电离辐射引起的线粒体DNA损伤及突变研究进展

指出了线粒体DNA损伤及突变研究与核DNA相关研究的区别,并总结了国内外关于电离辐射引起线粒体DNA损伤突变的研究进展。 针对放射生物学中线粒体学方面研究还有待进一步加强的现状, 中国科学院近代物理研究所的研究人员在方法学上建立起了real-time PCR和long PCR等手段对线粒体DNA损伤及突变进行定量检测, 并以此为基础, 对电离辐射引起的线粒体功能变化进行了较为深入的研究。总结了线粒体DNA损伤及突变研究对阐明电离辐射引起的生物学效应所具有的贡献, 提出未来在放射生物学中以远后效应, 能量代谢为主的线粒体学研究方向。 Current advance in ionizing radiation induced mitochondrial DNA damage and mutations is reviewed, in addition with the essential differences between mtDNA and nDNA damage and mutations. To extent the knowledge about radiation induced mitochondrial alterations, the researchers in Institute of Modern Physics, Chinese Academy of Sciences developed some technics such as real time PCR, long PCR for accurate quantification of radiation induced damage and mutations, and in depth investigation about the functional changes of mitochondria based on mtDNA damage and mutations were also carried out. In conclusion, the important role of mitochondrial study in radiation biology is underlined, and further study on mitochondrial study associated with late effect and metabolism changes in radiation biology is pointed out.     

Generation of broadly tunable picosecond mid-infrared laser and sensitive detection of a mid-infrared signal by parametric frequency up-conversion in MgO:LiNbO₃ optical parametric amplifiers

Picosecond optical parametric generation and amplification in the near-infrared region within 1.361-1.656 μm and the mid-infrared region within 2.976-4.875 μm is constructed on the basis of bulk MgO:LiNbO 3 crystals pumped at 1.064 μm.The maximum pulse energy reaches 1.3 mJ at 1.464 μm and 0.47 mJ at 3.894 μm,corresponding to a pumpto-idler photon conversion efficiency of 25%.By seeding the hard-to-measure mid-infrared radiation as the idler in the optical parametric amplification and measuring the amplified and frequency up-converted signal in the near-infrared or even visible region,one can measure very week mid-infrared radiation with ordinary detectors,which are insensitive to mid-infrared radiation,with a very high gain.A maximum gain factor of about 7 × 10 7 is achieved at the mid-infrared wavelength of 3.374 μm and the corresponding energy detection limit is as low as about 390 aJ per pulse.     

Generation of broadly tunable picosecond mid-infrared laser and sensitive detection of a mid-infrared signal by parametric frequency up-conversion in MgO:LiNbO3 optical parametric amplifiers

Picosecond optical parametric generation and amplification in the near-infrared region within 1.361-1.656 μm and the mid-infrared region within 2.976-4.875 μm is constructed on the basis of bulk MgO：LiNbO 3 crystals pumped at 1.064 μm.The maximum pulse energy reaches 1.3 mJ at 1.464 μm and 0.47 mJ at 3.894 μm,corresponding to a pumpto-idler photon conversion efficiency of 25%.By seeding the hard-to-measure mid-infrared radiation as the idler in the optical parametric amplification and measuring the amplified and frequency up-converted signal in the near-infrared or even visible region,one can measure very week mid-infrared radiation with ordinary detectors,which are insensitive to mid-infrared radiation,with a very high gain.A maximum gain factor of about 7 脳 10 7 is achieved at the mid-infrared wavelength of 3.374 μm and the corresponding energy detection limit is as low as about 390 aJ per pulse.     

