Role of the MAPK pathway in the observed bystander effect in lymphocytes co-cultured with macrophages irradiated with γ-rays or carbon ions
Role of the MAPK pathway in the observed bystander effect in lymphocytes co-cultured with macrophages irradiated with γ-rays or carbon ions
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MAPK 通路在观察到的淋巴细胞与巨噬细胞经 γ 射线或碳离子照射的旁观者效应中的作用
DOI:
10.1016/j.lfs.2015.02.017
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发表时间:
2015-04-15
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影响因子:
6.1
通讯作者:
Shao, Chunlin
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作者:
Dong, Chen;He, Mingyuan;Shao, Chunlin
Aims: The radiation-induced bystander effect (RIBE) has potential implications in cancer risks from space particle radiation; however, the mechanisms underlying RIBE are unclear. The role of the MAPK pathway in the RIBEs of different linear energy transfer (LET) was investigated.Main methods: Human macrophage U937 cells were irradiated with gamma-rays or carbon ions and then co-cultured with nonirradiated HMy2.CIR (HMy) lymphocytes for different periods. The activation of MAPK proteins and the generation of intracellular nitric oxide (NO) and reactive oxygen species (ROS) in the irradiated U937 cells were measured. Micronuclei (MN) formation in the HMy cells was applied to evaluate the bystander damage. Some U937 cells were pretreated with different MAPK inhibitors before irradiation.Key findings: Additional MN formation was induced in the HMy cells after co-culturing with irradiated U937 cells, and the yield of this bystander MN formation was dependent on the co-culture period with gamma-ray irradiation but remained high after 1 h of co-culture with carbon irradiation. Further investigations disclosed that the time response of the RIBEs had a relationship with LET, where ERK played a different role from JNK and p38 in regulating RIBEs by regulating the generation of the bystander signaling factors NO and ROS.Significance: The finding that the RIBE of high-LET radiation could persist for a much longer period than that of gamma-rays implies that particle radiation during space flight could have a high risk of long-term harmful effects. An appropriate intervention targeting the MAPK pathway may have significant implications in reducing this risk. (C) 2015 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.