小肠电离辐射损伤研究进展

肠道的电离辐射损伤是腹部及盆腔肿瘤放射治疗过程中的剂量限制因素。综述了小肠电离辐射损伤的临床症状、 小肠上皮及粘膜下层基质改变、 信号分子表达变化、 组织学变化和超微结构变化。简介了中国科学院近代物理研究所重离子束辐射生物医学重点实验室正在进行的有关小肠重离子辐射损伤及防护方面的研究工作。Intestinal ionising radiation injuries are a dose limiting factor in the course of radiotherapy of abdominal and pelvic malignancies. In this paper it is reviewed that ionizing radiation injuries of small intestine, including clinical symptoms, epithelium and submucosa changes, signal molecular expression changes, histological and ultrastructure changes. The ongoing works of our laboratory on subjects of intestinal injuries induced by heavy ions and protection against these injuries are also presented.     

Visualization of superior mesenteric lymph nodes by the combined oral and intravenous administration of the ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide, AMI-227

Superior mesenteric lymph nodes which lie as a chain near the small intestine are difficult to visualize in the rat with MRI either with or without the use of contrast agents. We previously demonstrated that the oral administration of an ultrasmall superparamagnetic iron oxide (AMI-227) produces a brightening of the lumen of the GI tract with a T₁-weighted spin-echo pulse sequence. We have also shown that AMI-227 darkens abdominal lymph nodes. In the present study we show that the combined oral and intravenous administration of AMI-227 produces a brightening of the lumen of the GI tract and a darkening of the superior mesenteric lymph node chain. As a result of these combined and opposing effects on image signal intensity, a necessary contrast is established to reliably locate the superior mesenteric lymph nodes in vivo, which, to our knowledge, have been elusive by other techniques.     

Autofluorescence endoscopy for the gastrointestinal tract

This review focuses on our basic study results and clinical experience of fluorescence endoscopy for the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. Collagen, which fluoresces in the green wavelength range, is one of the major sources of tissue autofluorescence (AF) and AF imaging systems are now available. With their use, however, it is important to take into account tissue changes other than, or in addition to, changes in gross tissue morphology. These may include alterations in the local blood volume, tissue metabolic activity, and relative fluorophore concentrations. New AF imaging systems are very easy to use, because white light endoscopy can be changed to AF at the push of a button, and hold great promise for diagnosis of early carcinomas and premalignant lesions in the GI tract. In particular, AF endoscopy has potential for identification of small or flat tumors, tumor margins and premalignant lesions in Barrett’s esophagus, as well as for assessing tumor grade and response to therapy. However, large-scale studies are needed to clarify the clinical impact of this new diagnostic approach.     

Methods for the systematic investigation of gastrointestinal contrast media for MRI: evaluation of intestinal distribution by radiographic monitoring

Comparison of the effectiveness of various gastrointestinal (GI) contrast agents for magnetic resonance (MR) imaging is often complicated by varying amounts intraluminal filling with the orally administered agents. To achieve more uniform and reproducible imaging results with GI contrast agents for MR imaging (GICMR), we evaluated a radiographic method for monitoring intraluminal filling and distribution. Solutions of Mn-DPDP (2 mM), to which a small amount of barium sulfate (6 wt/vol%) was added, were administered orally to dogs. Gastric emptying and small bowel transit were monitored fluoroscopically. MR imaging was performed either 1) at a fixed time after administration of the contrast agent or 2) at a variable interval when the contrast agent was observed fluoroscopically to be in the terminal ileum. When initiation of MR imaging was guided by fluoroscopic monitoring of intestinal contrast distribution, uniform and reproducible intestinal contrast enhancement by GICMR was achieved. However, when MR imaging was performed at a fixed time interval after oral administration, non-uniform and variable GI visualization was obtained, and this corresponded to the variable intestinal distribution observed fluoroscopically. We conclude that reproducible intestinal filling with orally administered contrast agents can be accomplished with a radiographic monitoring technique, and this promotes more consistent GI visualization on MR images. Such standardized and reproducible methods are necessary for studies in which the effectiveness of GI contrast media for MR imaging is evaluated and compared.     

