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ArticleJournal of radiation research2016

Combined effects of alpha particles and depleted uranium on Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.

Candy Y P Ng, Sandrine Pereira, Shuk Han Cheng, Christelle Adam-Guillermin, Jacqueline Garnier-Laplace, Kwan Ngok Yu

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Article in Journal of radiation research, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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6 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Candy Y P NgDepartment of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong.
Sandrine PereiraInstitut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Cadarache, St Paul Lez Durance, 13115, France.
Shuk Han ChengDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong peter.yu@cityu.edu.hk bhcheng@cityu.edu.hk.
Christelle Adam-GuillerminInstitut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV/SERIS/LECO, Cadarache, St Paul Lez Durance, 13115, France.
Jacqueline Garnier-LaplaceInstitut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), PRP-ENV/SERIS, Cadarache, St Paul Lez Durance, 13115, France.
Kwan Ngok YuDepartment of Physics and Materials Science, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong State Key Laboratory in Marine Pollution, City University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong peter.yu@cityu.edu.hk bhcheng@cityu.edu.hk.
City University of Hong Kong · HK

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The combined effects of low-dose or high-dose alpha particles and depleted uranium (DU) in Zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos were studied. Three schemes were examined-(i) [ILUL]: 0.44 mGy alpha-particle dose + 10 µg/l DU exposure, (ii) [IHUH]: 4.4 mGy alpha-particle dose + 100 µg/l DU exposure and (iii) [IHUL]: 4.4 mGy alpha-particle dose + 10 µg/l DU exposure-in which Zebrafish embryos were irradiated with alpha particles at 5 h post fertilization (hpf) and/or exposed to uranium at 5-6 hpf. The results were also compared with our previous work, which studied the effects of [ILUH]: 0.44 mGy alpha-particle dose + 100 µg/l DU exposure. When the Zebrafish embryos developed to 24 hpf, the apoptotic signals in the entire embryos, used as the biological endpoint for this study, were quantified. Our results showed that [ILUL] and [IHUL] led to antagonistic effects, whereas [IHUH] led to an additive effect. The effect found for the previously studied case of [ILUH] was difficult to define because it was synergistic with reference to the 100 µg/l DU exposure, but it was antagonistic with reference to the 0.44 mGy alpha-particle dose. All the findings regarding the four different schemes showed that the combined effects critically depended on the dose response to each individual stressor. We also qualitatively explained these findings in terms of promotion of early death of cells predisposed to spontaneous transformation by alpha particles, interacting with the delay in cell death resulting from various concentrations of DU exposure.

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Alpha ParticlesAnalysis of VarianceAnimalsApoptosisEmbryo, NonmammalianFemaleMaleRadiation DosageUraniumZebrafishUranium

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PMID26937024
PMCPMC4973638
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