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2. Examining potential confounding factors in gene expression analysis of human saliva and identifying potential housekeeping genes
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Ostheim, P., Alemu, S. W., Tichý, A., Sirak, I., Davidkova, M., Stastna, M. Markova, Kultova, G., Schuele, S., Paunesku, T., Woloschak, G., Ghandhi, S. A., Amundson, S. A., Haimerl, M., Stroszczynski, C., Port, M., and Abend, M.
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- 2022
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3. Applicability of Gene Expression in Saliva as an Alternative to Blood for Biodosimetry and Prediction of Radiation-induced Health Effects.
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Ostheim, P., Tichý, A., Badie, C., Davidkova, M., Kultova, G., Stastna, M. Markova, Sirak, I., Stewart, S., Schwanke, D., Kasper, M., Ghandhi, S.A., Amundson, S.A., Bäumler, W., Stroszczynski, C., Port, M., and Abend, M.
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DOSE-response relationship (Radiation) ,SALIVA ,GENE expression ,HEAD & neck cancer ,ABSORBED dose ,RADIATION injuries - Abstract
As the great majority of gene expression (GE) biodosimetry studies have been performed using blood as the preferred source of tissue, searching for simple and less-invasive sampling methods is important when considering biodosimetry approaches. Knowing that whole saliva contains an ultrafiltrate of blood and white blood cells, it is expected that the findings in blood can also be found in saliva. This human in vivo study aims to examine radiation-induced GE changes in saliva for biodosimetry purposes and to predict radiation-induced disease, which is yet poorly characterized. Furthermore, we examined whether transcriptional biomarkers in blood can also be found equivalently in saliva. Saliva and blood samples were collected in parallel from radiotherapy (RT) treated patients who suffered from head and neck cancer (n = 8) undergoing fractioned partial-body irradiations (1.8 Gy/fraction and 50–70 Gy total dose). Samples were taken 12–24 h before first irradiation and ideally 24 and 48 h, as well as 5 weeks after radiotherapy onset. Due to the low quality and quantity of isolated RNA samples from one patient, they had to be excluded from further analysis, leaving a total of 24 saliva and 24 blood samples from 7 patients eligible for analysis. Using qRT-PCR, 18S rRNA and 16S rRNA (the ratio being a surrogate for the relative human RNA/bacterial burden), four housekeeping genes and nine mRNAs previously identified as radiation responsive in blood-based studies were detected. Significant GE associations with absorbed dose were found for five genes and after the 2nd radiotherapy fraction, shown by, e.g., the increase of CDKN1A (2.0 fold, P = 0.017) and FDXR (1.9 fold increased, P = 0.002). After the 25th radiotherapy fraction, however, all four genes (FDXR, DDB2, POU2AF1, WNT3) predicting ARS (acute radiation syndrome) severity, as well as further genes (including CCNG1 [median-fold change (FC) = 0.3, P = 0.013], and GADD45A (median-FC = 0.3, P = 0.031)) appeared significantly downregulated (FC = 0.3, P = 0.01–0.03). A significant association of CCNG1, POU2AF1, HPRT1, and WNT3 (P = 0.006-0.04) with acute or late radiotoxicity could be shown before the onset of these clinical outcomes. In an established set of four genes predicting acute health effects in blood, the response in saliva samples was similar to the expected up- (FDXR, DDB2) or downregulation (POU2AF1, WNT3) in blood for up to 71% of the measurements. Comparing GE responses (PHPT1, CCNG1, CDKN1A, GADD45A, SESN1) in saliva and blood samples, there was a significant linear association between saliva and blood response of CDKN1A (R
2 = 0.60, P = 0.0004). However, the GE pattern of other genes differed between saliva and blood. In summary, the current human in vivo study, (I) reveals significant radiation-induced GE associations of five transcriptional biomarkers in salivary samples, (II) suggests genes predicting diverse clinical outcomes such as acute and late radiotoxicity as well as ARS severity, and (III) supports the view that blood-based GE response can be reflected in saliva samples, indicating that saliva is a "mirror of the body" for certain but not all genes and, thus, studies for each gene of interest in blood are required for saliva. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2024
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4. LET spectra behind high-density titanium and stainless steel hip implants irradiated with a therapeutic proton beam
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Oancea, C., Ambrožová, I., Popescu, A.I., Mytsin, G., Vondráček, V., and Davídková, M.
