such as the induction of carcinogenesis. A computational approach based on the Monte Carlo technique to simulate track structures in a biological medium is currently the most reliable method for calculating the early effects induced by ionizing radiation on DNA, the primary cellular target of such effects. The Geant4-DNA Monte Carlo toolkit can simulate not only the physical, but also the physico-chemical and chemical stages of water radiolysis. These stages can be combined with simplified geometric models of biological targets, such as DNA, to assess direct and indirect early DNA damage. In this study, DNA damage induced in a human fibroblast cell was evaluated using Geant4-DNA as a function of incident particle type (gammas, protons, and alphas) and energy. The resulting double-strand break yields as a function of linear energy transfer closely reproduced recent experimental data. Other quantities, such as fragment length distribution, scavengeable damage fraction, and time evolution of damage within an analytical repair model also supported the plausibility of predicting DNA damage using Geant4-DNA.The complete simulation chain application “molecularDNA”, an example for users of Geant4-DNA, will soon be distributed through Geant4.
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Mladenova V, Mladenov E, Scholz M, Stuschke M, Iliakis G. Strong Shift to ATR-Dependent Regulation of the G 2-Checkpoint after Exposure to High-LET Radiation. Life (Basel) 2021; 11:life11060560. [PMID: 34198619 PMCID: PMC8232161 DOI: 10.3390/life11060560] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2021] [Accepted: 06/09/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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The utilization of high linear-energy-transfer (LET) ionizing radiation (IR) modalities is rapidly growing worldwide, causing excitement but also raising concerns, because our understanding of their biological effects is incomplete. Charged particles such as protons and heavy ions have increasing potential in cancer therapy, due to their advantageous physical properties over X-rays (photons), but are also present in the space environment, adding to the health risks of space missions. Therapy improvements and the protection of humans during space travel will benefit from a better understanding of the mechanisms underpinning the biological effects of high-LET IR. There is evidence that high-LET IR induces DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) of increasing complexity, causing enhanced cell killing, owing, at least partly, to the frequent engagement of a low-fidelity DSB-repair pathway: alternative end-joining (alt-EJ), which is known to frequently induce severe structural chromosomal abnormalities (SCAs). Here, we evaluate the radiosensitivity of A549 lung adenocarcinoma cells to X-rays, α-particles and 56Fe ions, as well as of HCT116 colorectal cancer cells to X-rays and α-particles. We observe the expected increase in cell killing following high-LET irradiation that correlates with the increased formation of SCAs as detected by mFISH. Furthermore, we report that cells exposed to low doses of α-particles and 56Fe ions show an enhanced G2-checkpoint response which is mainly regulated by ATR, rather than the coordinated ATM/ATR-dependent regulation observed after exposure to low doses of X-rays. These observations advance our understanding of the mechanisms underpinning high-LET IR effects, and suggest the potential utility for ATR inhibitors in high-LET radiation therapy.
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- Veronika Mladenova
- Department of Radiation Therapy, Division of Experimental Radiation Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany; (V.M.); (E.M.); (M.S.)
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Therapy, Division of Experimental Radiation Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany; (V.M.); (E.M.); (M.S.)
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany
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- Biophysics Division, GSI Helmholtzzentrum für Schwerionenforschung GmbH, 64291 Darmstadt, Germany;
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- Department of Radiation Therapy, Division of Experimental Radiation Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany; (V.M.); (E.M.); (M.S.)
- German Cancer Consortium (DKTK), Partner Site University Hospital Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany
- German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ), 69120 Heidelberg, Germany
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- Department of Radiation Therapy, Division of Experimental Radiation Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany; (V.M.); (E.M.); (M.S.)
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University Hospital Essen, University of Duisburg-Essen, 45122 Essen, Germany
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Zhu H, McNamara AL, McMahon SJ, Ramos-Mendez J, Henthorn NT, Faddegon B, Held KD, Perl J, Li J, Paganetti H, Schuemann J. Cellular Response to Proton Irradiation: A Simulation Study with TOPAS-nBio. Radiat Res 2020; 194:9-21. [PMID: 32401689 DOI: 10.1667/rr15531.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2019] [Accepted: 04/11/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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The cellular response to ionizing radiation continues to be of significant research interest in cancer radiotherapy, and DNA is recognized as the critical target for most of the biologic effects of radiation. Incident particles can cause initial DNA damages through physical and chemical interactions within a short time scale. Initial DNA damages can undergo repair via different pathways available at different stages of the cell cycle. The misrepair of DNA damage results in genomic rearrangement and causes mutations and chromosome aberrations, which are drivers of cell death. This work presents an integrated study of simulating cell response after proton irradiation with energies of 0.5-500 MeV (LET of 60-0.2 keV/µm). A model of a whole nucleus with fractal DNA geometry was implemented in TOPAS-nBio for initial DNA damage simulations. The default physics and chemistry models in TOPAS-nBio were used to describe interactions of primary particles, secondary particles, and radiolysis products within the nucleus. The initial DNA double-strand break (DSB) yield was found to increase from 6.5 DSB/Gy/Gbp at low-linear energy transfer (LET) of 0.2 keV/µm to 21.2 DSB/Gy/Gbp at high LET of 60 keV/µm. A mechanistic repair model was applied to predict the characteristics of DNA damage repair and dose response of chromosome aberrations. It was found that more than 95% of the DSBs are repaired within the first 24 h and the misrepaired DSB fraction increases rapidly with LET and reaches 15.8% at 60 keV/µm with an estimated chromosome aberration detection threshold of 3 Mbp. The dicentric and acentric fragment yields and the dose response of micronuclei formation after proton irradiation were calculated and compared with experimental results.
