Clustered DNA damage induced by protons radiation in plasmid DNA  

作　　者：SUI Li WANG Yu WANG Xiao KONG FuQuan LIU JianCheng ZHOU PingKun 

机构地区：[1]Beijing Institute of Radiation Medicine [2]China Institute of Atomic Energy

出　　处：《Chinese Science Bulletin》2013年第26期3217-3223,共7页

基　　金：supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China (30825011);the National Natural Science Foundation of China (10805078)

摘　　要：Clustered DNA damage is considered as a critical type of lesions induced by ionizing radiation, which can be converted into the fatal or strong mutagenic complex double strand breaks (DSBs) during damage processing in the cells. The new data show that high energy protons produce more potentially lethal DSBs than low LET radiation. In this study, plasmid DNA were used to in-vestigate and re-evaluate the biological effects induced by the protons with the LET of ～3.6 keV/μm at the molecular level in vitro, including single strand breaks (SSBs), DSBs, isolated and clustered base damages. The results of complex DNA damage detections indicated that protons at the given LET value induce about 1.6 fold more non-DSB clustered DNA damages than the prompt DSB. The DNA damage yields by protons were greater than that by γ-rays, specifically by 6 fold for the isolated type of DNA damage and 14 fold for the clustered damage. Furthermore, the spectrum of damages was also demonstrated to be depended on the radiation quality, with protons producing more DSBs relative to clusters than do γ-rays.Clustered DNA damage is considered as a critical type of lesions induced by ionizing radiation, which can be converted into the fatal or strong mutagenic complex double strand breaks （DSBs） during damage processing in the cells. The new data show that high energy protons produce more potentially lethal DSBs than low LET radiation. In this study, plasmid DNA were used to in- vestigate and re-evaluate the biological effects induced by the protons with the LET of -3.6 keV/μtm at the molecular level in vitro, including single strand breaks （SSBs）, DSBs, isolated and clustered base damages. The results of complex DNA damage detec- tions indicated that protons at the given LET value induce about 1.6 fold more non-DSB clustered DNA damages than the prompt DSB. The DNA damage yields by protons were greater than that by y-rays, specifically by 6 fold for the isolated type of DNA damage and 14 fold for the clustered damage. Furthermore, the spectrum of damages was also demonstrated to be depended on the radiation quality, with protons producing more DSBs relative to clusters than do γ-rays.

关 键 词：DNA损伤 质粒DNA 辐射诱导 质子比 集群 DNA双链断裂 电离辐射 数据显示 

分 类 号：R346[医药卫生—基础医学]