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- 2018
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5. Diffusion-controlled reactions modeling in Geant4-DNA
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Karamitros, M., Luan, S., Bernal, M.A., Allison, J., Baldacchino, G., Davidkova, M., Francis, Z., Friedland, W., Ivantchenko, V., Ivantchenko, A., Mantero, A., Nieminem, P., Santin, G., Tran, H.N., Stepan, V., and Incerti, S.
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- 2014
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6. Simulating radial dose of ion tracks in liquid water simulated with Geant4-DNA: A comparative study
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Incerti, S., Psaltaki, M., Gillet, P., Barberet, Ph., Bardiès, M., Bernal, M.A., Bordage, M.-C., Breton, V., Davidkova, M., Delage, E., El Bitar, Z., Francis, Z., Guatelli, S., Ivanchenko, A., Ivanchenko, V., Karamitros, M., Lee, S.B., Maigne, L., Meylan, S., Murakami, K., Nieminen, P., Payno, H., Perrot, Y., Petrovic, I., Pham, Q.T., Ristic-Fira, A., Santin, G., Sasaki, T., Seznec, H., Shin, J.I., Stepan, V., Tran, H.N., and Villagrasa, C.
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- 2014
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7. Application of ALPIDE pixel detector for heavy-ion nuclear experiment and ion therapy
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Danilova, I. B., Kushpil, S., and Davidkova, M.
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тяжелые ионы ,ионная теория ,модернизация ,детекторы ,сенсоры ,синхротроны ,ядерные эксперименты ,слежение ,датчики - Published
- 2020
8. O111 - FLASH Modalities Track (Oral Presentations) PRELIMINARY RESULTS OF DOSIMETRY AUDIT OF ACTIVE SCANNING PROTON BEAMS
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Davídková, M., Dasu, A., De Angelis, C., De Marzi, L., De Saint-Hubert, M., Ekendahl, D., Michaelidesová, A. Jelínek, Knežević, Ž., Kukolowicz, P., Liszka, M., Lorentini, S., Leite, A. Maia, Majer, M., Michalec, B., Navrátil, M., Reniers, B., Van Goethem, M.J., Vestergaard, A., Vilches-Freixas, G., Vondráček, V., Stolarczyk, L., and Olko, P.
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- 2022
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9. O112 - FLASH Modalities Track (Oral Presentations) IN VITRO MEASUREMENTS OF PROTON RBE: A MULTI-CENTRIC COMPARISON OF EXPERIMENTAL PROCEDURES AND RESULTS
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Sokol, O., Henthorn, N., Santina, E., Kirkby, K., Davídková, M., Michaelidesová, A., Zahradníček, O., Leite, A. Maia, De Marzi, L., Pouzoulet, F., Orzechowska, B., Miszczyk, J., Olko, P., Dasu, A., Stenerlöw, B., Brandenburg, S., Van Goethem, M.J., Coppes, R.P., Sitarz, M., Sørensen, B., Bodenstein, E., Beyreuther, E., Pawelke, J., and Durante, M.
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- 2022
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10. Physical study of proton therapy at CANAM laboratory on medulloblastoma cell lines DAOY.
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Torrisi, L., Davidkova, M., Havranek, V., Cutroneo, M., and Torrisi, A.
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CELL lines , *PROTON therapy , *GOLD nanoparticles , *CELL culture , *NANOPARTICLES , *PROTON beams , *IONIZING radiation - Abstract
2.0 MeV proton beam accelerated at Tandetron is extracted in air through a thin film and allowed to scatter to irradiate the cell culture attached to the polymeric base of a biological flask. The irradiated cells were human medulloblastoma cell line Daoy treated with and without 5 nm sized spherical gold nanoparticles. Proton doses from 0.5 to 1.5 Gy have been employed to irradiate the cultures and to investigate the role of the radiotherapy performed with and without the use of the gold nanoparticles. Results indicated that cell survival is significantly reduced to about 50% when the nanoparticles at a concentration of about 6 × 1013 particles/ml are employed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2020
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11. Corrigendum to “LET spectra behind high-density titanium and stainless steel hip implants irradiated with a therapeutic proton beam” [Radiat. Meas. 110 (2018) 7–13]
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Oancea, C., Ambrožová, I., Popescu, A.I., Mytsin, G., Vondráček, V., and Davídková, M.