FT-IR spectroscopy assessment of aesthetic dental materials irradiated with low-dose therapeutic ionizing radiation

The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effects of low-dose therapeutic ionizing radiation on different aesthetic dental materials. Forty five specimens (n = 45) of three different aesthetic restorative materials were prepared and randomly divided into five groups: G1 (control group); G2, G3, G4, G5 experimental groups irradiated respectively with 0.25, 0.50, 0.75, and 1.00 Gy of gamma radiation by the ⁶⁰Co teletherapy machine. Chemical analyses were performed using a FT-IR Nicolet 520 spectrophotometer with reflectance diffuse technique. Even a minimal exposition at ionizing radiation in therapeutic doses can provide chemical changes on light-cured composite resins. The three studied restorative materials showed changes after exposure at gamma radiation, however the increase of the radiation dose did not contribute to an increase in this effect.     

Medlar (<Emphasis Type="Italic">Achras Sapota</Emphasis> L.) as Oral Contrast Agent for MRI of the Gastrointestinal Tract

Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the gastrointestinal (GI) tract is still limited due to the lack of widely available oral contrast agents (OCA). The availability of OCA for MRI of the GI tract is a necessity; different fruits might be implemented as OCA in order to solve this need throughout the year. The objective of this study is to present an alternative fruit as a clinical OCA for MRI of the GI tract, Achras sapota L. (common medlar). Both physical and chemical characterization of the medlar was performed. It was also tested in situ and in vivo as an OCA for MRI of the GI tract. Results showed that this fruit had a diamagnetic behavior, although it has enough iron, manganese and copper to contrast the GI tract in T ₁- and T ₂-weighted images. Thus we conclude that the medlar fruit has shown a potential as an OCA in GI evaluation by MRI, so it can be considered as an alternative in complementation of natural OCA.     

Effect of beta-particles on the retinal chromophore in bacteriorhodopsin of Halobacterium salinarium

Bacteriorhodopsin (bR) is an attractive intelligent material. Understanding the mechanism of its light-driven proton pumping outward the cell implicates it in many technical applications, particularly, in what is called optical computers, and the biotechnology is waiting for this promised biological molecule. An ionizing radiation source handling could be computerized in radiation fields. The computer containing such biological material will not be out of reach of the fields of ionizing radiation. So it is interesting to report on the working of such biological computer if it is subjected to ionizing radiation. The functional unit in this molecule is retinal chromophore. In the present work, it is interested to assess the functionality of bR through determining the electronic transition dipole moment of its chromophore. Significant changes in the values of the absorption transition dipole moment were noticed at different doses of beta-particles in the range of 0.1-0.3 kGy. Ionizing radiation-induced changes in bR were followed by intrinsic fluorescence spectroscopy. An analysis of the fluorescence data bears on the tertiary structure of bR. The emission spectrum is, however, red shifted with an increase in intensity with the different doses; in the meanwhile, gradual decrease in the visible absorbance has occurred till almost complete loss is attained. This bleaching due to ionizing radiation may offer an alternative way of data processing in such optical devices based on bR. Nevertheless, bR has proofed to be used as a biological indicator of ionizing radiation. However, the potential of bR for use as a biosensor to detect ionizing radiation should be considered.     

Application of MRI to the analysis of speech production

Computer models of the process of speech articulation require a detailed knowledge of the vocal tract configurations employed in speech and the application of acoustic theory to calculate the sound waveform. Almost all currently available data on vocal tract dimensions come from x-ray films and are severely limited in quantity and coherence due to restrictions on radiation dosage and intersubject differences. We are using MRI techniques to obtain the pharyngeal dimensions of speakers producing sustained vowels. The fact that MRI does not employ ionizing radiation provides speech research with the opportunity to obtain comprehensive bodies of much-needed data on the articulatory characteristics of single subjects.     

