title: Frequency of micronuclei in lymphocytes following gamma and fast-neutron irradiations.
abstract: The dose response of the number of micronuclei in cytokinesis-blocked (CB) lymphocytes after in vitro irradiation with y-rays and neutrons in the 5 dose range was studied in a heterogeneous population of 4 donors. One thousand binucleated cells were systematically scored for micronuclei. Measurements performed after irradiation showed a dose-related increase in micronuclei (MN) frequency in each of the donors studied. The dose-response curves were analyzed by a linear-quadratic model; frequencies per 1000 CB cells were (0.31 +/- 0.049)D + (0.0022 +/- 0.0002)D2 + (13.19 +/- 1.854) (r2 = 1.000, x2 = 0.7074, p = 0.95) following y-irradiation, and (0.99 +/- 0.528)D + (0.0093 +/- 0.0047)D2 + (13.31 +/- 7.309) (r2 = 0.996, x2 = 7.6834, p = 0.11) following neutron irradiation (D is irradiation dose in cGy). The relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of neutrons compared with y-rays was estimated by best fitting linear-quadratic model. In the micronuclei frequency between 0.05 and 0.8 per cell, the RBE of neutrons was 2.37 +/- 0.17. Since the MN assay is simple and rapid, it may be a good tool for evaluating the y-ray and neutron response.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Radiation Medicine, Korea Cancer Center Hospital, Seoul.
authors.forename: S H
authors.initials: SH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: C K
authors.initials: CK
authors.lastname: Cho
authors.forename: T H
authors.initials: TH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: S Y
authors.initials: SY
authors.lastname: Yoo
authors.forename: K H
authors.initials: KH
authors.lastname: Koh
authors.forename: H G
authors.initials: HG
authors.lastname: Yun
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D000328:Adult; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008297:Male; D015162:Micronucleus Tests / Q000379:methods*