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- 2018
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12. Radiation-induced tetramer-to-dimer transition of Escherichia coli lactose repressor
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Goffinont, S., Davidkova, M., and Spotheim-Maurizot, M.
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LACTOSE , *GENETIC repressors , *BACTERIAL genetics , *ESCHERICHIA coli , *DIMERS , *PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of radiation , *LEUCINE zippers , *NUCLEOTIDE sequence - Abstract
Abstract: The wild type lactose repressor of Escherichia coli is a tetrameric protein formed by two identical dimers. They are associated via a C-terminal 4-helix bundle (called tetramerization domain) whose stability is ensured by the interaction of leucine zipper motifs. Upon in vitro γ-irradiation the repressor losses its ability to bind the operator DNA sequence due to damage of its DNA-binding domains. Using an engineered dimeric repressor for comparison, we show here that irradiation induces also the change of repressor oligomerisation state from tetramer to dimer. The splitting of the tetramer into dimers can result from the oxidation of the leucine residues of the tetramerization domain. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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- 2009
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13. Liulin silicon semiconductor spectrometers as cosmic ray monitors at the high mountain observatories Jungfraujoch and Lomnický stit
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Kubancák, Jan, Ambrozova, Iva, Bütikofer, Rolf, Kudela, Karel, Langer, Ronald, Davidkova, M., Ploc, Ondrej, and Malusek, A.
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Physics::Instrumentation and Detectors ,530 Physics ,Astrophysics::High Energy Astrophysical Phenomena ,520 Astronomy ,Astrophysics::Instrumentation and Methods for Astrophysics ,500 Science ,620 Engineering ,7. Clean energy - Abstract
Currently, most cosmic ray data are obtained by detectors on satellites, aircraft, high-altitude balloons and ground (neutron monitors). In our work, we examined whether Liulin semiconductor spectrometers (simple silicon planar diode detectors with spectrometric properties) located at high mountain observatories could contribute new information to the monitoring of cosmic rays by analyzing data from selected solar events between 2005 and 2013. The decision thresholds and detection limits of these detectors placed at Jungfraujoch (Switzerland; 3475 m a.s.l.; vertical cut-off rigidity 4.5 GV) and Lomnicky stıt (Slovakia; 2633 m a.s.l.; vertical cut-off rigidity 3.84 GV) highmountain observatories were determined. The data showed that only the strongest variations of the cosmic ray flux in this period were detectable. The main limitation in the performance of these detectors is their small sensitive volume and low sensitivity of the PIN photodiode to neutrons.
14. Mapping the Future of Particle Radiobiology in Europe: The INSPIRE Project
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Nicholas T. Henthorn, Olga Sokol, Marco Durante, Ludovic De Marzi, Frederic Pouzoulet, Justyna Miszczyk, Pawel Olko, Sytze Brandenburg, Marc Jan van Goethem, Lara Barazzuol, Makbule Tambas, Johannes A. Langendijk, Marie Davídková, Vladimír Vondráĉek, Elisabeth Bodenstein, Joerg Pawelke, Antony J. Lomax, Damien C. Weber, Alexandru Dasu, Bo Stenerlöw, Per R. Poulsen, Brita S. Sørensen, Cai Grau, Mateusz K. Sitarz, Anne-Catherine Heuskin, Stephane Lucas, John W. Warmenhoven, Michael J. Merchant, Ran I. Mackay, Karen J. Kirkby, Henthorn, N. T., Sokol, O., Durante, M., De Marzi, L., Pouzoulet, F., Miszczyk, J., Olko, P., Brandenburg, S., van Goethem, M. J., Barazzuol, L., Tambas, M., Langendijk, J. A., Davidkova, M., Vondracek, V., Bodenstein, E., Pawelke, J., Lomax, A. J., Weber, D. C., Dasu, A., Stenerlow, B., Poulsen, P. R., Sorensen, B. S., Grau, C., Sitarz, M. K., Heuskin, A. -C., Lucas, S., Warmenhoven, J. W., Merchant, M. J., Mackay, R. I., and Kirkby, K. J.