An alternative method for using bipolar junction transistors as a radiation dosimetry detector in breast cancer treatment

Silicon photodetectors and MOSFETs (Metal-Oxide-Semiconductor Field Effect Transistors) are frequently used devices for measuring ionizing radiation in health physics instrumentation. The Bipolar Junction Transistor (BJT) is not a typical device used as a detector for measuring some physical quantities in radiotherapy beams due to its loss of sensitivity to ionizing radiation, as a consequence of radiation damage in the silicon semiconductor substrate. Actually, the know-how of the BJT characteristic curves and its response to ionizing radiation leads us to suggest an alternative method to estimate the radiation dose value in breast cancer treatments. The BJT parameter to be evaluated before and after the irradiation procedure is the BJT amplification factor, also called DC gain β. In this work, the study was done using a BJT known as Darlington type, within an Alderson Rando anthropomorphic phantom. Darlington transistors have very high gain and this feature allowed that the BJT gain changes to be correlated with the dose of the radiation beam. The results indicate that this new method could be an alternative option to estimate the dose value in the phantom for measurements in breast cancer radiotherapy.     

核科学百年讲座第九讲电离辐射与人类生活及环境

文章介绍了在人类生存环境中与一般公众生活密切相关的各种电离辐射的来源、影响因素、变化规律、对公众所产生的照射剂量以及有可能导致的生物效应，特别是对天然辐射照射做了详细和系统的叙述分析，同时对人类实践活动产生的人工辐射和医学照射也进行了介绍和评述．文章旨在引导人们正确认识放射性这一自然现象，在消除核恐怖心理的同时，对其在应用中的安全性予以足够的重视。     

A new aspect of specific radiation damage: hydrogen abstraction from organic molecules

Radiation damage is one of the major impediments in obtaining high‐resolution structural information utilizing ionizing radiation. From electron microscopy it is known that electron irradiation of biological samples results in the formation of molecular hydrogen. In the present work radiation‐induced structural changes of the polypeptide cyclosporine A were observed at a temperature of 100 K. Bond length changes are thought to be due to radiation‐induced hydrogen abstraction which chemically modifies the molecules in an irreversible way. The resulting formation of molecular hydrogen might explain the observed increase of the crystal mosaicity, which has also been reported in many previous radiation damage studies.     

氮化镓基蓝光发光二极管伽马辐照的1/f噪声表征

通过电离辐照对氮化镓基蓝光发光二极管器件有源区光/暗电流产生机制的研究, 建立了电离辐照减小发光二极管有效输出功率电学模型.通过电离辐照对氮化镓基蓝光发光 二极管器件有源区1/f噪声影响机制的研究, 建立了电离辐照增大发光二极管1/f噪声的相关性模型.在I < 1 μA 的小注入区,空间电荷区的复合电流随辐照剂量的增加而增加. 同时, 随着电离辐照产生缺陷的增加, 1/f噪声幅度增大. 在 I> 1 mA 的大注入条件下, 由于串联电阻的影响占主导地位,表面复合速率和电流随辐照剂量的增加而增加.同时, 随着电离辐照产生缺陷的增加, 1/f噪声幅度增大.根据辐照前后电流电压试验结果噪声测试结论, 证实了实验结论与理论推导结果的一致性. 在1 μA < I < 5×10^-5 A 的中值电流情况下, 由于高能载流子散射相关的迁移率涨落与辐照新增缺陷引起的载流子数涨落竞争机制, 随着辐照剂量增大, 1/f噪声在频域变化没有明显规律. 但是, 通过1/f噪声时域多尺度熵复杂度分析方法, 得出随着辐照剂量增大, 1/f噪声时域多尺度熵复杂度的结果. 最终证实1/f噪声幅度可以敏感地反映小注入和大注入情况下氮化镓基蓝光发光二极管电离辐照的可靠性. 噪声幅值越大, 则说明辐照感应N_it越高, 暗电流相关的复合电流越大, 光电流相关的扩散电流比例减少, 使得器件发光效率、光输出功率等性能参数下降, 继而影响器件可靠性, 造成失效率显著增大. 1/f噪声时域多尺度熵复杂度可以敏感地反映中值电流情况下氮 化镓基蓝光发光二极管的电离辐照可靠性.多尺度熵复杂度越大, 则说明辐照感应越多, 复合电流越大,器件可靠性越差.本文结论提供了一种基于 1/f噪声的氮化镓基蓝光发光二极管电离辐照可靠性表征方法. 关键词： f噪声')" href="#">1/f噪声 电离辐照 氮化镓基蓝光发光二极管     

