~(12)C~(6 )离子辐照小鼠Lewis肿瘤的研究

研究了HIRFL提供的12C6 离子辐照C57BL/6J小鼠右后腿移植的Lewis肿瘤的生长延迟和碳离子辐照对Lewis肿瘤小鼠寿命的延长.结果表明,碳离子照射的小鼠肿瘤生长体积明显地小于对照的体积.在剂量相同、分次数辐照越多时,肿瘤生长就越缓慢,肿瘤抑制就越高.在辐照分次数相同时,不同剂量对受照肿瘤生长体积未产生差异.在4Gy×3,8Gy×3和12Gy×2组3种辐照剂量下,小鼠寿命的P值小于0.05;可知小鼠的寿命延长具有统计学意义.     

模拟微重力条件下C离子辐射对小鼠生殖器官的影响

探究模拟微重力条件下不同剂量C离子辐射对雄性动物生殖器官的急性影响, 以期了解空间环境辐射所致机体生殖系统的损伤。采用小鼠尾部悬吊模型地面模拟微重力状态1周后, 利用重离子加速器提供的C离子辐照处理, 检测了生殖器官脏器系数及精子密度、组织形态变化、DNA损伤以及细胞凋亡各项指标。结果表明, 微重力和C离子辐射均能引起睾丸损伤, 且1 Gy单纯辐照组中损伤最为严重。此外发现, 模拟微重力能够在一定程度上降低辐射诱导的损伤, 其内在机制有待于进一步的研究。In this paper it was investigated that the effect of modeled microgravity on the acute injury induced by low doses of carbon ions in the male reproductive organs of mice, assessing the risk associated with the space environments. In our study, outbred Kunming mice were stimulated in microgravity by tail suspension, and then were irradiated with the low doses of carbon ions diliuered by HIRFL, and measured the testis and epididymis coefficient, sperm number of epididymis, histological alterations, DNA strand breaks and cell apoptosis. The results demonstrated that carbon ions and stimulated microgravity could induce the damage in the present study. Moreover, most serious injury all occurred in the irradiation group. In addition, it was also found that the damage of the carbon ion irradiation combined microgravity group were lower than those of the irradiation group, while the related mechanism needs the further investigation.     

辐照诱导的人正常肝细胞系HL-7702细胞延迟效应

利用X射线辐照人正常肝细胞系HL-7702细胞, 运用胞质分离阻滞微核法实验检测细胞微核率,AnnexinV FITC细胞凋亡检测试剂盒检测细胞凋亡率, 细胞微核率和凋亡率随着辐照剂量的增加而显著增加。X射线照射后细胞传代培养, 第7代时不同剂量辐照后子代细胞微核率和凋亡率同未辐照细胞相比已无明显区别。 对不同剂量辐照后传代7代的细胞再次照射2.5 Gy的相同剂量,发现它们细胞微核率和凋亡率存在明显差异,即初次受辐照剂量高的细胞, 再次以相同剂量辐照后的微核率和凋亡率也高. 这些结果表明,X射线辐照导致了HL-7702细胞基因组不稳定性这一辐射延迟效应,再次辐照使得辐射的延迟效应得以明显的表现。 Human normal liver cell line HL-7702 cells were irradiated with different doses of X rays. Micronucleus and apoptosis rates in the irradiated cells were measured with cytokinesis block micronucleus method and Annexin V FITC apoptosis detection kit, respectively. Experimental data showed that the micronucleus and apoptosis rates increased obviously with increasing irradiation dose. After seven population doublings, the micronucleus and apoptosis rates of the cells surviving exposure to the X rays reduced to the same levels as non irradiated control cells; the progenies of the cells were secondly exposed to X rays at the same dose of 2.5 Gy. We found that the progenies of the cells surviving the first irradiations of the various doses showed markedly differential micronucleus frequencies and apoptotic rates. Although the same dose of 2.5 Gy was applied in the second irradiations, the micronucleus frequencies and apoptotic rates of the progenies of the cells initially exposed at higher doses were significantly higher than the others. These results indicate that X rays lead to genomic instability in HL 7702 cells, which is an important manifestation of radiation induced delayed effect, and a second radiation stimulus makes the delayed effect in the progeny of the previously irradiated cells be expressed obviously.     

