Increased Yield of Residual [gamma]H2AX Foci in p53-Deficient Human Lung Carcinoma Cells Exposed to Subpicosecond Beams of Accelerated Electrons
We studied quantitative yield of residual (24 h post-irradiation) phosphorylated histone ([gamma]H2AX) foci as a marker of DNA double strand breaks in wild-type A549 and p53-deficient H1299 human lung carcinoma cells after exposure to subpicosecond (energy 4 MeV, pulse duration 400 fsec, peak dose r...
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Published in: | Bulletin of experimental biology and medicine Vol. 172; no. 6; p. 756 |
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Main Authors: | , , , , , , , , , , , , , |
Format: | Journal Article |
Language: | English |
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Springer
01-04-2022
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Summary: | We studied quantitative yield of residual (24 h post-irradiation) phosphorylated histone ([gamma]H2AX) foci as a marker of DNA double strand breaks in wild-type A549 and p53-deficient H1299 human lung carcinoma cells after exposure to subpicosecond (energy 4 MeV, pulse duration 400 fsec, peak dose rate during the pulse 16 GGy/s) and quasi-continuous (energy 3.6 MeV) beams of accelerated electrons in a dose range of 0.5-10.0 Gy. The efficiency of pulse irradiation in A549 and H1299 cells assessed by the yield of residual foci was higher than the efficiency of quasi-continuous exposure by 1.8 and 5.3 times, respectively. Significant differences in quantitative yield of residual [gamma]H2AX foci between wild-type and p53-deficient cell lines were observed only after exposure to subpicosecond, but not quasi-continuous beams of accelerated electrons. Key Words: subpicosecond electron irradiation; DNA double strand breaks; residual [gamma]H2AX foci; p53; human lung carcinoma |
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ISSN: | 0007-4888 |
DOI: | 10.1007/s10517-022-05472-9 |