Visualization of Digestion Process Using <Superscript>19</Superscript>F MRI

Tracing parameters of digestion process could help in setting more accurate diagnosis for patients with gastrointestinal diseases. For this purpose, we suggest a new type of food tracer. By soaking liquid perfluorocarbon in dry rodent food, each step of digestion process can be visualized on ¹⁹F-magnetic resonance (MR) images. Compared with liquid contrast agents, food is able to fill organs of gastrointestinal tract more tightly and yield properties of digestion process. However, rats, participating in such study, should be set on a water diet before experiment. ¹⁹F-MR images are obtained with volume scanning (3D) pulse sequence based on multiple spin echo methodic with minimal time intervals between echoes. Gastrointestinal ¹⁹F-magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) visualization is a harmless real-time tracking method which could be easily transferred into clinical practice. Moreover, it does not apply ionizing radiation, so in the combination with reference ¹H-MRI this method could become very useful in treatment process assessment.     

Dilute oral iron solutions as gastrointestinal contrast agents for magnetic resonance imaging; initial clinical experience

Delineation of the gastrointestinal tract in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) remains a problem. Ferric ammonium citrate is paramagnetic, producing a high MRI signal intensity by virtue of its spin-lattice (T1) relaxation rate enhancement properties. Water is diamagnetic, producing a low MRI signal intensity, especially with short TR and TE times. To compare efficacy for gastrointestinal contrast alteration, ferric ammonium citrate was administered to 18 patients and water was given to 10 patients. Spin-echo imaging at 0.35T was performed after administration of these agents. Ferric ammonium citrate produced high signal intensity within the esophagus, stomach, duodenum, and small intestine that aided in the differentiation of the gastrointestinal tract from adjacent tumors, vessels, and viscera. Delineation of the gut wall was superior using ferric ammonium citrate compared to that produced by water. Delineation of the margins of the pancreas, liver, and kidney from adjacent gastrointestinal tract was also better with ferric ammonium citrate. Optimal distinction between bowel and fat was better with water. Longer TE times (75 to 200 ms) may allow improved contrast between gut and intrabdominal fat using ferric ammonium citrate.     

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。     

电离辐射致植物诱变效应的损伤-修复模型

在电离辐射速率理论的基础上, 结合电离辐射诱导植物的微观与宏观生物效应, 建立了电离辐射致植物诱变效应的损伤-修复模型. 通过对理论模型平衡态的数值求解, 研究了辐照植物各状态相对浓度随电离辐射剂量的变化. 研究表明当考虑植物的修复作用时, 理论模型能够给出“马鞍型”的植物存活率-剂量关系. 为进一步验证模型, 对重离子⁷Li辐射玉米自交系的实验数据进行理论模型拟合, 确定重离子辐射玉米的诱变效应参数, 理论计算的结果与实验数据符合较好. 电离辐射诱导植物的损伤-修复模型的建立为电离辐射诱导植物生物效应的机理研究和辐射诱变植物育种提供了理论依据和参考.     

MOS结构电离辐射效应模型研究

基于氧化层空穴俘获和质子诱导界面陷阱电荷形成物理机制的分析,分别建立了MOS结构电离辐射诱导氧化层陷阱电荷密度、界面陷阱电荷密度与辐射剂量相关性的物理模型.由模型可以得到,在低剂量辐照条件下辐射诱导产生的两种陷阱电荷密度与辐射剂量成线性关系,在中到高辐射剂量下诱导陷阱电荷密度趋于饱和,模型可以很好地描述这两种陷阱电荷与辐射剂量之间的关系.最后讨论了低剂量辐照下,两种辐射诱导陷阱电荷密度之间的关系,认为低辐射剂量下两者存在线性关系,并用实验验证了理论模型的正确性.该模型为辐射环境下MOS器件辐射损伤提供了更 关键词： MOS结构 辐射 界面陷阱 氧化层陷阱