12C6+束辐照引起的实验猪皮肤急性损伤反应的研究

探讨了正常皮肤对重离子辐照急性损伤反应的耐受性, 为重离子治癌临床应用提供安全性检测的实验依据。实验前10 min, 实验猪肌肉注射复方氯胺酮1.2 mg/kg进行麻醉, 然后在兰州重离子研究装置（HIRFL）辐照终端利用12C6+束照射, 辐照剂量分别为0, 12, 21和27 Gy, 辐照分3次完成, 剂量率约为1.2 Gy/min, Bragg峰区照射, 辐照后每隔7 d对照射野拍照并活检取样, 做HE组织病理学观察。不同剂量12C6+离子束辐照实验猪皮肤后, 皮肤外观反应随辐照剂量增大而加快, 表现为肿胀和色素沉积等; 皮肤组织结构的变化明显, 上皮细胞排列紊乱、 萎缩、 空泡变性; 基本恢复正常所需时间也越长, 且都存在明显的剂量效应关系。结果表明, 辐照剂量范围为0—27 Gy时, 重离子对正常皮肤的辐照是安全的。The tolerance of the normal skin to the acute radiation injury reaction induced by heavy ion beams has been studied experimentally. The experimental pigs were injected with 1.2 mg/kg ketamine in 10 min before irradiation and were irradiated with 0, 12 , 21 and 27 Gy 12C6+ ion at a dose rate of 1.2 Gy/min at the Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou（HIRFL）. The total radiation dose was finished by 3 times at Bragg Peak Region of Heavy Ion Beams.The radiation fields of skin were taken photo and performed biopsy. The contaneous tissues of radiation fields were stained by HE and examined histopatholo gical changes every seven days after irradiation. The results indicated that the cutaneous appearance reaction became more faster with radiation dosage rising and presented with swollen, melanin forming and so on after irradiated by the carbon ions at different dosage. The Pathological examination showed noticeable changes in histological and structural of experimental pigs skin, such as atrophy, vacuolation, denaturation and arranged irregularly in epithelial cells. Furthermore, the time for return to normality became longer with the increasing of radiation dosage. All indexes demonstrated correlation between the does and effects. It is concluded that the irradiation of heavy ion beams to normal skin is security when the radiation dose range is about 0—27 Gy.     

12C6+离子辐照对4种农作物种子出苗率

以能量为80 MeV/u的12C6+离子为诱变源辐照油菜、 胡麻、 大葱和兵豆的干种子后, 研究了不同剂量处理对4种农作物M1和M2代种子出苗率及幼苗生长的影响。 实验结果表明: 重离子所导致的M1代生物学效应因不同的物种而表现出一定的差异, 适当剂量C离子辐照促进了油菜和胡麻M1代出苗率和幼苗的生长; 而不同剂量的C离子辐照抑制了大葱的出苗率和幼苗的生长; 兵豆3个剂量下的出苗率和对照相差很小, 但90 Gy辐照有利于其生长。 到了M2代, 4种作物辐照组的发芽率都低于各自的对照组; 30 Gy剂量下的油菜、 胡麻和兵豆长势最好; 大葱依然是对照的长势最好。 Crops of Brassica napus L., Linum usitatissmum L., Allium fistulosum L. and Lens culinaris Medic. were irradiated by 80 MeV/u 12C6+ ion beams with doses of 30, 90 and 180 Gy. The germination rates and heights of seedlings of M1 and M2 generation of these four plants were studied. The results indicated that germination rates and average heights of the B. napus and L. usitatissmum were improved by appropriate dose treatment, while great suppression was found in the irradiated groups of the A. fistulosum. As far as the L. Culinaris was concerned, little differences was observed on M1 germination rate, but the 90 Gy irradiation was favorable to growth of plant. The treatments with 30, 90 and 180 Gy were inferior to contrast one on M2 germination rate of the four species. Seedlings of M2 generation of the B. napus, L. sitatissmum and L. culinaris under 30 Gy grew better than the other groups, while the best performance of the A. fistulosum was shown by the control group.     

