MARCIA AUGUSTA DA SILVA
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Artigo IPEN-doc 06655 Evaluation of radioinduced damage and repair capacity in blood lymphocytes of breast cancer patients2001 - NASCIMENTO, P.A.; SILVA, M.A.; OLIVEIRA, E.M.; SUZUKI, M.F.; OKAZAKI, K.Genetic damage caused by ionizing radiation and repair capacity of blood lymphocytes from 3 breast cancer patients and 3 healthy donors were investigated using the comet assay. The comets were analyzed by two parameters: comet tail length and visual classification. Blood samples from the donors were irradiated in vitro with a 60Co source at a dose rate of 0.722 Gy/min, with a dose range of 0.2 to 4.0 Gy and analyzed immediately after the procedure and 3 and 24 h later. The basal level of damage and the radioinduced damage were higher in lymphocytes from breast cancer patients than in lymphocytes from healthy donors. The radioinduced damage showed that the two groups had a similar response when analyzed immediately after the irradiations. Therefore, while the healthy donors presented a considerable reduction of damage after 3 h, the patients had a higher residual damage even 24 h after exposure. The repair capacity of blood lymphocytes from the patients was slower than that of lymphocytes from healthy donors. The possible influence of age, disease stage and mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes are discussed. Both parameters adopted proved to be sensitive and reproducible: the dose-response curves for DNA migration can be used not only for the analysis of cellular response but also for monitoring therapeutic interventions. Lymphocytes from the breast cancer patients presented an initial radiosensitivity similar to that of healthy subjects but a deficient repair mechanism made them more vulnerable to the genotoxic action of ionizing radiation. However, since lymphocytes from only 3 patients and 3 normal subjects were analyzed in the present paper, additional donors will be necessary for a more accurate evaluation.Artigo IPEN-doc 07134 Evaluation of the effect of 90Sr β-radiation on human blood cells by chromosome aberration and single cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) analysis2001 - OLIVEIRA, E.M.; SUZUKI, M.F.; NASCIMENTO, P.A.; SILVA, M.A.; OKAZAKI, K.Among various environmental genotoxins, ionizing radiation has received special attention because of its mutagenic, carcinogenic and teratogenic potential. In this context and considering the scarcity of literature data, the objective of the present study was to evaluate the effect of 90Sr β-radiation on human cells. Blood cells from five healthy donors were irradiated in vitro with doses of 0.2-5.0 Gy from a 90Sr source (0.2 Gy/min) and processed for chromosome aberration analysis and for comet assay. The cytogenetic results showed that the most frequently found aberration types were acentric fragments, double minutes and dicentrics. The α and β coefficients of the linear-quadratic model, that best fitted the data obtained, showed that 90Sr β-radiation was less efficient in inducing chromosome aberrations than other types of low linear energy transfer (LET) radiation such as 3H β-particles, 60Co γ-rays, 137Cs and 192Ir and X-rays. Apparently, 90Sr β-radiation in the dose range investigated had no effect on the modal chromosome number of irradiated cells or on cell cycle kinetics. Concerning the comet assay, there was an increase in DNA migration as a function of radiation dose as evaluated by an image analysis system (tail moment) or by visual classification (DNA damage). The dose-response relation adequately fitted the non-linear regression model. In contrast to the cytogenetic data, 90Sr β-radiation induced more DNA damage than 60Co γ-radiation when the material was analyzed immediately after exposures. A possible influence of selective death of cells damaged by radiation was suggested.