The transcription of the XRCC1 gene in the heart of radiation-resistant and radiation-sensitive mice after ionizing irradiation
Autor: | Rosmarie Hardmeier, Herrmann Rink, Gert Lubec, Olga Labudova |
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Rok vydání: | 1997 |
Předmět: |
Genetics
Mice Inbred BALB C Mice Inbred C3H DNA Repair Transcription Genetic Ratón Heart Ventricles Genetic Complementation Test Sister chromatid exchange Biology Molecular biology Radiation Tolerance Ionizing radiation XRCC1 Mice Radiation sensitivity Phenotype Transcription (biology) Pediatrics Perinatology and Child Health Animals Female Irradiation Whole-Body Irradiation XRCC1 Gene |
Zdroj: | Pediatric research. 41(3) |
ISSN: | 0031-3998 |
Popis: | The XRCC1 (X-Ray Repair Cross Complementing) gene was described to play a role for the sensitivity of mammalian cell lines toward ionizing irradiation. Cells with a mutation of this gene present with decreased single strand break repair and reduced recombination repair, they show increased double strand breaks, and sister chromatid exchange is increased up to 10-fold. The goal of our study was to investigate the transcription of this gene in the heart after ionizing irradiation in the mouse. Furthermore, we intended to examine whether radiation-sensitive mice would show a transcriptional pattern different from radiation-resistant mice. Radiation-sensitive BALB/c/J Him mice and radiation-resistant C3H He/Him mice were whole body irradiated with x-ray at 2, 4, and 6 Gy and killed 5, 15, and 30 min after irradiation. mRNA was isolated from the heart and hybridized with probes for XRCC1 and beta-actin as a housekeeping gene control. Irradiation at 2 Gy showed increased transcription of XRCC1 at 5 min in the C3H He/Him group, approached XRCC1 transcription of BALB/c J/Him mice at 15 min, and was lower in the latter at 30 min after irradiation. Irradiation at 4 Gy showed double the transcription at 5 min and an about 3-fold rapid increase of mRNA XRCC1 in the radiation-resistant group at 15 min after irradiation, returning to the transcriptional level of sensitive animals at 30 min. Irradiation at 6 Gy seemed to overwhelm the system in both groups, but resistant mice still showed higher levels of XRCC1 transcription. We conclude that radiation-resistant mice show a higher transcription level for the XRCC1 gene in the heart early after x-ray whole body irradiation. This findings is the first in vivo study on XRCC1 of this kind and may in part explain the differences in the radiation sensitivity between the two strains studied. |
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