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- Hongyu Zhu
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.,Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Particle & Radiation Imaging (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Centre for Cancer Research and Cell Biology, Queens University Belfast, Belfast, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, California 94143
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- Division of Molecular and Clinical Cancer Sciences, Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of California San Francisco, California 94143
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, Menlo Park, California
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- Department of Engineering Physics, Tsinghua University, Beijing 100084, P.R. China.,Key Laboratory of Particle & Radiation Imaging (Tsinghua University), Ministry of Education, Beijing 100084, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts 02114.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts 02114
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Sakata D, Belov O, Bordage MC, Emfietzoglou D, Guatelli S, Inaniwa T, Ivanchenko V, Karamitros M, Kyriakou I, Lampe N, Petrovic I, Ristic-Fira A, Shin WG, Incerti S. Fully integrated Monte Carlo simulation for evaluating radiation induced DNA damage and subsequent repair using Geant4-DNA. Sci Rep 2020; 10:20788. [PMID: 33247225 PMCID: PMC7695857 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-75982-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2020] [Accepted: 10/15/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Ionising radiation induced DNA damage and subsequent biological responses to it depend on the radiation’s track-structure and its energy loss distribution pattern. To investigate the underlying biological mechanisms involved in such complex system, there is need of predicting biological response by integrated Monte Carlo (MC) simulations across physics, chemistry and biology. Hence, in this work, we have developed an application using the open source Geant4-DNA toolkit to propose a realistic “fully integrated” MC simulation to calculate both early DNA damage and subsequent biological responses with time. We had previously developed an application allowing simulations of radiation induced early DNA damage on a naked cell nucleus model. In the new version presented in this work, we have developed three additional important features: (1) modeling of a realistic cell geometry, (2) inclusion of a biological repair model, (3) refinement of DNA damage parameters for direct damage and indirect damage scoring. The simulation results are validated with experimental data in terms of Single Strand Break (SSB) yields for plasmid and Double Strand Break (DSB) yields for plasmid/human cell. In addition, the yields of indirect DSBs are compatible with the experimental scavengeable damage fraction. The simulation application also demonstrates agreement with experimental data of \documentclass[12pt]{minimal}
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- Dousatsu Sakata
- Department of Accelerator and Medical Physics, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, QST, Chiba, Japan.
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- Joint Institute for Nuclear Research, Dubna, Russia.,Dubna State University, Dubna, Russia
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- INSERM, UMR 1037, CRCT, Université Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.,UMR 1037, CRCT, Université Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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- Centre For Medical Radiation Physics, University of Wollongong, Wollongong, Australia
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- Department of Accelerator and Medical Physics, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, QST, Chiba, Japan
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- Geant4 Associates International Ltd, Hebden Bridge, UK.,Tomsk State University, Tomsk, Russia
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- Medical Physics Laboratory, Medical School, University of Ioannina, 45110, Ioannina, Greece
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- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Science, University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, CENBG, UMR 5797, Gradignan, 33170, France
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Koutroumpakis E, Palaskas NL, Lin SH, Abe JI, Liao Z, Banchs J, Deswal A, Yusuf SW. Modern Radiotherapy and Risk of Cardiotoxicity. Chemotherapy 2020; 65:65-76. [PMID: 33049738 DOI: 10.1159/000510573] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2020] [Accepted: 07/28/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Despite the advancements of modern radiotherapy, radiation-induced heart disease remains a common cause of morbidity and mortality amongst cancer survivors. This review outlines the basic mechanism, clinical presentation, risk stratification, early detection, possible mitigation, and treatment of this condition.
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- Efstratios Koutroumpakis
- Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA
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- Department of Cardiology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas, USA,
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Tang J, Xiao Q, Gui Z, Li B, Zhang P. Simulation of Proton-Induced DNA Damage Patterns Using an Improved Clustering Algorithm. Radiat Res 2020; 194:363-378. [PMID: 32931557 DOI: 10.1667/rr15552.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Accepted: 07/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Simulations of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) molecular damage use the traversal algorithm that has the disadvantages of being time-consuming, slowly converging, and requiring high-performance computer clusters. This work presents an improved version of the algorithm, "density-based spatial clustering of applications with noise" (DBSCAN), using a KD-tree approach to find neighbors of each point for calculating clustered DNA damage. The resulting algorithm considers the spatial distributions for sites of energy deposition and hydroxyl radical attack, yielding the statistical probability of (single and double) DNA strand breaks. This work achieves high accuracy and high speed at calculating clustered DNA damage that has been induced by proton treatment at the molecular level while running on an i7 quad-core CPU. The simulations focus on the indirect effect generated by hydroxyl radical attack on DNA. The obtained results are consistent with those of other published experiments and simulations. Due to the array of chemical processes triggered by proton treatment, it is possible to predict the effects that different track structures of various energy protons produce on eliciting direct and indirect damage of DNA.
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- Jing Tang
- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Biomedical Imaging and Big Data, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P.R. China
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- School of Computer and Information Technology, Beijing Jiaotong University, Beijing, 100044, P.R. China
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- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Biomedical Imaging and Big Data, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P.R. China
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Shandong Cancer Hospital and Institute, Shandong First Medical University and Shandong Academy of Medical Sciences, Jinan, 250117, P.R. China
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- Shanxi Provincial Key Laboratory for Biomedical Imaging and Big Data, North University of China, Taiyuan, 030051, P.R. China
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Stainforth R, Schuemann J, McNamara AL, Wilkins RC, Chauhan V. Challenges in the quantification approach to a radiation relevant adverse outcome pathway for lung cancer. Int J Radiat Biol 2020; 97:85-101. [PMID: 32909875 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2020.1820096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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PURPOSE Adverse outcome pathways (AOPs) provide a modular framework for describing sequences of biological key events (KEs) and key event relationships (KERs) across levels of biological organization. Empirical evidence across KERs can support construction of quantified AOPs (qAOPs). Using an example AOP of energy deposition from ionizing radiation onto DNA leading to lung cancer incidence, we investigate the feasibility of quantifying data from KERs supported by all types of stressors. The merits and challenges of this process in the context of AOP construction are discussed. MATERIALS AND METHODS Empirical evidence across studies of dose-response from four KERs of the AOP were compiled independently for quantification. Three upstream KERs comprised of evidence from various radiation types in line with AOP guidelines. For these three KERs, a focused analysis of data from alpha-particle studies was undertaken to better characterize the process to the adverse outcome (AO) for a radon gas stressor. Numerical information was extracted from tables and graphs to plot and tabulate the response of KEs. To complement areas of the AOP quantification process, Monte Carlo (MC) simulations in TOPAS-nBio were performed to model exposure conditions relevant to the AO for an example bronchial compartment of the lung with secretory cell nuclei targets. RESULTS Quantification of AOP KERs highlighted the relevance of radiation types under the stressor-agnostic intent of AOP design, motivating a focus on specific types. For a given type, significant differences of KE response indicate meaningful data to derive linkages from the MIE to the AO is lacking and that better response-response focused studies are required. The MC study estimates the linear energy transfer (LET) of alpha-particles emitted by radon-222 and its progeny in the secretory cell nuclei of the example lung compartment to range from 94 - 5 + 5 to 192 - 18 + 15 keV/µm. CONCLUSION Quantifying AOP components provides a means to assemble empirical evidence across different studies. This highlights challenges in the context of studies examining similar endpoints using different radiation types. Data linking KERs to a MIE of 'deposition of energy' is shown to be non-compatible with the stressor-agnostic principles of AOP design. Limiting data to that describing response-response relationships between adjacent KERs may better delineate studies relevant to the damage that drives a pathway to the next KE and still support an 'all hazards' approach. Such data remains limited and future investigations in the radiation field may consider this approach when designing experiments and reporting their results and outcomes.
