Journal of Radiation Protection and Research

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DIFFERENTIAL EXPRESSION OF RADIATION RESPONSE GENES IN SPLEEN, LUNG, AND LIVER OF RATS FOLLOWING ACUTE OR CHRONIC RADIATION EXPOSURE

  • Jin, Hee (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University) ;
  • Jin, Yeung Bae (Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Ju-Woon (Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Kim, Jae-Kyung (Advanced Radiation Technology Institute, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute) ;
  • Lee, Yun-Sil (Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University)
  • Received : 2014.11.28
  • Accepted : 2014.12.28
  • Published : 2015.03.31
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Abstract

We analyzed the differential effects of histopathology, apoptosis and expression of radiation response genes after chronic low dose rate (LDR) and acute high dose rate (HDR) radiation exposure in spleen, lung and liver of rats. Female 6-week-old Sprague-Dawley rats were used. For chronic low-dose whole body irradiation, rats were maintained for 14 days in a $^{60}Co$ gamma ray irradiated room and received a cumulative dose of 2 Gy or 5 Gy. Rats in the acute whole body exposure group were exposed to an equal dose of radiation delivered as a single pulse ($^{137}Cs$-gamma). At 24 hours after exposure, spleen, lung and liver tissues were extracted for histopathologic examination, western blotting and RT-PCR analysis. 1. The spleen showed the most dramatic differential response to acute and chronic exposure, with the induction of substantial tissue damage by HDR but not by LDR radiation. Effects of LDR radiation on the lung were only apparent at the higher dose (5 Gy), but not at lower dose (2 Gy). In the liver, HDR and LDR exposure induced a similar damage response at both doses. RT-PCR analysis identified cyclin G1 as a LDR-responsive gene in the spleen of rats exposed to 2 Gy and 5 Gy gamma radiation and in the lung of animals irradiated with 5 Gy. 2. The effects of LDR radiation differed among lung, liver, and spleen tissues. The spleen showed the greatest differential effect between HDR and LDR. The response to LDR radiation may involve expression of cyclin G1.

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