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Novel approaches with track segment alpha particles and cell co-cultures in studies of bystander effects.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  12194293     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
There is now a significant body of data that indicate that the effects of ionising radiation may extend to more than those cells that directly suffer damage to DNA in the cell nucleus. Cells neighbouring those cells that are irradiated, or even well separated from those that are irradiated demonstrate several responses that are recorded in hit cells as a function of absorbed dose. That is, the responding non-hit cells are bystanders of hit cells. A protocol has been devised which allows for examination of one means of eliciting bystander responses, specifically, effects on non-contacting cells. Cell culture chambers are set up such that a population of cells is physically separate from the energy depositions of track segment charged particles. Absorption of energy in sub-millimetre distances in the cell culture medium ensures that one population of cells can only respond to factors generated in the irradiated medium or in another population of irradiated co-cultured cells, which may be of similar or dissimilar origin. For irradiation of medium alone, enhanced levels of micronuclei, and of delays in cell cycle progression occur in normal human fibroblasts, but not epithelial cells. This procedure allows for a defining of the factors responsible for initiating bystander effects and for determining their quantitative relevance.
Authors:
C R Geard; G Jenkins-Baker; S A Marino; B Ponnaiya
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Radiation protection dosimetry     Volume:  99     ISSN:  0144-8420     ISO Abbreviation:  Radiat Prot Dosimetry     Publication Date:  2002  
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2002-08-26     Completed Date:  2003-03-24     Revised Date:  2007-11-14    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8109958     Medline TA:  Radiat Prot Dosimetry     Country:  England    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  233-6     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Radiological Research Accelerator Facility, Center for Radiological Research, College of Physicians and Surgeons of Columbia University, 136 South Broadway, PO Box 21, Irvington, NY 10533, USA. crg4@columbia.edn
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Alpha Particles*
Animals
Bystander Effect / radiation effects*
Cell Line
Coculture Techniques*
DNA / radiation effects*
Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
Particle Accelerators
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
CA-49062/CA/NCI NIH HHS; CA-75061/CA/NCI NIH HHS; RR-11623/RR/NCRR NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
9007-49-2/DNA

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