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.,Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA
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- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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- Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada
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Moeini H, Mokari M, Alamatsaz MH, Taleei R. Calculation of the initial DNA damage induced by alpha particles in comparison with protons and electrons using Geant4-DNA. Int J Radiat Biol 2020; 96:767-778. [DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2020.1730015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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- Department of Physics, Behbahan Khatam Alanbia University of Technology, Behbahan, Iran
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- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA, USA
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Cornforth MN. Occam's broom and the dirty DSB: cytogenetic perspectives on cellular response to changes in track structure and ionization density. Int J Radiat Biol 2020; 97:1099-1108. [PMID: 31971454 DOI: 10.1080/09553002.2019.1704302] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Given equal doses, it is well-known that densely ionizing radiations are more potent in causing a number of biological effects compared to sparsely ionizing radiations, such as x- or gamma rays. According to classical models of radiation action, this results from differences in the spatial distribution of lesions along charged particle tracks. In recent years investigators have been barraged with the alternative narrative that this is instead due to 'qualitative' differences in the types of molecular lesions that each type of radiation produces. The present review discusses, mainly from a cytogenetic perspective, the merits and shortcomings of these seemingly contradictory viewpoints. There may be a kernel of truth to the idea that qualitative differences in the types of molecular lesions produced at the nanometer level affect RBE/LET relationships, but to ignore the fact that such differences result from longer-range spatial distributions of lesions produced along charged particle tracks is an unjustifiably narrow stance tantamount to employing Occam's Broom. Not only are such spatial considerations indispensable in explaining the impact of ionization density upon higher-order biological endpoints, particularly chromosome aberrations, the explanations they provide render arguments based principally on the quality of IR damage largely superfluous.
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- Michael N Cornforth
- Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston, TX, USA
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Lee BH, Wang CKC. A cell-by-cell Monte Carlo simulation for assessing radiation-induced DNA double strand breaks. Phys Med 2019; 62:140-151. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/03/2019] [Revised: 04/08/2019] [Accepted: 05/04/2019] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Sakata D, Lampe N, Karamitros M, Kyriakou I, Belov O, Bernal MA, Bolst D, Bordage MC, Breton V, Brown JM, Francis Z, Ivanchenko V, Meylan S, Murakami K, Okada S, Petrovic I, Ristic-Fira A, Santin G, Sarramia D, Sasaki T, Shin WG, Tang N, Tran HN, Villagrasa C, Emfietzoglou D, Nieminen P, Guatelli S, Incerti S. Evaluation of early radiation DNA damage in a fractal cell nucleus model using Geant4-DNA. Phys Med 2019; 62:152-157. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2019.04.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2019] [Revised: 03/25/2019] [Accepted: 04/13/2019] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Tang N, Bueno M, Meylan S, Incerti S, Clairand I, Villagrasa C. SIMULATION OF EARLY RADIATION-INDUCED DNA DAMAGE ON DIFFERENT TYPES OF CELL NUCLEI. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2019; 183:26-31. [PMID: 30535369 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncy237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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This work presents a comparison of simulated early radiation-induced DNA damage represented by yields of double-strand breaks (DSB) in three different human cell nuclei geometries representing fibroblasts, lymphocytes and endothelial cells for protons and alpha particles of different energies and for different irradiation configurations. Each cell nucleus model includes a multi-scale description of the DNA target from the molecular level to the whole human genome representation (6 Gbp) in the G0/G1 phase of the cell cycle and was generated with the DnaFabric software. The three nuclei differ in shape, volume, and therefore DNA density. A calculation chain based on Geant4-DNA that takes into account the physical, physico-chemical and chemical stages was used to simulate the irradiation of the different cell nuclei. Results show an increase of DSB/primary/μm with an increase of DNA density and an increase of DSB/Gy/Gbp with an increase of the cell nucleus volume which indicates that the cell nucleus shape and size have an impact on early DNA damage, which may play a role in latter effects.