碳离子辐照对人肺癌细胞A549细胞周期进程的影响

选取对数生长期人肺癌细胞A549接受0—6.0 Gy 碳离子照射， 用克隆形成法检测细胞的存活率； 并于照射后12和24 h收集细胞， 用流式细胞术检测细胞周期各时相的细胞百分比， 观察不同剂量碳离子辐照对A549细胞周期进程的影响。 结果显示: 0—6.0 Gy 碳离子照射后细胞存活率显著下降； 照射后12 h细胞发生G0/G1期阻滞， 而照射后24 h， 1.0 Gy 照射组细胞在G0/G1期阻滞， 2.0—6.0 Gy 照射组细胞在G2/M期阻滞。 上述结果表明， 在A549细胞接受碳离子照射后的12 和24 h内， 1.0 Gy 照射可持续激活细胞G1期检查点， 而2.0—6.0 Gy 碳离子照射后其细胞周期进程是随时间变化的。 To investigate the effects of cell cycle progression of A549 cell induced by 12C6+ ion irradiation at different doses, the survival fractions of the A549 cells were determined by colony forming assay; cell cycles were analyzed by FACS at 12 h or 24 h after irradiation. The results showed that the percentage of survival in the A549 cells decreased with irradiation doses. Compared with control group， the percentage of the cells in G0/G1 phase significantly increased at 12 h after irradiation with different doses of 12C6+ ions. However， at 24 h after irradiation the percentage of the cells in G0/G1 phase significantly increased with 1.0 Gy 12C6+ ions， while the cells showed increasing percentage in G2/M phase with 2.0, 4.0 or 6.0 Gy 12C6+ ions. The results suggested that G1 cell cycle checkpoint was activated in 12—24 h after irradiation with 1.0 Gy 12C6+ ions， but after irradiation with 2.0—6.0 Gy 12C6+ ions， the cell cycle progression of the A549 cells changed with time.     

12C6+离子束辐照番茄种子当代效应

利用辐射能量为80 MeV/u 的12C6+重离子束辐照番茄种子, 辐照剂量分别为30, 60, 90, 120和160 Gy研究其对番茄M1代的生物学效应。结果表明, 随着辐照剂量的增大, 番茄的发芽率和成苗率降低, 且成苗率明显低于发芽率, 发现辐照损伤主要抑制了根的生长; MDA和脯氨酸含量变化的总体趋势为随着辐照剂量的增大先升后降再升高, 说明高剂量C离子辐照对生物膜造成更严重的损伤; APX活性随着辐照剂量的增大呈先升后降再升高的趋势, 表明APX在清除活性氧中起主要作用; POD和SOD活性的总体趋势是随着辐照剂量的增大而降低, 且明显低于对照组。综合分析表明, 12C6+重离子束辐照番茄种子, 对M1代具有明显的损伤效应, 高剂量辐照对番茄种子造成的损伤更大, 使酶的活性降低, 抑制植株生长。 To investigate the M1 biological effects of heavy ions irradiation on Lycopersicon esculentum Mill., its seeds were irradiated by 12C6+heavy ions (80 MeV/u) with the dosages of 30, 60, 90, 120 and 160 Gy respectively . The results showed that with doses increased gradually, germination rate and seedling rate of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill. were decreased, and the latter was lower than the former, mainly due to the inhibition of root growth. The irradiation increased the content of MDA and proline evidently, showing irradiation could damage biomembrane, and also decreased the activities of POD and SOD with distinct inhibition pattern. However, the low dose and high dose irradiation promoted APX activity, illustrating APX was induced to protect irradiation injury. In brief, exposure to 12C6+ heavy ions had obvious injury effects on the seeds of Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.. Heavy ions irradiation damaged biomembrane, inhibited activities of enzymes, and finally inhibited the growth of the first generation of these seeds.     

质子照射小鼠组织病理损伤的初步观察

利用HI-13串列加速器提供的19 MeV 质子照射麻醉小鼠2, 4, 8和16 Gy ， 照射后不同时间麻醉处死小鼠进行病理组织学观察。 结果显示， 照射后各组小鼠腰背部开始环状脱毛， 病理改变为表皮细胞坏死、 脱落， 皮下水肿， 心、 肝出现小灶性坏死或伴出血， 肝细胞明显再生， 肺组织可出现充血及肺泡间隔明显增厚， 肾小球出现明显固缩、 坏死及消失。 这些病理改变在大剂量照射组尤为明显。 通过观察质子照射小鼠组织病理损伤效应， 为质子损伤的防治研究提供参考依据。Space radiation come from galactic cosmic rays and solar particle events which contain considerable protons is an invisible killer to astronauts. Furthermore， many wounded persons were injured by proton and other heavy ion radiation in a nuclear warhead or nuclear terrorism attack. However， the damage effect of proton radiation is known little in our country. In this study， the proton induced histopathologic changes of mice were observed primarily. naesthetic mice were irradiated with the 19 MeV protons dili vered by HI 13 tandem accelerator at CIAE in different doses(2， 4， 8， 16 Gy). In order to observe the da mage effect， mice were killed by anaesthetic at different time point after radiation， and the tissue sections were analyzed by a histopathologic method. The results show that all of the mice’s backs began displaying ringed depilation at post irradiation day 7. Many epidermal cells necrosis and exfoliation happened， and subcutaneous dropsy was observed. There were some focal necrosis or even followed with bleeding in heart and liver. Hepatocyte evidently regenerated. A hyperaemia was seen in lung tissue and alveolar septum was obviously thickening. Acinus renis represented notable pyknosis， necrosis and disappearance. Especially， these pathologic alteration clearly displayed in high dose groups. In conclusion， proton radiation can induce different grade injury to skin， heart， liver， lung， kidney and other organs. Further studies should be made to deeply understand the mechanism about the proton radiation damage.     