微束技术在放射生物学中的应用

微束装置可以为生命科学研究提供微米定位、剂量特定的电离辐射,在生物体内的电离辐射靶物质及其敏感度、靶物质的损伤及修复机制研究中具有独特的作用。概述了生物微束装置和实验技术的发展及其在低剂量辐射效应、旁观者效应、信号传导研究中的主要应用;介绍了中国科学院近代物理研究所（IMP）重离子微束装置,该装置可以提供能量7~ 80 MeV/u、传能线密度为30~ 3000 keV/μm的重离子微束,实现了活细胞辐照和在线观察、小鼠定位辐照的实验技术;利用IMP微束装置在重离子诱导旁效应实验、小鼠下丘脑重离子辐照效应和DNA损伤快速修复动态等方面取得了一些实验成果。The microbeam facility can provide micrometer scale localized and predefined ionizing radiation in the life science study, and the microbeam techniques play a unique role in determining the target substances of ionizing radiation, as well as in the study of radiation sensitivity, mechanisms of radiation damage response and repair. This paper summarizes the technical developments of biological microbeam facilities and their applications in the studies of low-dose radiation effect, bystander effect and cellular signaling. This paper also introduces the recent developments at the heavy-ion microbeam facility in the Institute of Modern Physics (IMP), which can provide heavy ion microbeam irradiation with energy of 7~80 MeV/u and LET of 30~3000 keV/μm. The facility can perform radiobiological irradiation and online investigation in living cells and mice, including bystander effect study, sleeping system influence after irradiation to mice hypothalamus and the recruitment dynamics of XRCC1 protein.     

Applying the reference-wavelength method to improve the precision of glucose measurement by near infrared spectroscopy

The reference-wavelength method is proposed to diminish the influence of noises on glucose measurement by differentially processing two signals at the reference and measuring wavelengths.At the reference wavelength,the radiation intensity is insensitive to the changes of glucose concentration.Therefore,it can be used as the internal reference to estimate the noise and then to extract the effective glucose signal at the other wavelengths.The validation experiments are constructed in the non-scattering samples with the reference wavelength of glucose at 1525 nm.The results show that the reference-wavelength-based glucose-specific signal extracting method can largely improve the glucose prediction precision from 17.56 to 8.87mg/dL in the two-component experiment and from 26.82 to 9.94 mg/dL in the three-component experiment.     

Rosseland Mean Opacity of a High—Z Mixture Palsma

An eight-beam 0.351-μm laser with pulse duration of about 1.0ns and energy of 260J per beam was injcted into a cylindrical cavity to generate intense x-ray radiation on the Shengguang Ⅱ high power laser facility.A mixture foil of gold and gadolinium and a gold foil were attached on portion of a diagnostic hole in the mid-plane of the cavity and ablated by the intense x-ray radiation.The propagating time of the radiation heat wave in the mixture and the pure gold foil were measured with soft-x-ray spectrometer and by adopting space-and time resolved measurement technolgoy,respectively,The results shows that the mixrue of gold and gadolinium has higher Rosseland mean opacity than the gold sample in our experiment.     

Theoretical and numerical analysis of coherent Smith-Purcell radiation

Coherent enhancement of Smith-Purcell radiation has attracted people's attention not only in adopting a better source but also in beam diagnostics aspect. In this paper, we study the intrinsic mechanism of coherent Smith-Purcell radiation on the basis of the van den Berg model. The emitted power of Smith-Purcell radiation is determined by the bunch profile in transverse and longitudinal directions. For short bunch whose longitudinal pulse length is comparable with the radiation wavelength, it can be concluded approximately that the power is proportional to the square number of electrons per bunch.     

Studies of left-handed Z DNA: Characteristics of Raman spectra of d(GpCpGpCpGpC)

Studies of laser Raman spectra of synthesized DNA fragment, d (GpCpGpCpGpC), were performed. The similarities and differences between the characteristic spectra of the oligomer and those of its structural components, 5′-dGMP and 5′-dCMP, were dis cussed. The information obtained on the characteristic Raman spectrum susceptible to B-Z conformation transition of oligomer might be helpful in further investigation of the biology of left-handed DNA.     

Radiation Heat Waves in Gold Plasma

Eight beams 0.35μm laser with pulse duration of about 1.0ns and energy of 260J per beam was injected into a cylindrical cavity to generate intense x-ray radiation on the “Shengguang Ⅱ“ high power laser facility.Gold foils with a thickness in the range of 0.09-0.52μm were attached on the diagnostic hole of the cavity and ablated by the intense x-ray radiation.The propagating radiation heat wave in the high-Z gold plasma was observed clearly.For comparison,we also simulated the experimental results.     

A STUDY OF SPATIAL ACTIVE NOISE ATTENUATIONS

In this paper.the sound radiation characteristics of secondary sources are analyed theoretically and experimentally.Akind of tripole elements of secondary source is realied.A method using acceleration signal as the input to the controlsystem has been introduced.Experiments are conducted both in an anechoic chamber and a reverberation room.The resultsof global attenuations of the-dimensional noise fields in tbe low frequency range are given and discussed.     