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- Nicolas Tang
- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- Université de Bordeaux, CNRS/IN2P3, Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CENBG, chemin du solarium, Gradignan, France
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- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, Fontenay aux Roses, France
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Tang N, Bueno M, Meylan S, Incerti S, Tran HN, Vaurijoux A, Gruel G, Villagrasa C. Influence of chromatin compaction on simulated early radiation-induced DNA damage using Geant4-DNA. Med Phys 2019; 46:1501-1511. [DOI: 10.1002/mp.13405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/30/2018] [Revised: 01/07/2019] [Accepted: 01/21/2019] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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- N. Tang
- IRSN; Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire; BP17 92262 Fontenay aux Roses France
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- IRSN; Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire; BP17 92262 Fontenay aux Roses France
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- SymAlgo Technologies; 75 rue Léon Frot 75011 Paris France
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- Université de Bordeaux CNRS/IN2P3 Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux; Gradignan CENBG; chemin du solarium, BP120 33175 Gradignan France
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- IRSN; Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire; BP17 92262 Fontenay aux Roses France
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- IRSN; Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire; BP17 92262 Fontenay aux Roses France
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- IRSN; Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire; BP17 92262 Fontenay aux Roses France
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- IRSN; Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire; BP17 92262 Fontenay aux Roses France
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Tan HQ, Mi Z, Bettiol AA, Osipowicz T, Watt F. A mechanistic approach towards determining double strand breaks and Relative Biological Effectiveness variation along proton tracks. Biomed Phys Eng Express 2019. [DOI: 10.1088/2057-1976/aaff2b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Mokari M, Alamatsaz MH, Moeini H, Taleei R. A simulation approach for determining the spectrum of DNA damage induced by protons. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2018; 63:175003. [DOI: 10.1088/1361-6560/aad7ee] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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de la Fuente Rosales L, Incerti S, Francis Z, Bernal MA. Accounting for radiation-induced indirect damage on DNA with the Geant 4-DNA code. Phys Med 2018; 51:108-116. [PMID: 29908994 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2018.06.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2018] [Revised: 06/05/2018] [Accepted: 06/06/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023] Open
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The use of Monte Carlo (MC) simulations remains a powerful tool to study the biological effects induced by ionizing radiation on living beings. Several MC codes are commonly used in research fields such as nanodosimetry, radiotherapy, radiation protection, and space radiation. This work presents an enhancement of an existing model [1] for radiobiological purposes, to account for the indirect DNA damage induced by ionizing particles. The Geant4-DNA simulation toolkit was used to simulate the physical, pre-chemical, and chemical stages of early DNA damage induced by protons and α-particles. Liquid water was used as the medium for simulations. Two phase-space files were generated, one containing the energy deposition events and another with the position of chemical species produced by water radiolysis from 0.1 ps up to 1 ns. These files were used as input in the radiobiological code that contains the genetic material model with atomic resolution, consisting of several copies of 30 nm chromatin fibers. The B-DNA configuration was used. This work focused on the indirect damage produced by the hydroxyl radical (OH) attack on the sugar-phosphate group. The approach followed to account for the indirect DNA damage was the same as those used by other radiobiological codes [2,3]. The critical parameter considered here was the reaction radius, which was calculated from the Smoluchowski's diffusion equation. Single, double, and total strand break yields produced by direct, indirect, and mixed mechanisms are reported. The obtained results are consistent with experimental and calculation data sets published in the literature.
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- Université Saint Joseph, Faculty of Sciences, Department of Physics, Beirut, Lebanon
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- Departamento de Física Aplicada, Instituto de Física "Gleb Wataghin", UNICAMP, Campinas, Brazil
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Mechanistic DNA damage simulations in Geant4-DNA Part 2: Electron and proton damage in a bacterial cell. Phys Med 2018; 48:146-155. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejmp.2017.12.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2017] [Revised: 11/29/2017] [Accepted: 12/08/2017] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Meylan S, Incerti S, Karamitros M, Tang N, Bueno M, Clairand I, Villagrasa C. Simulation of early DNA damage after the irradiation of a fibroblast cell nucleus using Geant4-DNA. Sci Rep 2017; 7:11923. [PMID: 28931851 PMCID: PMC5607336 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-11851-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 80] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2017] [Accepted: 08/30/2017] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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In order to improve the understanding of the mechanisms involved in the generation of early DNA damage, a new calculation chain based on the Geant4-DNA toolkit was developed. This work presents for the first time the simulation of the physical, physicochemical and chemical stages of early radiation damage at the scale of an entire human genome (fibroblast, male) and using Geant4-DNA models. The DnaFabric software was extended to generate and export this nucleus model to a text file with a specific format that can be read by Geant4 user applications. This calculation chain was used to simulate the irradiation of the nucleus by primary protons of different energies (0,5; 0,7; 0,8; 1; 1,5; 2; 3; 4; 5; 10; 20 MeV) and the results, in terms of DNA double strand breaks, agree with experimental data found in the literature (pulsed field electrophoresis technique). These results show that the simulation is consistent and that its parameters are well balanced. Among the different parameters that can be adjusted, our results demonstrate that the criterion used to select direct strand break appears to have a very significant role on the final number of simulated double strand breaks.
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- Sylvain Meylan
- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, BP17, 92962, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
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- Univ, Bordeaux, CENBG, UMR 5797, F-33170, Gradignan, France.,CNRS, IN2P3, CENBG, UMR 5797, F-33170, Gradignan, France
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- CNRS, IN2P3, CENBG, UMR 5797, F-33170, Gradignan, France.,Notre Dame Radiation Laboratory, 102 Radiation Research Building Notre Dame, Indiana, 46556, USA
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- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, BP17, 92962, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, BP17, 92962, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, BP17, 92962, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France
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- IRSN, Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire, BP17, 92962, Fontenay-aux-Roses, France.