重离子束对北里链霉菌的诱变效应

考察不同剂量重离子束对北里链霉菌的致死及诱变效应, 可确定最有利于筛选高产菌株的重离子束辐照剂量。 利用不同剂量的重离子束辐照北里链霉菌孢子, 统计了存活率、 致死率、 正负突变率。 结果发现, 在5 Gy重离子辐照时北里链霉菌出现较高致死率, 其后随剂量升高, 致死率变化较平缓。 各辐照剂量下正负突变率相比较, 40 Gy时正突变率最高, 负突变率相对较低, 存活率为0.92%。 因此确定40 Gy是对北里链霉菌高产菌株筛选最有利的辐照剂量。 To define the optimum dose of heavy ion beams for selecting high productive strains, we should study mortality and mutation effects of Streptomyces kitasatoensis irradiated by heavy ion beams in diffe rent doses. In this research, spores of Streptomyces kitasatoensis were irradiated by heavy ion beams with different doses. And survival rate, mortality rate, positive mutation and negative mutation were analyzed statistically. The results showed that high mortality rate appeared from 5 Gy and then the mortality rate curve became gently. Compared the positive and negative mutations in different doses, highest positive mutation was obtained in 40 Gy, while the negative mutation was lower in this dose, and the survival rate was 0.92%. So we defined that optimum dose of heavy ions radiation for Streptomyces kitasatoensis selection was 40 Gy in this experiment.     

不同LET碳离子束辐照拟南芥干种子的当代损伤效应

本研究以拟南芥（Columbia野生型）干种子为材料,利用兰州重离子研究装置（HIRFL）产生的碳离子束对材料进行辐射处理,统计其存活率、根长、下胚轴长及每果荚种子数,以探讨不同传能线密度（Linear Energy Transfer,LET）的碳离子束辐照对拟南芥当代损伤效应的影响。结果表明,在相同LET辐射条件下,随着辐射剂量的增大,拟南芥的存活率、根长、下胚轴长度、每果荚种子数都呈现下降趋势。在相同剂量不同LET辐射处理情况下,随着LET的增大,存活率、根长、下胚轴长、每果荚种子数都显著下降,可见高LET辐射严重抑制了拟南芥的生长和发育。研究表明,当LET为50 keV/μm时,碳离子束辐射拟南芥干种子对应的最佳诱变剂量为200 Gy,为后续开展碳离子束辐射的诱变效率研究奠定了前期基础。Aimed to study the biological effects of carbon ion beams with different linear energy transfer (LET) values provided by Heavy Ion Research Facility in Lanzhou (HIRFL), dry seeds of Arabidopsis thaliana (Columbia-WT) were irradiated and a series of biological effects of postembryonic development, such as survival rate, primary root length, hypocotyls length and number of seeds per silique, were investigated. The results showed that, under the radiation condition of the same LET value, the survival rate, root length, hypocotyls length and number of seeds per silique were decreased with the increasing dose. In addition, under the radiation conditions with different LET values, but same dose, the extent of the decline of the survival rate, root length, hypocotyls length and number of seeds per silique were reinforced with the increasing LET. It was also found that high LET radiations inhibited the subsequent growth and development of Arabidopsis thaliana severely. In brief, it was suggested that the optimum dose of carbon ion beam with 50 keV/μm value on Arabidopsis thaliana dry seeds was 200 Gy. This research complemented the preliminary theoretical foundation for the comparative study of the highest mutation efficiency of carbon ion beam irradiations at IMP, CAS(Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences).     

