@misc{oai:repo.qst.go.jp:00065673,
 author = {Autsavapromporn, Narongchai and Plante, Ianik and Liu, Cuihua and Konishi, Teruaki and Usami, Noriko and Funayama, Tomoo and Uchihori, Yukio and K, Hei Tom and I, Azzam Edouard and Murakami, Takeshi and 小西 輝昭 and 宇佐美 徳子 and 内堀 幸夫 and 村上 健},
 month = {May},
 note = {Purpose: Radiation-induced bystander effects and genomic instability have important implication in radiotherapy and radioprotection. Their persistence in normal cells may contribute to risk of long-term health effects of radiation, including cancer. This study investigates the role of gap junction intercellular communication (GJIC) and radiation quality in the propagation of stressful effects in the bystander cells and their progeny.
\nMaterial and methods: Confluent human skin 自broblasts were exposed to microbeam irradiations with different linear energy transfer (LET) at mean absorbed dose of 0.4 Gy in the presence or absence of GJIC inhibitor (AGA) by which 0.036-0.4% of cells were directly targeted by radiation. After 4 h irradiation or following 20 population doublings, the cells were harvested and assayed for micronucleus (MN) formation, gene mutation and protein oxidation.
\nResults: Our results showed that high-LET carbon microbeams (LET ～103 keV/um) and high-LET proton microbeams (LET ～11 keV/um) were more effective than low-LET X ray microbeam (LET ～6 keV/um) in the induction MN formation in bystander cells. Interestingly, signi自cant attenuation of MN formation occurred in bystander cells in the presence of AGA after proton and carbon microbeams. In contrast, incubation of the cells with AGA did not signi自cantly affect the induction of MN formation in bystander cells during confluent holding after X irradiation. Furthermore, the progeny of bystander cells exposed to X rays or protons showed persistent oxidative stress which correlated MN formation and mutation frequency. Such effects were not observed after irradiation by carbon ions. Importantly, the progeny of bystander cells from cultures exposed to protons or carbon ions under conditions where GJIC was inhibited harbored reduced oxidative and genetic damage. This mitigating effect was not detected when the cultured were exposed to X rays. Taken together, the expression of stressful effects in the bystander cells and their progeny are dependent on the radiation quality or LET.
\nConclusions: These 自nding suggest that the involvement of GJIC in the propagation of radiation-induced stress to bystander cells and their progeny. In addition, our results provide strong support for carbon ions can reduce the risk of lesions associated with cancer., 15th International Congress of Radiation Reesearch},
 title = {Genetic Changes in Progeny of Bystander Human Fibroblasts After},
 year = {2015}
}