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Pater P, Bäckstöm G, Villegas F, Ahnesjö A, Enger SA, Seuntjens J, El Naqa I. Proton and light ion RBE for the induction of direct DNA double strand breaks. Med Phys 2017; 43:2131. [PMID: 27147325 DOI: 10.1118/1.4944870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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PURPOSE To present and characterize a Monte Carlo (MC) tool for the simulation of the relative biological effectiveness for the induction of direct DNA double strand breaks (RBEDSB (direct)) for protons and light ions. METHODS The MC tool uses a pregenerated event-by-event tracks library of protons and light ions that are overlaid on a cell nucleus model. The cell nucleus model is a cylindrical arrangement of nucleosome structures consisting of 198 DNA base pairs. An algorithm relying on k-dimensional trees and cylindrical symmetries is used to search coincidences of energy deposition sites with volumes corresponding to the sugar-phosphate backbone of the DNA molecule. Strand breaks (SBs) are scored when energy higher than a threshold is reached in these volumes. Based on the number of affected strands, they are categorized into either single strand break (SSB) or double strand break (DSB) lesions. The number of SBs composing each lesion (i.e., its size) is also recorded. RBEDSB (direct) is obtained by taking the ratio of DSB yields of a given radiation field to a (60)Co field. The MC tool was used to obtain SSB yields, DSB yields, and RBEDSB (direct) as a function of linear energy transfer (LET) for protons ((1)H(+)), (4)He(2+), (7)Li(3+), and (12)C(6+) ions. RESULTS For protons, the SSB yields decreased and the DSB yields increased with LET. At ≈24.5 keV μm(-1), protons generated 15% more DSBs than (12)C(6+) ions. The RBEDSB (direct) varied between 1.24 and 1.77 for proton fields between 8.5 and 30.2 keV μm(-1), and it was higher for iso-LET ions with lowest atomic number. The SSB and DSB lesion sizes showed significant differences for all radiation fields. Generally, the yields of SSB lesions of sizes ≥2 and the yields of DSB lesions of sizes ≥3 increased with LET and increased for iso-LET ions of lower atomic number. On the other hand, the ratios of SSB to DSB lesions of sizes 2-4 did not show variability with LET nor projectile atomic number, suggesting that these metrics are independent of the radiation quality. Finally, a variance of up to 8% in the DSB yields was observed as a function of the particle incidence angle on the cell nucleus. This simulation effect is due to the preferential alignment of ion tracks with the DNA nucleosomes at specific angles. CONCLUSIONS The MC tool can predict SSB and DSB yields for light ions of various LET and estimate RBEDSB (direct). In addition, it can calculate the frequencies of different DNA lesion sizes, which is of interest in the context of biologically relevant absolute dosimetry of particle beams.
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- Piotr Pater
- Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala SE-75185, Sweden
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- Medical Radiation Physics, Department of Immunology, Genetics and Pathology, Uppsala University, Akademiska Sjukhuset, Uppsala SE-75185, Sweden
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- Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Medical Physics Unit, McGill University, Montreal, Quebec H4A 3J1, Canada
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Hellweg CE, Spitta LF, Henschenmacher B, Diegeler S, Baumstark-Khan C. Transcription Factors in the Cellular Response to Charged Particle Exposure. Front Oncol 2016; 6:61. [PMID: 27047795 PMCID: PMC4800317 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2016.00061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2015] [Accepted: 03/03/2016] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Charged particles, such as carbon ions, bear the promise of a more effective cancer therapy. In human spaceflight, exposure to charged particles represents an important risk factor for chronic and late effects such as cancer. Biological effects elicited by charged particle exposure depend on their characteristics, e.g., on linear energy transfer (LET). For diverse outcomes (cell death, mutation, transformation, and cell-cycle arrest), an LET dependency of the effect size was observed. These outcomes result from activation of a complex network of signaling pathways in the DNA damage response, which result in cell-protective (DNA repair and cell-cycle arrest) or cell-destructive (cell death) reactions. Triggering of these pathways converges among others in the activation of transcription factors, such as p53, nuclear factor κB (NF-κB), activated protein 1 (AP-1), nuclear erythroid-derived 2-related factor 2 (Nrf2), and cAMP responsive element binding protein (CREB). Depending on dose, radiation quality, and tissue, p53 induces apoptosis or cell-cycle arrest. In low LET radiation therapy, p53 mutations are often associated with therapy resistance, while the outcome of carbon ion therapy seems to be independent of the tumor's p53 status. NF-κB is a central transcription factor in the immune system and exhibits pro-survival effects. Both p53 and NF-κB are activated after ionizing radiation exposure in an ataxia telangiectasia mutated (ATM)-dependent manner. The NF-κB activation was shown to strongly depend on charged particles' LET, with a maximal activation in the LET range of 90-300 keV/μm. AP-1 controls proliferation, senescence, differentiation, and apoptosis. Nrf2 can induce cellular antioxidant defense systems, CREB might also be involved in survival responses. The extent of activation of these transcription factors by charged particles and their interaction in the cellular radiation response greatly influences the destiny of the irradiated and also neighboring cells in the bystander effect.
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- Christine E. Hellweg
- Cellular Biodiagnostics, Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Cellular Biodiagnostics, Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Cellular Biodiagnostics, Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Cellular Biodiagnostics, Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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- Cellular Biodiagnostics, Department of Radiation Biology, Institute of Aerospace Medicine, German Aerospace Centre (DLR), Cologne, Germany
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Liang Y, Yang G, Liu F, Wang Y. Monte Carlo simulation of ionizing radiation induced DNA strand breaks utilizing coarse grained high-order chromatin structures. Phys Med Biol 2015; 61:445-60. [DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/61/1/445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Huang YW, Pan CY, Hsiao YY, Chao TC, Lee CC, Tung CJ. Monte Carlo simulations of the relative biological effectiveness for DNA double strand breaks from 300 MeV u(-1) carbon-ion beams. Phys Med Biol 2015; 60:5995-6012. [PMID: 26183156 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/60/15/5995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Monte Carlo simulations are used to calculate the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 300 MeV u(-1) carbon-ion beams at different depths in a cylindrical water phantom of 10 cm radius and 30 cm long. RBE values for the induction of DNA double strand breaks (DSB), a biological endpoint closely related to cell inactivation, are estimated for monoenergetic and energy-modulated carbon ion beams. Individual contributions to the RBE from primary ions and secondary nuclear fragments are simulated separately. These simulations are based on a multi-scale modelling approach by first applying the FLUKA (version 2011.2.17) transport code to estimate the absorbed doses and fluence energy spectra, then using the MCDS (version 3.10A) damage code for DSB yields. The approach is efficient since it separates the non-stochastic dosimetry problem from the stochastic DNA damage problem. The MCDS code predicts the major trends of the DSB yields from detailed track structure simulations. It is found that, as depth is increasing, RBE values increase slowly from the entrance depth to the plateau region and change substantially in the Bragg peak region. RBE values reach their maxima at the distal edge of the Bragg peak. Beyond this edge, contributions to RBE are entirely from nuclear fragments. Maximum RBE values at the distal edges of the Bragg peak and the spread-out Bragg peak are, respectively, 3.0 and 2.8. The present approach has the flexibility to weight RBE contributions from different DSB classes, i.e. DSB0, DSB+ and DSB++.
