Radiation-induced apoptosis in SCID mouse spleen after low dose or low dose-rate irradiation
by A. Takahashi, K. Ohnishi, T. Ohnishi
International Journal of Low Radiation (IJLR), Vol. 1, No. 2, 2004

Abstract: Concerning human health, studies of radioadaptive responses are quite important in radiation biology, because the radiation response may strongly depend on previous radiation exposure. Therefore, we have studied the radiation-induced Bax and apoptosis in mouse spleen after whole-body irradiation with low dose or low dose-rate. By use of severe combined immunodeficiency (SCID) mouse defective DNA-PK activity, we examined the role of DNA-PK activity in radioadaptation induced by pre-irradiation with low dose or low dose-rate. Based on immunohistochemical analyses in the present study, we detected the dose- and time course-dependent induction of Bax and apoptosis after acute irradiation especially in splenic white pulp of both SCID and the parental mice. They were significantly suppressed in the parental mice 2 weeks after low-dose (0.45 Gy) irradiation or immediately after low dose-rate (0.001 Gy/min for 25 h, 1.5 Gy) irradiation, but not SCID mice under each condition. These data suggest that DNA-PKcs (expressed in the parental mice, not SCID mice) might play a major role on the suppression of the acute radiation-induced apoptosis in spleen by low dose or low dose-rate irradiation. We expect that the present findings will provide useful information for the clarification of radioadaptive response.

Online publication date: Mon, 10-May-2004

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