title: Effect of SPE-like proton or photon radiation on the kinetics of mouse peripheral blood cells and radiation biological effectiveness determinations.
abstract: Exploration missions outside low-Earth orbit are being planned; therefore, it is critical to understand the risk astronauts would be exposed to in the space environment, especially during extravehicular activities (EVAs). Reductions in white blood cell (WBC) numbers can occur as a result of exposure to solar particle event (SPE) radiation. The aim of the present study was to determine the duration of the effects on blood cell numbers from exposure to a single whole-body dose of SPE-like proton radiation or photon radiation as well as to determine the radiation biological effectiveness (RBE) values at those times when radiation exposure causes blood cell numbers to experience the most critical effects when using mice as a model. Our results indicate that both types of radiation cause significant reductions in the numbers of all blood cell types at different times post-irradiation. The RBE values were not significantly different from 1.0. These results indicate that the risk estimations for astronauts from exposure of mice to SPE-like proton radiation are comparable to those previously made for doses of standard reference radiations, suggesting that countermeasures should be developed for the decreases in blood cell counts observed following the exposure of mice to SPE radiation.
authors: Department of Radiation Oncology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors: A L
authors: AL
authors: Romero-Weaver
authors: X S
authors: XS
authors: Wan
authors: E S
authors: ES
authors: Diffenderfer
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Lin
authors: A R
authors: AR
authors: Kennedy
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001773:Blood Cells / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005260:Female; D051379:Mice; D008813:Mice, Inbred ICR; D017785:Photons; D011522:Protons; D011829:Radiation Dosage
chemical_list: D011522:Protons
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