Determination of the radiation dose scattered outside the target volume treated with IMRT technique

Intensity Modulated Radiation Therapy (IMRT) is an advanced mode of high precision radiation therapy that uses computer controlled linear accelerators to deliver precise radiation doses to a malignant tumor or specific areas within the tumor. This is achieved using a more precise adjustment of the beam to the three dimensional shape of the tumor by modulating or controlling the intensity of the radiation beam in multiple small volumes. IMRT also allows higher radiation doses to be focused to regions within the tumor while minimizing the dose to surrounding normal critical structures. This work aims at determining the radiation dose in two target volumes (tumors) treated at same time and the scattered dose distribution in organs at risk using thermoluminescent dosimeters of LiF:Mg,Ti for IMRT treatment technique and a polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) phantom. The shortest distance between the cavities 1 and 2 that simulate tumors is 1.5 cm and the shortest distances from the cavity 1 to the cavities 3, 4 and 5 are, respectively, 1.9 cm, 2.2 cm and 2.65 cm. The shortest distance from the cavity 2 to cavities 3, 4 and 5 are, respectively, 5.4 cm; 5.7 cm and 1.5 cm. The relative difference for the doses measured by TLD-100 and provided by the TPS were +3.7% and −1.38%. The out-of-target doses received by cavities 3, 4 and 5 corresponded on average to 19.36, 17.84% and 6.72% of the highest dose received by the cavity 1 and the doses received by cavities 3, 4 and 5 corresponded on average to 29.51%, 27.20% and 10.24% of the dose received by cavity 2.     

First trial of spatial and temporal fractionations of the delivered dose using synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy

The technical feasibility of temporal and spatial fractionations of the radiation dose has been evaluated using synchrotron microbeam radiation therapy for brain tumors in rats. A significant increase in lifespan (216%, p < 0.0001) resulted when three fractions of microbeam irradiation were applied to the tumor through three different ports, orthogonal to each other, at 24 h intervals. However, there were no long‐term survivors, and immunohistological studies revealed that 9 L tumors were not entirely ablated.     

Dynamic contrast-enhanced MRI of vascular changes induced by the VEGF-signalling inhibitor ZD4190 in human tumour xenografts

Dynamic contrast-enhanced magnetic resonance imaging (DCEMRI) was used to examine the acute effects of treatment with an inhibitor of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) signaling. ZD4190 is an orally bioavailable inhibitor of VEGF receptor-2 (KDR) tyrosine kinase activity, which elicits broad-spectrum antitumour activity in preclinical models following chronic once-daily dosing. Nude mice, bearing established (0.5-1.0 mL volume) human prostate (PC-3), lung (Calu-6) and breast (MDA-MB-231) tumor xenografts, were dosed with ZD4190 (p.o.) using a 1 day (0 and 22 h) or 7 day (0, 24, 48, 72, 96,120,144, and 166 h) treatment regimen. DCEMRI was employed 2 h after the last dose of ZD4190, using the contrast agent gadopentetate dimeglumine. Dynamic data were fit to a compartmental model to obtain voxelwise K(trans), the transfer constant for gadopentetate into the tumor. K(trans) was averaged over the entire tumor, and a multi-threshold histogram analysis was also employed to account for tumor heterogeneity. Reductions in K(trans) reflect reductions in flow, in endothelial surface area, and/or in vascular permeability. A vascular input function was obtained for each mouse simultaneously with the tumor DCEMRI data. ZD4190 treatment produced a dose-dependent (12.5-100 mg x kg(-1) per dose) reduction in K(trans) in PC-3 prostate tumors. At 100 mg x kg(-1), the largest concentration examined, ZD4190 reduced K(trans) in PC-3 tumors by 31% following 2 doses (1 day treatment regimen; p < 0.001) and by 53% following 8 doses (7 day regimen; p < 0.001). Comparative studies in the three models using a showed similar reductions in K(trans) for the lung and breast tumors using the histogram analysis, although the statistical significance was lost when K(trans) was averaged over the entire tumor. Collectively these studies suggest that DCEMRI using gadopentetate may have potential clinically, for monitoring inhibition of VEGF signaling in solid tumors.     