Renal Clearable Luminescent WSe2 for Radioprotection of Nontargeted Tissues during Radiotherapy

High‐energy ionizing radiation is widely used in medical diagnosis and cancer radiation therapy. However, high‐energy radiation can also impose significant damages in healthy tissues during medical treatments via direct DNA damages and indirect damages from production of reactive oxygen species (ROS). Therefore, it is urgent to develop highly effective radioprotectants with low toxicities that can meet the increasing needs for alleviating the adverse effects from cancer radiation therapy and nuclear emergency. In this work, strongly catalytic ultrasmall (sub‐5 nm) cysteine‐protected WSe₂ dots are employed to protect healthy tissues against radiation via diminishing radiation‐induced free radicals. The WSe₂ dots with high surface activities can recover radiation‐induced DNA damages and eliminate the excessive ROS generated from radiation. In vivo experiments confirm that the survival rate of mice treated with WSe₂ dots is significantly elevated with radiation damages postponed under exposure to high‐dose ionizing radiation. Furthermore, the free radicals in major organs and hematological system can be appreciably omitted, suggesting their unique role as free radical scavengers. These WSe₂ dots in ultrasmall size show rapid renal clearance of ≈74% injection dose via urine excretion in 24 h and do not cause any apparent toxicity in vivo for up to 30 d.     

Toxicity of zinc oxide nanoparticles to zebrafish embryo: a physicochemical study of toxicity mechanism

The biological impact of engineered nanomaterials released into the aquatic environment is a major concern. In this work, the properties of ZnO nanoparticles (nano-ZnO, 30 nm) were characterized in a water suspension (E3 medium), and a zebrafish 96-h post fertilization (hpf) embryo–larval test was performed to assess the toxicity of nano-ZnO suspension. Nano-ZnO was found to readily form aggregates with different sizes; small aggregates (142.4–517.7 nm) were still suspended in E3 medium, but large aggregates (>1 μm) quickly deposited on the bottom of 24-well plates; nano-ZnO was partially dissolved to Zn species (Zn_(dis)) in E3 medium. In the nano-ZnO suspension, small aggregates, Zn_(dis), and large aggregates might jointly exert influence on the development of zebrafish embryos. The embryo toxicity test revealed that nano-ZnO killed zebrafish embryos (50 and 100 mg/L), retarded the embryo hatching (1–25 mg/L), reduced the body length of larvae, and caused tail malformation after the 96 hpf exposure. Zn_(dis) only partially contributed to the toxicity of nano-ZnO. This research highlights the need to further investigate the ecotoxicity of nano-ZnO in the water environment.     

Generation of 0.1 THz coherent synchrotron radiation with compact S-band linac at AIST

The 0.1 THz coherent synchrotron radiation (CSR) was successfully generated in the 90° bending magnet of the compact S-band linac with the achromatic arc section using the ultra-short electron bunch which has the energy of 40 MeV, the bunch charge of about 1nc and the bunch length less than 1 ps (rms). The electron bunch compression of 1 nC electron bunch was achieved less than 1 ps (rms) by controlling the Q-magnets in the achromatic arc section as the bunch length was measured by the rms bunch length monitor.     

不同浓度维生素C对DNA紫外损伤的影响

分别检测了DNA与不同浓度维生素C的混合物经10和30 min紫外辐射的拉曼光谱,紫外线的辐射照度为18.68 W·m-2。实验表明,维生素C对DNA损伤的影响与其浓度密切相关。低于0.35 mmol·L-1的维生素C对紫外线诱发的DNA损伤具有明显的保护作用,且保护效果随着其浓度的增大越来越好,0.35 mmol·L-1时保护效果最佳。当维生素C的浓度高于0.35 mmol·L-1时,在10 min的紫外辐射中,维生素C不仅没有保护DNA,反而促进了DNA的损伤,DNA被损伤的程度随着维生素C浓度的增加而增加;但在30 min的紫外辐射中,相对于不加VC的紫外辐射,维生素C对DNA仍起保护作用。     

Broad band infrared near-field spectroscopy at finger print region using SPring-8

The authors report infrared near-field spectroscopy using synchrotron radiation at BL43IR, SPring-8 in the finger print region. At the microspectroscopy station, the infrared synchrotron radiation beam is focused on a cantilever probe with a 3 μm square aperture. A comb-shaped Au electrode with the width of 3 μm and the distance of 3 μm is used for the reflection measurement. The Au electrodes can be resolved at 650 cm⁻¹ and the resolution is estimated to be λ/5.     

