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Reactive oxygen species mediated tissue damage in high energy proton irradiated mouse brain.
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PMID:  21948272     Owner:  NLM     Status:  Publisher    
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Although radiation related research has been conducted extensively, the molecular toxicology and cellular mechanisms affected by proton radiation remain poorly understood. We recently reported that the high energy protons induce cell death through activation of apoptotic signaling genes; caspase 3 and 8 (Baluchamy et al. J Biol Chem 285:24769-24774, 2010). In this study, we investigated the effect of different doses of protons in in vivo mouse system, particularly, brain tissues. A significant dose-dependent induction of reactive oxygen species and lipid peroxidation and reduction of antioxidants; glutathione and superoxide dismutase were observed in proton irradiated mouse brain as compared to control brain. Furthermore, histopathology studies on proton irradiated mouse brain showed significant tissue damage as compared to control brain. Together, our in vitro and in vivo results suggest that proton irradiation alters oxidant and antioxidant levels in the cells to cause proton mediated DNA/tissue damage followed by apoptotic cell death.
Authors:
Sudhakar Baluchamy; Prabakaran Ravichandran; Vani Ramesh; Zhenhua He; Ye Zhang; Joseph C Hall; Olufisayo Jejelowo; Daila S Gridley; Honglu Wu; Govindarajan T Ramesh
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Type:  JOURNAL ARTICLE     Date:  2011-9-25
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Title:  Molecular and cellular biochemistry     Volume:  -     ISSN:  1573-4919     ISO Abbreviation:  -     Publication Date:  2011 Sep 
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Created Date:  2011-9-27     Completed Date:  -     Revised Date:  -    
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Nlm Unique ID:  0364456     Medline TA:  Mol Cell Biochem     Country:  -    
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Languages:  ENG     Pagination:  -     Citation Subset:  -    
Affiliation:
Department of Biotechnology, Pondicherry University, Puducherry, 605014, India.
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