Gamma-photon induced modifications in Polyvinylchloride (PVC) film

Gamma photon induced modifications in Polyvinylchloride (PVC) polymer have been studied in the dose range of 10¹-10⁶Gy at room temperature. Polyvinylchloride films have been irradiated with different doses of gamma radiation from a ⁶⁰Co source. To monitor the chemical and structural changes caused by gamma radiation IR and UV-Vis spectroscopy of pristine and irradiated PVC have been performed and using the spectral data some changes in the properties have been investigated. The spectral studies have indicated that at a dose of 10⁶Gy scissioning of the C-a bonds takes place. This scissioning of the chain initiates decomposition at a lower temperature. Thermal stability of the polymer reduces due to irradiation but the decomposition patterns remain the same. The optical band-gap is found to decrease due to irradiation at doses bigher than 10³Gy.     

The radiation shielding offered by the commercial glass installed in Bangladeshi dwellings

One sign of a vibrant Bangladeshi economy has been the move away from the use of more traditional housing materials towards a preference for modern constructional media. Glass, one such example, used both decoratively and in a structural context, offers various advantageous properties and facets including a protective feature against radiation that has not previously been considered. Current interest examines the dosimetric possibilities offered by the commercial glass as a secondary shield and also in retrospective ionising radiation exposure analysis. Four popular brands of window glass are investigated, all available within the local market (PHP-Bangladesh, Usmania-Bangladesh, Nasir-Bangladesh and Rider-China), all with the same thickness and colour, varying in terms of elemental weight fractions as evaluated by energy dispersive X-ray analysis. As potential attenuators of transmitted radiation thereby forming secondary barriers against radiation exposure from penetrating radiations, the four brands of glass have been studied using photon energies from 59 up to 1332 keV, a range of values representative of that potentially encountered in incidents. Use has been made of a well-shielded high-purity germanium γ-ray spectrometer and associated electronics, providing for evaluation of the characteristic barrier parameters of half-value layer, radiation protection efficiency and effective atomic number (Z_eff). Of the four brands investigated, Rider provides superior secondary shielding performance. Concerning potential retrospective dosimetry the effective atomic number of the glass samples are comparable with that of the commercial thermoluminescence (TL) dosimeter TLD-200. At high doses, the TL yields are sufficient to provide for retrospective accident dosimetry.     

The ionising radiation effect on physico-chemical properties of organosilicon oils

The effects of various doses of gamma-radiation (10³–10⁶ Gy) on physico-chemical characteristics (dielectric constant, viscosity, surface tension, refractive index) of polymeric organosilicon oils with methylsiloxane and methylphenylsiloxane chain have been studied. Molecular structural and chemical changes in oils under influence of radiation have been studied by IR-spectroscopy. High radiation stability of organosilicon oils has been observed. It was found that polymethylphenylsiloxane is the most radiation resistant liquid.     

Bifurcation and extinction limit of stretched premixed flames with chain-branching intermediate kinetics and radiative loss

Premixed counterflow flames with thermally sensitive intermediate kinetics and radiation heat loss are analysed within the framework of large activation energy. Unlike previous studies considering one-step global reaction, two-step chemistry consisting of a chain branching reaction and a recombination reaction is considered here. The correlation between the flame front location and stretch rate is derived. Based on this correlation, the extinction limit and bifurcation characteristics of the strained premixed flame are studied, and the effects of fuel and radical Lewis numbers as well as radiation heat loss are examined. Different flame regimes and their extinction characteristics can be predicted by the present theory. It is found that fuel Lewis number affects the flame bifurcation qualitatively and quantitatively, whereas radical Lewis number only has a quantitative influence. Stretch rates at the stretch and radiation extinction limits respectively decrease and increase with fuel Lewis number before the flammability limit is reached, while the radical Lewis number shows the opposite tendency. In addition, the relation between the standard flammability limit and the limit derived from the strained near stagnation flame is affected by the fuel Lewis number, but not by the radical Lewis number. Meanwhile, the flammability limit increases with decreased fuel Lewis number, but with increased radical Lewis number. Radical behaviours at flame front corresponding to flame bifurcation and extinction are also analysed in this work. It is shown that radical concentration at the flame front, under extinction stretch rate condition, increases with radical Lewis number but decreases with fuel Lewis number. It decreases with increased radiation loss.     

