Gene Expression-Based Detection of Radiation Exposure in Mice after Treatment with Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor and Lipopolysaccharide
| Autor: | Robert A. Thomas, Andre Konski, Michael C. Joiner, James D. Tucker, George Divine, William E. Grever, Gregory W. Auner, Joseph M. Smolinski |
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| Rok vydání: | 2012 |
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Lipopolysaccharides
Male Proteome Lipopolysaccharide medicine.medical_treatment Biophysics Biology Granulocyte Radiation Dosage Radiation Tolerance Granulopoiesis Mice Bone Marrow Ablation chemistry.chemical_compound Granulocyte Colony-Stimulating Factor medicine Animals Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging Radiation Dose-Response Relationship Radiation Environmental Exposure Environmental exposure Granulocyte colony-stimulating factor Mice Inbred C57BL Dose–response relationship Cytokine medicine.anatomical_structure Gene Expression Regulation chemistry Immunology |
| Zdroj: | Radiation Research. 177:209-219 |
| ISSN: | 1938-5404 0033-7587 |
| DOI: | 10.1667/rr2749.1 |
| Popis: | In a large-scale nuclear incident, many thousands of people may be exposed to a wide range of radiation doses. Rapid biological dosimetry will be required on an individualized basis to estimate the exposures and to make treatment decisions. To ameliorate the adverse effects of exposure, victims may be treated with one or more cytokine growth factors, including granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), which has therapeutic efficacy for treating radiation-induced bone marrow ablation by stimulating granulopoiesis. The existence of infections and the administration of G-CSF each may confound the ability to achieve reliable dosimetry by gene expression analysis. In this study, C57BL/6 mice were used to determine the extent to which G-CSF and lipopolysaccharide (LPS, which simulates infection by gram-negative bacteria) alter the expression of genes that are either radiation-responsive or non-responsive, i.e., show potential for use as endogenous controls. Mice were acutely exposed to (60)Co γ rays at either 0 Gy or 6 Gy. Two hours later the animals were injected with either 0.1 mg/kg of G-CSF or 0.3 mg/kg of LPS. Expression levels of 96 different gene targets were evaluated in peripheral blood after an additional 4 or 24 h using real-time quantitative PCR. The results indicate that the expression levels of some genes are altered by LPS, but altered expression after G-CSF treatment was generally not observed. The expression levels of many genes therefore retain utility for biological dosimetry or as endogenous controls. These data suggest that PCR-based quantitative gene expression analyses may have utility in radiation biodosimetry in humans even in the presence of an infection or after treatment with G-CSF. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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