The dependence of radiation enhancement effect on the concentration of gold nanoparticles exposed to low- and high-LET radiations
The dependence of radiation enhancement effect on the concentration of gold nanoparticles exposed to low- and high-LET radiations
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辐射增强效应对暴露于低和高 LET 辐射的金纳米颗粒浓度的依赖性
DOI:
10.1016/j.ejmp.2015.01.006
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发表时间:
2015-05-01
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3.4
通讯作者:
Li, Qiang
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作者:
Liu, Yan;Liu, Xi;Li, Qiang
We examined the dependence of hydroxyl radical production on the concentration of 15 nm citrate-capped AuNPs and dose using coumarin-3-carboxylic acid in phosphate buffered saline (PBS), and investigated the radiosensitisation of different concentration AuNPs on human cervix carcinoma HeLa cells through clonogenic survival assay for X-rays and carbon ions. The enhancement factor of AuNPs for hydroxyl radical production reached a maximum 3.66 for X-rays at the concentration of 0.1 mg/mL while the maximum was 5.52 for carbon ions in presence of 1.0 mu g/mL AuNPs in PBS. At 50% survival level, the sensitizer enhancement ratios of X-rays and carbon ions varied from 1.14 to 2.88 and from 1.27 to 1.44, respectively, when cells were co-cultured with 1.5-15.0 mu g/mL AuNPs. Our data indicate AuNPs showed radiosensitisation in terms of hydroxyl radical production and cell killing for low- and high-LET radiations. The concentration of AuNPs in PBS and cells played an important role in radiosensitizing effect. Based on the fact-the AuNPs in PBS could improve the production of hydroxyl radical and no accumulation of cells in the G(2)/M phase was observed, we deduce that the increment of hydroxyl radical production with AuNPs provided a mechanism for radiosensitisation. (C) 2015 Associazione Italiana di Fisica Medica. Published by Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.