Peripheral doses in radiotherapy: A comparison between IMRT,VMAT and Tomotherapy

The goal of this intercomparison is to determine the peripheral doses during treatment of prostate and head and neck (H&N) cancers. In the case of prostate cancer, two different treatment techniques are compared: intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT – 10 MV and 18 MV), on a Varian Clinac 2100 C/D and Tomotherapy. VMAT (also on a Varian Clinac 2100 C/D) was compared to Tomotherapy, for H&N cancer. The treatment devices are located at the university hospitals of Leuven and Brussels, respectively. A common treatment protocol was agreed between the two clinical centers and this same protocol was used by each partner. For the higher energy modalities (10 MV and 18 MV) we also assessed the neutron contribution to the total dose, by using bubble detectors. In this way, the performance (in terms of peripheral doses) of the different treatment techniques, when faced with the same dose distribution constraints, was evaluated. The doses were evaluated with an anthropomorphic phantom loaded with TLD detectors. Summarizing our results, we can conclude that low energy radiation techniques, namely VMAT and Tomotherapy, have more interesting performances when compared to IMRT at energies of 10 MV and 18 MV, with respect to peripheral dose. On the one hand the former are associated with lower photon doses and, on the other hand, there is no contribution from neutrons to the total dose.     

Thymidine-modulated 5-fluorouracil metabolism in liver and RIF-1 tumors studied by 19F magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

19F Magnetic resonance spectroscopy was used to study the impact of the biochemical modulator thymidine (TdR) on the 5-fluorouracil (5FU) metabolism in the livers and radiation-induced fibrosarcoma (RIF-1) tumors of 5FU-treated C3H mice. The liver spectra measured after administration of 5FU (65 or 130 mg/kg IP) showed the 5 FU resonance and its catabolites alpha-fluoro-beta-ureidopropionic acid and alpha-fluoro-beta-alanine. At the latter dose, fluoronucleotide signal was also detected. The liver spectra of TdR-pretreated (500 mg/kg, IP) mice showed additional signals of fluoronucleotide and fluoronucleoside at both 5FU doses, while alpha-fluoro-beta-alanine was not detected. TdR pretreatment increased the half-life of 5FU in livers from 24 +/- 2 to 126 +/- 46 SEM min at the 5FU dose of 65 mg/kg and from 28 +/- 2 to 95 +/- 22 min at the 130 mg/kg dose (P less than .1 and P less than .01, respectively). TdR-pretreated mice had higher 5FU anabolite (fluoronucleotide + fluoronucleoside) levels in their RIF-1 tumors than nonpretreated mice that received the same 5FU doses (56 +/- 15 SEM vs. 0 arbitrary units at the 5FU dose of 65 mg/kg, and 88 +/- 21 vs. 10 +/- 3 arbitrary units at 130 mg/kg 5FU; P less than .0001). The percentage drop in tumor volume was enhanced in the mice that received TdR, from 27 +/- 4 SEM to 52 +/- 2 at the 5 FU dose of 65 mg/kg and from 24 +/- 3 to 65 +/- 4 at the 130-mg/kg dose (P less than .0001, both).     

利用拉曼光谱技术研究低剂量X射线辐射对人神经母细胞瘤细胞的影响

低剂量电离辐射引发的生物效应复杂而多样,其研究往往又受到辐射标志物和检测技术手段的限制。将拉曼光谱技术应用于低剂量辐射生物效应研究,利用10 mW,532 nm共聚焦拉曼光谱对经过100,200和500 mGy三种辐射剂量的X射线辐照之后的人神经母细胞瘤细胞进行检测,发现细胞嘌呤核苷酸（722～728和1 572～1 581 cm-1等等）、嘧啶核苷酸（770～785 cm-1等等）等DNA相关的拉曼特征峰受到电离辐射影响而发生变化,说明低剂量X射线辐照造成细胞DNA水平改变。采用流式细胞术对同样条件辐照后培养6 h的人神经母细胞瘤细胞进行细胞周期分析发现,三种剂量的X射线电离辐射均造成细胞在G2期阻滞,同样提示电离辐射引起DNA水平升高。通过划痕实验分析辐照后20 h的细胞迁移能力,结果显示,相较于未接受X射线照射的对照细胞,受到三种剂量电离辐射的人神经母细胞瘤细胞均出现迁移水平下降。研究结果表明,通过拉曼光谱分析发现低剂量X射线电离辐射引起人神经母细胞瘤细胞DNA水平变化,其结果与细胞周期分析和迁移分析的结果相一致,但检测时间大大提前,利用拉曼光谱技术可以实现低剂量辐射损伤等细胞生物学效应的早期发现与监测。