Effect of the optical characteristics of semiconductor resonator structures on the amplitudes of their thermal radiation lines

We investigated, both theoretically and experimentally, the dependence of the intensity of spectral lines of thermal radiation from plane-parallel semiconductor resonator structures on their optical parameters (volume absorption and coefficients of reflection from surfaces). The investigations were performed in the spectral region of absorption by free charge carriers (λ = 3–17 μm). It is shown for such structures that the amplitudes of thermal radiation lines depend non-monotonically on the transmission factor. We determined the optical parameter values for a resonator structure that are optimal when forming comb radiation spectrum. The conditions are found under which the intensity of lines of thermal radiation from a semiconductor plane-parallel layer approaches that of thermal radiation from a blackbody.     

柱形等离子体辐射场和阻抗的数值计算

由柱形非磁化等离子体色散关系，得到信号沿柱形等离子体传输波矢空间分布，再根据天线方程推导得到柱形等离子体在轴向密度均匀、不均匀情况下辐射方向图、辐射阻抗与增益等参数.理论计算结果与实验都证明了柱形等离子体辐射方向图随等离子体参数变化而改变，同时实验结果表明，重新得到的数值计算结果更加精确，更加符合实际测量结果，这对等离子体作为天线传输具有重要的参考价值. 关键词： 柱形等离子体 辐射阻抗 辐射方向图     

射频光纤链路γ射线辐致损伤特性实验研究

由于空间环境中宇宙辐射无处不在,工作在空间环境的光纤系统必须考虑辐致损伤特性。建立了10GHz的射频光纤链路传输系统,分别采用单模光纤和保偏光纤作为传输媒质。利用60 Co`γ射线源,在剂量率1rad/s总剂量50krad下,对射频光纤链路进行辐照实验,对两种系统做对比分析。实验结果表明,单模光纤链路的辐致损耗绝对值较大,保偏光纤链路的辐致损耗绝对值较小;单模光纤的幂律模型指数较保偏光纤大,即同样的辐照剂量,单模光纤受影响程度大。在辐照起主要影响因素的阶段,单模光纤延时差受辐照影响程度较保偏光纤稍小。辐致损耗和辐致延时差对光纤长度都有线性累加作用。从整体水平看,50krad的辐射总剂量对两种光纤造成的损伤并不大,传输的信号仍在可用的范围之内。     

维生素C对紫外线诱发DNA损伤的保护作用

用拉曼光谱探讨维生素C对紫外线诱发DNA损伤的保护作用。测量了小牛胸腺DNA水溶液及其添加微量维生素C并经过9min和30min紫外辐射的拉曼光谱,紫外线的辐射照度为18．68W／m^2。实验结果表明：在浓度为O．2mmol／L的维生素C存在的条件下,全波段的紫外辐射对DNA只造成了轻微的损伤。DNA被保护可能是因为紫外辐射虽然产生了对DNA损伤很大的自由基,但维生素C具有清除自由基的能力。另外由于DNA和维生素C在260nm处对紫外线都有很强的吸收能力,因此也可能是维生素C对紫外线的吸收能力强于DNA,从而保护了DNA。     

Monitoring radiation induced alterations in biological systems,from molecules to tissues,through infrared spectroscopy

Humans can be exposed to non-ionizing and ionizing radiation for diagnostic, therapeutic, accidental, and occupational reasons. Consequently, the effect of radiation on biological systems has attracted the attention of researchers for a rather long time. This review is about the mid-infrared Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopic characterization of non-ionizing and ionizing radiation-induced changes in DNA, lipids, and proteins, as isolated or synthetic macromolecules, and in biological membranes, cells, and tissues. Here, the context of radiation was limited with electromagnetic radiation including gamma rays. The review first outlines introductory information about non-ionizing and ionizing radiation and their interaction with biological systems. Afterwards, FTIR spectroscopy and spectroscopic analysis are briefly discussed. Finally, FTIR spectroscopic analysis of DNA, lipids, proteins, membranes, cells, and tissues that were exposed to radiation are presented. The findings show that FTIR spectroscopy can be successfully used as a novel method to monitor radiation-induced alteratios in biological systems.