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- Y W Huang
- Department of Medical Imaging and Radiological Sciences, College of Medicine, Chang Gung University, Kweishan Taoyuan, Taiwan
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Taleei R, Girard PM, Nikjoo H. DSB repair model for mammalian cells in early S and G1 phases of the cell cycle: application to damage induced by ionizing radiation of different quality. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2015; 779:5-14. [PMID: 25813721 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2015.01.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Revised: 01/20/2015] [Accepted: 01/22/2015] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The purpose of this work is to test the hypothesis that kinetics of double strand breaks (DSB) repair is governed by complexity of DSB. To test the hypothesis we used our recent published mechanistic mathematical model of DSB repair for DSB induced by selected protons, deuterons, and helium ions of different energies representing radiations of different qualities. In light of recent advances in experimental and computational techniques, the most appropriate method to study cellular responses in radiation therapy, and exposures to low doses of ionizing radiations is using mechanistic approaches. To this end, we proposed a 'bottom-up' approach to study cellular response that starts with the DNA damage. Monte Carlo track structure method was employed to simulate initial damage induced in the genomic DNA by direct and indirect effects. Among the different types of DNA damage, DSB are known to be induced in simple and complex forms. The DSB repair model in G1 and early S phases of the cell cycle was employed to calculate the repair kinetics. The model considers the repair of simple and complex DSB, and the DSB produced in the heterochromatin. The inverse sampling method was used to calculate the repair kinetics for each individual DSB. The overall repair kinetics for 500 DSB induced by single tracks of the radiation under test were compared with experimental results. The results show that the model is capable of predicting the repair kinetics for the DSB induced by radiations of different qualities within an accepted range of uncertainty.
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- Reza Taleei
- Department of Radiation Physics, University of Texas, MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX 77030, USA
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- Radiation Biophysics Group, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm SE171 76, Sweden
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- Radiation Biophysics Group, Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm SE171 76, Sweden.
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Paganetti H. Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values for proton beam therapy. Variations as a function of biological endpoint, dose, and linear energy transfer. Phys Med Biol 2014; 59:R419-72. [PMID: 25361443 DOI: 10.1088/0031-9155/59/22/r419] [Citation(s) in RCA: 594] [Impact Index Per Article: 59.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Proton therapy treatments are based on a proton RBE (relative biological effectiveness) relative to high-energy photons of 1.1. The use of this generic, spatially invariant RBE within tumors and normal tissues disregards the evidence that proton RBE varies with linear energy transfer (LET), physiological and biological factors, and clinical endpoint. Based on the available experimental data from published literature, this review analyzes relationships of RBE with dose, biological endpoint and physical properties of proton beams. The review distinguishes between endpoints relevant for tumor control probability and those potentially relevant for normal tissue complication. Numerous endpoints and experiments on sub-cellular damage and repair effects are discussed. Despite the large amount of data, considerable uncertainties in proton RBE values remain. As an average RBE for cell survival in the center of a typical spread-out Bragg peak (SOBP), the data support a value of ~1.15 at 2 Gy/fraction. The proton RBE increases with increasing LETd and thus with depth in an SOBP from ~1.1 in the entrance region, to ~1.15 in the center, ~1.35 at the distal edge and ~1.7 in the distal fall-off (when averaged over all cell lines, which may not be clinically representative). For small modulation widths the values could be increased. Furthermore, there is a trend of an increase in RBE as (α/β)x decreases. In most cases the RBE also increases with decreasing dose, specifically for systems with low (α/β)x. Data on RBE for endpoints other than clonogenic cell survival are too diverse to allow general statements other than that the RBE is, on average, in line with a value of ~1.1. This review can serve as a source for defining input parameters for applying or refining biophysical models and to identify endpoints where additional radiobiological data are needed in order to reduce the uncertainties to clinically acceptable levels.
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- Harald Paganetti
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, 30 Fruit Street, Boston, MA 02114, USA
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Dos Santos M, Clairand I, Gruel G, Barquinero JF, Incerti S, Villagrasa C. Influence of chromatin condensation on the number of direct DSB damages induced by ions studied using a Monte Carlo code. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2014; 161:469-473. [PMID: 24615262 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncu029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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The purpose of this work is to evaluate the influence of the chromatin condensation on the number of direct double-strand break (DSB) damages induced by ions. Two geometries of chromosome territories containing either condensed or decondensed chromatin were implemented as biological targets in the Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation code and proton and alpha irradiation was simulated using the Geant4-DNA processes. A DBSCAN algorithm was used in order to detect energy deposition clusters that could give rise to single-strand breaks or DSBs on the DNA molecule. The results of this study show an increase in the number and complexity of DNA DSBs in condensed chromatin when compared with decondensed chromatin.
