PUBLICATION

Dose-dependent Changes After Proton and Photon Irradiation in a Zebrafish Model

Authors
Brunner, S., TŐkÉs, T., SzabÓ, E.R., Polanek, R., SzabÓ, I.Z., Reisz, Z., GubÁn, B.K., SzijÁrtÓ, A.L., Brand, M., Hans, S., Karsch, L., Lessmann, E., Pawelke, J., SchÜrer, M., Beyreuther, E., HideghÉty, K.
ID
ZDB-PUB-201029-3
Date
2020
Source
Anticancer research   40: 6123-6135 (Journal)
Registered Authors
Brand, Michael, Hans, Stefan
Keywords
DNA-DSB, Proton, histological changes, morphological malformations, photon, zebrafish embryo model
MeSH Terms
  • Animals
  • Brain/radiation effects
  • DNA Damage
  • Disease Models, Animal
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation
  • Embryo, Nonmammalian/radiation effects
  • Eye/pathology
  • Eye/radiation effects
  • Kinetics
  • Organ Size/radiation effects
  • Photons*
  • Protons*
  • Relative Biological Effectiveness
  • Yolk Sac/pathology
  • Yolk Sac/radiation effects
  • Zebrafish/embryology
  • Zebrafish/physiology*
PubMed
33109550 Full text @ Anticancer Res.
Abstract
The importance of hadron therapy in the cancer management is growing. We aimed to refine the biological effect detection using a vertebrate model.
Embryos at 24 and 72 h postfertilization were irradiated at the entrance plateau and the mid spread-out Bragg peak of a 150 MeV proton beam and with reference photons. Radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) and histopathological changes of the eye, muscles and brain were evaluated; deterioration of specific organs (eye, yolk sac, body) was measured.
More and longer-lasting DSBs occurred in eye and muscle cells due to proton versus photon beams, albeit in different numbers. Edema, necrosis and tissue disorganization, (especially in the eye) were observed. Dose-dependent morphological deteriorations were detected at ≥10 Gy dose levels, with relative biological effectiveness between 0.99±0.07 (length) and 1.12±0.19 (eye).
Quantitative assessment of radiation induced changes in zebrafish embryos proved to be beneficial for the radiobiological characterization of proton beams.
Genes / Markers
Figures
Expression
Phenotype
Mutations / Transgenics
Human Disease / Model
Sequence Targeting Reagents
Fish
Antibodies
Orthology
Engineered Foreign Genes
Mapping