Efeitos de raios-X de baixa energia em células mamárias / Effects of low energy x-rays in mammary cells
AUTOR(ES)
Flávia Ventura dos Passos
FONTE
IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia
DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO
12/08/2011
RESUMO
Radiation doses of low-energy can induce double-stranded breaks in DNA as well resulting in altered profiles of gene expression related to these injuries. The damage is not repaired or poorly repaired leading to increased susceptibility to oncogenic transformation since most important biological effects caused by ionizing radiation are mutation and carcinogenesis. The DNA lesions caused by radiation can also provoke the presence of micronuclei and as result cells can be induced to apoptosis. The aim of this work is to perform a preliminary study "in vitro" to identify the presence of micronuclei caused by low energy. X-rays. It is intended analyze these biological effects caused by x-rays with energy equivalent to the ones used in mammography in two very well established breast: cell lines the MCF-7 (tumor) and HB-2 (non-tumor). Cells in exponential growth were irradiated using an experimental arrangement with a mammography tube of the LCR / UERJ. The dose of 5Gy was used for 30 kVp x-rays using 0.03 mm filter molybdenum with a fixed dose rate of 0.1 Gy / sec. The irradiations were repeated twice and. the cells were incubated for 4, 24 or 48 hours and stained with dye Hoechst 33258 for fluorescence microscopy analysis. For each analysis 1000 cells were categorized by the morphology of the nucleus. The results revealed that the HB-2, used in this study as normal mammary cell have showed high sensitivity to the effects of radiation, with 37% of cells undergoing apoptosis after incubation of 4hs, while MCF-7 showed 6.5%. In the 24 hour-analysis it was confirmed the radiation resistance of MCF-7 were it was observed 11% of cells in apoptosis in the irradiated group. There was an increasing number of radiation-induced micronuclei in both cell lines, according to the incubation times. After 4 hours, HB-2 presented 3% of micronuclei, in 24 hours, the experiment reveled 8.5%, and after 48 hours it increased to 11.5%. As result of this study we may conclude that the energy used in mammography is capable to cause an increase in incidence of apoptosis and in the production of micronuclei in both cell lines studied
ASSUNTO(S)
radiação ionizante baixa energia mamografia apoptose micronúcleo radiologia e fotobiologia ionizing radiation low energy mammography apoptosis micronuclei