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- M Dos Santos
- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, IRSN, BP17, Fontenay aux roses 92962, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, IRSN, BP17, Fontenay aux roses 92962, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, IRSN, BP17, Fontenay aux roses 92962, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, IRSN, BP17, Fontenay aux roses 92962, France
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- Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan, CENBG, Université de Bordeaux 1, CNRS/IN2P3, chemin du solarium, BP 120, Gradignan 33175, France
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- Institut de Radioprotection et de Sureté Nucléaire, IRSN, BP17, Fontenay aux roses 92962, France
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Alloni D, Campa A, Friedland W, Mariotti L, Ottolenghi A. Integration of Monte Carlo simulations with PFGE experimental data yields constant RBE of 2.3 for DNA double-strand break induction by nitrogen ions between 125 and 225 keV/μm LET. Radiat Res 2013; 179:690-7. [PMID: 23647004 DOI: 10.1667/r3043.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The number of small radiation-induced DNA fragments can be heavily underestimated when determined from measurements of DNA mass fractions by gel electrophoresis, leading to a consequent underestimation of the initial DNA damage induction. In this study we reanalyzed the experimental results for DNA fragmentation and DNA double-strand break (DSB) yields in human fibroblasts irradiated with γ rays and nitrogen ion beams with linear energy transfer (LET) equal to 80, 125, 175 and 225 keV/μm, originally measured by Höglund et al. (Radiat Res 155, 818-825, 2001 and Int J Radiat Biol 76, 539-547, 2000). In that study the authors converted the measured distributions of fragment masses into DNA fragment distributions using mid-range values of the measured fragment length intervals, in particular they assumed fragments with lengths in the interval of 0-48 kbp had the mid-range value of 24 kbp. However, our recent detailed simulations with the Monte Carlo code PARTRAC, while reasonably in agreement with the mass distributions, indicate significantly increased yields of very short fragments by high-LET radiation, so that the actual average fragment lengths, in the interval 0-48 kbp, 2.4 kbp for 225 keV/μm nitrogen ions were much shorter than the assumed mid-range value of 24 kbp. When the measured distributions of fragment masses are converted into fragment distributions using the average fragment lengths calculated by PARTRAC, significantly higher yields of DSB related to short fragments were obtained and resulted in a constant relative biological effectiveness (RBE) for DSB induction yield of 2.3 for nitrogen ions at 125-225 keV/μm LET. The previously reported downward trend of the RBE values over this LET range for DSB induction appears to be an artifact of an inadequate average fragment length in the smallest interval.
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- D Alloni
- Laboratory of Applied Nuclear Energy, Università degli studi di Pavia, Italy
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Pernot E, Hall J, Baatout S, Benotmane MA, Blanchardon E, Bouffler S, El Saghire H, Gomolka M, Guertler A, Harms-Ringdahl M, Jeggo P, Kreuzer M, Laurier D, Lindholm C, Mkacher R, Quintens R, Rothkamm K, Sabatier L, Tapio S, de Vathaire F, Cardis E. Ionizing radiation biomarkers for potential use in epidemiological studies. MUTATION RESEARCH-REVIEWS IN MUTATION RESEARCH 2012; 751:258-286. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2012.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 135] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/16/2012] [Revised: 05/04/2012] [Accepted: 05/28/2012] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Chen J. Estimated yield of double-strand breaks from internal exposure to tritium. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2012; 51:295-302. [PMID: 22639304 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-012-0424-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2011] [Accepted: 05/08/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Internal exposure to tritium may result in DNA lesions. Of those, DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) are believed to be important. However, experimental and computational data of DSBs induction by tritium are very limited. In this study, microdosimetric characteristics of uniformly distributed tritium were determined in dimensions of critical significance in DNA DSBs. Those characteristics were used to identify other particles comparable to tritium in terms of microscopic energy deposition. The yield of DSBs could be strongly dependent on biological systems and cellular environments. After reviewing theoretically predicted and experimentally determined DSB yields available in the literature for low-energy electrons and high-energy protons of comparable microdosimetric characteristics to tritium in the dimensions relevant to DSBs, it is estimated that the average DSB yields of 2.7 × 10(-11), 0.93 × 10(-11), 2.4 × 10(-11) and 1.6 × 10(-11) DSBs Gy(-1) Da(-1) could be reasonable estimates for tritium in plasmid DNAs, yeast cells, Chinese hamster V79 cells and human fibroblasts, respectively. If a biological system is not specified, the DSB yield from tritium exposure can be estimated as (2.3 ± 0.7) × 10(-11) DSBs Gy(-1) Da(-1), which is a simple average over experimentally determined yields of DSBs for low-energy electrons in various biological systems without considerations of variations caused by different techniques used and obvious differences among different biological systems where the DSB yield was measured.
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- Jing Chen
- Radiation Protection Bureau, Health Canada, 2720 Riverside Drive, Ottawa, ON K1A 0K9, Canada.
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Stewart RD, Yu VK, Georgakilas AG, Koumenis C, Park JH, Carlson DJ. Effects of Radiation Quality and Oxygen on Clustered DNA Lesions and Cell Death. Radiat Res 2011; 176:587-602. [DOI: 10.1667/rr2663.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 150] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Madas BG, Balásházy I. Mutation induction by inhaled radon progeny modeled at the tissue level. RADIATION AND ENVIRONMENTAL BIOPHYSICS 2011; 50:553-570. [PMID: 21894440 DOI: 10.1007/s00411-011-0382-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2011] [Accepted: 08/12/2011] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The observable responses of living systems to ionizing radiation depend on the level of biological organization studied. Understanding the relationships between the responses characteristic of the different levels of organization is of crucial importance. The main objective of the present study is to investigate how some cellular effects of radiation manifest at the tissue level by modeling mutation induction due to chronic exposure to inhaled radon progeny. For this purpose, a mathematical model of the bronchial epithelium was elaborated to quantify cell nucleus hits and cell doses. Mutagenesis was modeled considering endogenous as well as radiation-induced DNA damages and cell cycle shortening due to cell inactivation. The model parameters describing the cellular effects of radiation are obtained from experimental data. Cell nucleus hits, cell doses, and mutation induction were computed for the activity hot spots of the large bronchi at different exposures. Results demonstrate that the mutagenic effect of densely ionizing radiation is dominated by cell cycle shortening due to cell inactivation and not by DNA damages. This suggests that radiation burdens of non-progenitor cells play a significant role in mutagenesis in case of protracted exposures to densely ionizing radiation. Mutation rate as a function of dose rate exhibits a convex shape below a threshold. This threshold indicates the exhaustion of the tissue regeneration capacity of local progenitor cells. It is suggested that progenitor cell hyperplasia occurs beyond the threshold dose rate, giving a possible explanation of the inverse dose-rate effect observed in the epidemiology of lung cancer among uranium miners.
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- Balázs G Madas
- Hungarian Academy of Sciences KFKI Atomic Energy Research Institute, Budapest, Hungary.
