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ArticleScientific reports2016

Distal airway epithelial progenitor cells are radiosensitive to High-LET radiation.

Alicia M McConnell, Bindu Konda, David G Kirsch, Barry R Stripp

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Article in Scientific reports, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 17 citations in OpenAlex.

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  7. The individual and combined effects of spaceflight radiation and microgravity on biologic systems and functional outcomes.Journal of environmental science and health. Part C, Toxicology and carcinogenesis · 2021
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  8. An Elusive Fox that Suppresses Scgb1a1 in Asthma Has Been Found.American journal of respiratory cell and molecular biology · 2019
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alicia M McConnellDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Bindu KondaLung and Regenerative Medicine Institutes, Department of Medicine, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA, 90048, USA.
David G KirschDepartments of Radiation Oncology and Pharmacology &Cancer Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Barry R StrippDepartment of Cell Biology, Duke University Medical Center, Durham, NC, 27708, USA.
Duke University Hospital · USCedars-Sinai Medical Center · USDuke Medical Center · US

Funding

An Integrated Approach to Airway Epithelial Repair and RegenerationU01HL111018 · NHLBI · DUKE UNIVERSITY · PI HOGAN, BRIGID L.M., RANDELL, SCOTT H · 2012 to 2016
$3.3M
NHLBI NIH HHS U01 HL111018
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Exposure to high-linear energy transfer (LET) radiation occurs in a variety of situations, including charged particle radiotherapy, radiological accidents, and space travel. However, the extent of normal tissue injury in the lungs following high-LET radiation exposure is unknown. Here we show that exposure to high-LET radiation led to a prolonged loss of in vitro colony forming ability by airway epithelial progenitor cells. Furthermore, exposure to high-LET radiation induced clonal expansion of a subset of progenitor cells in the distal airway epithelium. Clonal expansion following high-LET radiation exposure was correlated with elevated progenitor cell apoptosis, persistent γ-H2AX foci, and defects in mitotic progression of distal airway progenitors. We discovered that the effects of high-LET radiation exposure on progenitor cells occur in a p53-dependent manner. These data show that high-LET radiation depletes the distal airway progenitor pool by inducing cell death and loss of progenitor function, leading to clonal expansion. Importantly, high-LET radiation induces greater long-term damage to normal lung tissue than the relative equivalent dose of low-LET γ-rays, which has implications in therapeutic development and risk assessment.

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PMID27659946
PMCPMC5034250
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