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Materials Science (miscellaneous) ,Biophysics ,FOS: Physical sciences ,General Physics and Astronomy ,RBE ,Proton theraphy ,Biology ,01 natural sciences ,HELIUM-IONS ,0103 physical sciences ,proton therapy ,ddc:530 ,FACILITY ,Physical and Theoretical Chemistry ,010306 general physics ,Mathematical Physics ,BEAM THERAPY ,radiotherapy ,beamline ,International research ,Cancer och onkologi ,Manchester Cancer Research Centre ,irradiation ,European research ,ResearchInstitutes_Networks_Beacons/mcrc ,Research needs ,Data science ,CANCER ,Physics - Medical Physics ,lcsh:QC1-999 ,Cancer treatment ,radiobiology ,Cancer and Oncology ,CELLS ,Medical Physics (physics.med-ph) ,lcsh:Physics - Abstract
Particle therapy is a growing cancer treatment modality worldwide. However, there still remains a number of unanswered questions considering differences in the biological response between particles and photons. These questions, and probing of biological mechanisms in general, necessitate experimental investigation. The Infrastructure in Proton International Research (INSPIRE) project was created to provide an infrastructure for European research, unify research efforts on the topic of proton and ion therapy across Europe, and to facilitate the sharing of information and resources. This work highlights the radiobiological capabilities of the INSPIRE partners, providing details of physics (available particle types and energies), biology (sample preparation and post-irradiation analysis), and researcher access (the process of applying for beam time). The collection of information reported here is designed to provide researchers both in Europe and worldwide with the tools required to select the optimal center for their research needs. We also highlight areas of redundancy in capabilities and suggest areas for future investment., 18 pages
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15. A New Standard DNA Damage (SDD) Data Format
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Schuemann, J., McNamara, A.L., Warmenhoven, J.W., Henthorn, N.T., Kirkby, K.J., Merchant, M.J., Ingram, S., Paganetti, H., Held, K.D., Ramos-Mendez, J., Faddegon, B., Perl, J., Goodhead, D.T., Plante, I., Rabus, H., Nettelbeck, H., Friedland, W., Kundrát, P., Ottolenghi, A., Baiocco, G., Barbieri, S., Dingfelder, M., Incerti, S., Villagrasa, C., Bueno, M., Bernal, M.A., Guatelli, S., Sakata, D., Brown, J.M.C., Francis, Z., Kyriakou, I., Lampe, N., Ballarini, F., Carante, M.P., Davídková, M., Štěpán, V., Jia, X., Cucinotta, F.A., Schulte, R., Stewart, R.D., Carlson, D.J., Galer, S., Kuncic, Z., Lacombe, S., Milligan, J., Cho, S.H., Sawakuchi, G., Inaniwa, T., Sato, T., Li, W., Solov'yov, A.V., Surdutovich, E., Durante, M., Prise, K.M., McMahon, S.J., Centre d'Etudes Nucléaires de Bordeaux Gradignan (CENBG), Université Sciences et Technologies - Bordeaux 1-Institut National de Physique Nucléaire et de Physique des Particules du CNRS (IN2P3)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Institut de Radioprotection et de Sûreté Nucléaire (IRSN), Institut des Sciences Moléculaires d'Orsay (ISMO), Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université Paris-Sud - Paris 11 (UP11), Schuemann, J., Mcnamara, A. L., Warmenhoven, J. W., Henthorn, N. T., Kirkby, K. J., Merchant, M. J., Ingram, S., Paganetti, H., Held, K. D., Ramos-Mendez, J., Faddegon, B., Perl, J., Goodhead, D. T., Plante, I., Rabus, H., Nettelbeck, H., Friedland, W., Kundrat, P., Ottolenghi, A., Baiocco, G., Barbieri, S., Dingfelder, M., Incerti, S., Villagrasa, C., Bueno, M., Bernal, M. A., Guatelli, S., Sakata, D., Brown, J. M. C., Francis, Z., Kyriakou, I., Lampe, N., Ballarini, F., Carante, M. P., Davidkova, M., Stepan, V., Jia, X., Cucinotta, F. A., Schulte, R., Stewart, R. D., Carlson, D. J., Galer, S., Kuncic, Z., Lacombe, S., Milligan, J., Cho, S. H., Sawakuchi, G., Inaniwa, T., Sato, T., Li, W., Solov'Yov, A. V., Surdutovich, E., Durante, M., Prise, K. M., and Mcmahon, S. J.
