Effects of shielding on the induction of 53BP1 foci and micronuclei after Fe ion exposures | Zendy

Wenping Hu | Zendy; Hailong Pei | Zendy; Hong Li | Zendy; Nan Ding | Zendy; Jianxin He | Zendy; Jing Wang | Zendy; Yoshiya Furusawa | Zendy; Ryoichi Hirayama | Zendy; Yoshitaka Matsumoto | Zendy; C. Liu | Zendy; Y. Li | Zendy; T. Kawata | Zendy; Guanghui Zhou | Zendy

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Effects of shielding on the induction of 53BP1 foci and micronuclei after Fe ion exposures

Author(s) -

Wenping Hu,

Hailong Pei,

Hong Li,

Nan Ding,

Jianxin He,

Jing Wang,

Yoshiya Furusawa,

Ryoichi Hirayama,

Yoshitaka Matsumoto,

C. Liu,

Y. Li,

T. Kawata,

Guanghui Zhou

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

journal of radiation research

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.643

H-Index - 60

eISSN - 1349-9157

pISSN - 0449-3060

DOI - 10.1093/jrr/rrt078

Subject(s) - electromagnetic shielding , relative biological effectiveness , micronucleus test , linear energy transfer , irradiation , radiochemistry , cosmic ray , materials science , radiation , micronucleus , ion , beam (structure) , chemistry , nuclear physics , physics , optics , toxicity , composite material , organic chemistry

High atomic number and high-energy (HZE) particles in deep space are of low abundance but substantially contribute to the biological effects of space radiation. Shielding is so far the most effective way to partially protect astronauts from these highly penetrating particles. However, simulated calculations and measurements have predicted that secondary particles resulting from the shielding of cosmic rays produce a significant fraction of the total dose and dose equivalent. In this study, we investigated the biological effects of secondary radiation with two cell types, and with cells exposed in different phases of the cell cycle, by comparing the biological effects of a 200 MeV/u iron beam with a shielded beam in which the energy of the iron ion beam was decreased from 500 MeV/u to 200 MeV/u with PMMA, polyethylene (PE), or aluminum. We found that beam shielding resulted in increased induction of 53BP1 foci and micronuclei in a cell-type-dependent manner compared with the unshielded 200 MeV/u Fe ion beam. These findings provide experimental proof that the biological effects of secondary particles resulting from the interaction between HZE particles and shielding materials should be considered in shielding design.

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