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Stisova V, Abele WH, Thompson KH, Bennett PV, Sutherland BM. Response of primary human fibroblasts exposed to solar particle event protons. Radiat Res 2011; 176:217-25. [PMID: 21557667 DOI: 10.1667/rr2490.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Solar particle events (SPEs) present a major radiation-related risk for manned exploratory missions in deep space. Within a short period the astronauts may absorb doses that engender acute effects, in addition to the risk of late effects, such as the induction of cancer. Using primary human cells, we studied clonogenic survival and the induction of neoplastic transformation after exposure to a worst case scenario SPE. We simulated such an SPE with monoenergetic protons (50, 100, 1000 MeV) delivered at a dose rate of 1.65 cGy min⁻¹ in a dose range from 0 to 3 Gy. For comparison, we exposed the cells to a high dose rate of 33.3 cGy min⁻¹. X rays (100 kVp, 8 mA, 1.7 mm Al filter) were used as a reference radiation. Overall, we observed a significant sparing effect of the SPE dose rate on cell survival. High-dose-rate protons were also more efficient in induction of transformation in the dose range below 30 cGy. However, as dose accumulated at high dose rate, the transformation levels declined, while at the SPE dose rate, the number of transformants continued to increase up to about 1 Gy. These findings suggest that considering dose-rate effects may be important in evaluating the biological effects of exposure to space radiation. Our analyses of the data based on particle fluence showed that lethality and transforming potential per particle clearly increased with increasing linear energy transfer (LET) and thus with the decreasing energy of protons. Further, we found that the biological response was determined not only by LET but also type of radiation, e.g. particles and photons. This suggests that using γ or X rays may not be ideal for assessing risk associated with SPE exposures.
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- Viktorie Stisova
- Biology Department, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, USA.
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Friedland W, Dingfelder M, Kundrát P, Jacob P. Track structures, DNA targets and radiation effects in the biophysical Monte Carlo simulation code PARTRAC. Mutat Res 2011; 711:28-40. [PMID: 21281649 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2011.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 236] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2010] [Revised: 01/18/2011] [Accepted: 01/22/2011] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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This review describes the PARTRAC suite of comprehensive Monte Carlo simulation tools for calculations of track structures of a variety of ionizing radiation qualities and their biological effects. A multi-scale target model characterizes essential structures of the whole genomic DNA within human fibroblasts and lymphocytes in atomic resolution. Calculation methods and essential results are recapitulated regarding the physical, physico-chemical and chemical stage of track structure development of radiation damage induction. Recent model extension towards DNA repair processes extends the time dimension by about 12 orders of magnitude and paves the way for superior predictions of radiation risks.
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- Werner Friedland
- Helmholtz Zentrum München, German Research Center for Environmental Health, Institute of Radiation Protection, Ingolstädter Landstr. 1, 85764 Neuherberg, Germany.
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Sankaranarayanan K, Nikjoo H. Ionising radiation and genetic risks. XVI. A genome-based framework for risk estimation in the light of recent advances in genome research. Int J Radiat Biol 2010; 87:161-78. [DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2010.518214] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Relative biological effectiveness (RBE) compares the severity of damage induced by a radiation under test at a dose D relative to the reference radiation D(x) for the same biological endpoint. RBE is an important parameter in estimation of risk from exposure to ionizing radiation (IR). The present work provides a review of the recently published data and the knowledge of the RBE of low energy electrons and photons. The review presents RBE values derived from experimental data and model calculations including cell inactivation, chromosome aberration, cell transformation, micronuclei formation and induction of double-strand breaks. Biophysical models, including physical features of radiation track, and microdosimetry parameters are presented, analysed and compared with experimental data. The biological effects of low energy electrons and photons are of particular interest in radiation biology as these are strongly absorbed in micrometer and sub-micrometer layers of tissue. RBE values not only depend on the electron and photon energies but also on the irradiation condition, cell type and experimental conditions.
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- Hooshang Nikjoo
- Department of Oncology-Pathology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
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Alloni D, Campa A, Belli M, Esposito G, Facoetti A, Friedland W, Liotta M, Mariotti L, Paretzke HG, Ottolenghi A. A Monte Carlo Study of the Radiation Quality Dependence of DNA Fragmentation Spectra. Radiat Res 2010; 173:263-71. [DOI: 10.1667/rr1957.1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Frankenberg-Schwager M, Spieren S, Pralle E, Giesen U, Brede HJ, Thiemig M, Frankenberg D. The RBE of 3.4 MeV alpha-particles and 0.565 MeV neutrons relative to 60Co gamma-rays for neoplastic transformation of human hybrid cells and the impact of culture conditions. RADIATION PROTECTION DOSIMETRY 2010; 138:29-39. [PMID: 19828717 DOI: 10.1093/rpd/ncp201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The neoplastic transformation of human hybrid CGL1 cells is affected by perturbations from external influences such as serum batch and concentration, the number of medium changes during the 21-day expression period and cell seeding density. Nevertheless, for doses up to 1.5 Gy, published transformation frequencies for low linear energy transfer (LET) radiations (gamma-rays, MeV electrons or photons) are in good agreement, whereas for higher doses larger variations are reported. The (60)Co gamma-ray data here for doses up to 1.5 Gy, using a low-yield serum batch and only one medium change, are in agreement with published frequencies of neoplastic transformation of human hybrid cells. For 3.4 MeV alpha-particles (LET = 124 keV/mum) and 0.565 MeV monoenergetic neutrons relative to low doses of (60)Co gamma-rays, a maximum relative biological effectiveness (RBE(M)) of 2.8 +/- 0.2 and 1.5 +/- 0.2, respectively, was calculated. Surprisingly, at higher doses of (60)Co gamma-rays lower frequencies of neoplastic transformation were observed. This non-monotonic dose relationship for neoplastic transformation by (60)Co gamma-rays is likely due to the lack of a G2/M arrest observed at low doses resulting in higher transformation frequencies per dose, whereas the lower frequencies per dose observed for higher doses are likely related to the induction of a G2/M arrest.
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- M Frankenberg-Schwager
- Abteilung Nuklearmedizin im Zentrum Radiologie, Universität Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
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Ugenskiene R, Prise K, Folkard M, Lekki J, Stachura Z, Zazula M, Stachura J. Dose response and kinetics of foci disappearance following exposure to high- and low-LET ionizing radiation. Int J Radiat Biol 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/09553000903072462] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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