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Radiation ,DNA Repair ,Biophysics ,Models, Theoretical ,Biological Sciences ,Medical and Health Sciences ,Article ,Theoretical ,Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging ,Models ,Physical Sciences ,Genetics ,Linear Energy Transfer ,Computer Simulation ,[INFO]Computer Science [cs] ,Generic health relevance ,Oncology & Carcinogenesis ,Monte Carlo Method ,ComputingMilieux_MISCELLANEOUS ,DNA Damage ,Cancer - Abstract
International audience; Our understanding of radiation-induced cellular damage has greatly improved over the past few decades. Despite this progress, there are still many obstacles to fully understand how radiation interacts with biologically relevant cellular components, such as DNA, to cause observable end points such as cell killing. Damage in DNA is identified as a major route of cell killing. One hurdle when modeling biological effects is the difficulty in directly comparing results generated by members of different research groups. Multiple Monte Carlo codes have been developed to simulate damage induction at the DNA scale, while at the same time various groups have developed models that describe DNA repair processes with varying levels of detail. These repair models are intrinsically linked to the damage model employed in their development, making it difficult to disentangle systematic effects in either part of the modeling chain. These modeling chains typically consist of track-structure Monte Carlo simulations of the physical interactions creating direct damages to DNA, followed by simulations of the production and initial reactions of chemical species causing so-called “indirect” damages. After the induction of DNA damage, DNA repair models combine the simulated damage patterns with biological models to determine the biological consequences of the damage. To date, the effect of the environment, such as molecular oxygen (normoxic vs. hypoxic), has been poorly considered. We propose a new standard DNA damage (SDD) data format to unify the interface between the simulation of damage induction in DNA and the biological modeling of DNA repair processes, and introduce the effect of the environment (molecular oxygen or other compounds) as a flexible parameter. Such a standard greatly facilitates inter-model comparisons, providing an ideal environment to tease out model assumptions and identify persistent, underlying mechanisms. Through inter-model comparisons, this unified standard has the potential to greatly advance our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of radiation-induced DNA damage and the resulting observable biological effects when radiation parameters and/or environmental conditions change.
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- 2019
16. Effect of elevated temperature and hydrocortisone addition on the proliferation of fibroblasts.
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Pavlikova Z, Zahradnicek O, Jelinek Michaelidesova A, Sramek J, Davidkova M, and Hovorakova M
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- Animals, Cells, Cultured, Temperature, Cricetulus, Hot Temperature, Cell Proliferation drug effects, Hydrocortisone pharmacology, Fibroblasts drug effects, Fibroblasts cytology, Fibroblasts metabolism
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Hyperthermia along with hydrocortisone (HC) are proven teratogens that can negatively influence embryo development during early pregnancy. Proliferation of cells is one of the main developmental processes during the early embryogenesis. This study was focused on testing the effect of elevated temperature and HC addition on proliferation of cells in in vitro cultures. The V79-4 cell line was treated with HC and cultured in vitro at 37 °C or 39 °C, respectively. To reveal the effect of both factors, the proliferation of cells cultured under different conditions was evaluated using various approaches (colony formation assay, generation of growth curves, computation of doubling times, and mitotic index estimation). Our results indicate that a short-term exposure to elevated temperature slightly stimulates and a long-term exposure suppresses cell proliferation. However, HC (0.1 mg/ml) acts as a stimulator of cell proliferation. Interestingly, the interaction of HC and long-term elevated temperature (39 °C) exposure results in at least partial compensation of the negative impact of elevated temperature by HC addition and in higher proliferation if compared with cells cultured at 39 °C without addition of HC., (© 2024. The Author(s).)
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- 2024
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17. Unraveling the role of human microglia in tick-borne encephalitis virus infection: insights into neuroinflammation and viral pathogenesis.
