title: Chromosomal aberrations of blood lymphocytes induced in vitro by radon-222 daughter alpha-irradiation.
abstract: Blood samples were irradiated in vitro with alpha-rays emitted from short-lived radon decay products dissolved in the culture medium at doses between 0.03 and 41.4 mGy. The data were collected from experiments conducted during the period 1984-1992 and comprise a total of about 64000 scored metaphases. For statistical reasons, only 60,022 metaphases were used for the subsequent analysis. The results for total chromosome aberrations and dicentrics indicate a linear dose dependence in the dose range above about 10 mGy, consistent with other experimental observations. At doses below about 10 mGy, aberration frequencies cannot be linearly extrapolated from higher doses, suggesting that there is no dependence on dose within a certain low-dose range. In addition, a statistically significant minimum has been observed at a dose of about 0.03 mGy, which is consistently lower than the related control values. The behavior of the aberration frequencies in the low-dose region seems to be influenced by the control values, which also depend on the environmental radiation burdens to the donors before blood sampling and thus were significantly affected by the Chernobyl fallout.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Physics and Biophysics, University of Salzburg, Hellbrunnerstrasse 34, Salzburg, Austria. physik@mh.sbg.ac.at
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Pohl-Rüling
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lettner
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Hofmann
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Eckl
authors.forename: O A
authors.initials: OA
authors.lastname: Haas
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Obe
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Grell-Büchtmann
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: van Buul
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Schroeder-Kurth
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Atzmüller
authors.forename: M S
authors.initials: MS
authors.lastname: Sasaki
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Fischer
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Kubiak
authors.forename: A T
authors.initials: AT
authors.lastname: Natarajan
mesh_terms: D000512:Alpha Particles; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D015227:Lipid Peroxidation / Q000528:radiation effects; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000528:radiation effects* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D011210:Power Plants; D018788:Radioactive Hazard Release; D011886:Radon / Q000633:toxicity*; D013997:Time Factors; D014455:Ukraine
chemical_list: D011886:Radon