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Pranclova V, Nedvedova L, Kotounova E, Vaclav H, Dvorakova M, Davidkova M, Bily T, Vancova M, Ruzek D, and Palus M
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Tick-borne encephalitis virus (TBEV) is a neurotropic orthoflavivirus responsible for severe infections of the central nervous system. Although neurons are predominantly targeted, specific involvement of microglia in pathogenesis of TBE is not yet fully understood. In this study, the susceptibility of human microglia to TBEV is investigated, focusing on productive infection and different immune responses of different viral strains. We investigated primary human microglia and two immortalized microglial cell lines exposed to three TBEV strains (Hypr, Neudörfl and 280), each differing in virulence. Our results show that all microglia cultures tested support long-term productive infections, regardless of the viral strain. In particular, immune response varied significantly with the viral strain, as shown by the differential secretion of cytokines and chemokines such as IP-10, MCP-1, IL-8 and IL-6, quantified using a Luminex 48-plex assay. The most virulent strain triggered the highest cytokine induction. Electron tomography revealed substantial ultrastructural changes in the infected microglia, despite the absence of cytopathic effects. These findings underscore the susceptibility of human microglia to TBEV and reveal strain-dependent variations in viral replication and immune responses, highlighting the complex role of microglia in TBEV-induced neuropathology and contribute to a deeper understanding of TBE pathogenesis and neuroinflammation., Competing Interests: Declaration of competing interest The authors declare that they have no competing interests., (Copyright © 2024 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Masson SAS.. All rights reserved.)
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- 2024
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18. Gene Expression Changes in Irradiated Baboons: A Summary and Interpretation of a Decade of Findings.
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Port M, Hérodin F, Drouet M, Valente M, Majewski M, Ostheim P, Lamkowski A, Schüle S, Forcheron F, Tichy A, Sirak I, Malkova A, Becker BV, Veit DA, Waldeck S, Badie C, O'Brien G, Christiansen H, Wichmann J, Beutel G, Davidkova M, Doucha-Senf S, and Abend M
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- Animals, Humans, Radiobiology, Whole-Body Irradiation, Gene Expression Regulation radiation effects, Papio
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- 2021
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19. Overcoming challenges in human saliva gene expression measurements.
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Ostheim P, Tichý A, Sirak I, Davidkova M, Stastna MM, Kultova G, Paunesku T, Woloschak G, Majewski M, Port M, and Abend M
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- Adult, DNA, Complementary genetics, Female, Gene Expression Profiling methods, Humans, Male, RNA analysis, RNA, Bacterial genetics, RNA, Ribosomal, 18S genetics, Real-Time Polymerase Chain Reaction methods, Saliva chemistry, Transcriptome, Gene Expression, Saliva metabolism
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Saliva, as a non-invasive and easily accessible biofluid, has been shown to contain RNA biomarkers for prediction and diagnosis of several diseases. However, systematic analysis done by our group identified two problematic issues not coherently described before: (1) most of the isolated RNA originates from the oral microbiome and (2) the amount of isolated human RNA is comparatively low. The degree of bacterial contamination showed ratios up to 1:900,000, so that only about one out of 900,000 RNA copies was of human origin, but the RNA quality (average RIN 6.7 + /- 0.8) allowed for qRT-PCR. Using 12 saliva samples from healthy donors, we modified the methodology to (1) select only human RNA during cDNA synthesis by aiming at the poly(A)+-tail and (2) introduced a pre-amplification of human RNA before qRT-PCR. Further, the manufacturer's criteria for successful pre-amplification (Ct values ≤ 35 for unamplified cDNA) had to be replaced by (3) proofing linear pre-amplification for each gene, thus, increasing the number of evaluable samples up to 70.6%. When considering theses three modifications unbiased gene expression analysis on human salivary RNA can be performed.
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- 2020
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20. Publisher's Note: "Performance and application of heavy ion nuclear microbeam facility at the Nuclear Physics Institute in Řež, Czech Republic" [Rev. Sci. Instrum. 90, 013701 (2019)].
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Romanenko O, Havranek V, Mackova A, Davidkova M, Cutroneo M, Ponomarev AG, Nagy G, Stammers J, and Rajta I
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- 2019
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21. Performance and application of heavy ion nuclear microbeam facility at the Nuclear Physics Institute in Řež, Czech Republic.
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Romanenko O, Havranek V, Mackova A, Davidkova M, Cutroneo M, Ponomarev AG, Nagy G, and Stammers J
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The Tandetron Laboratory of the Nuclear Physics Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences is equipped with five beam lines associated with a 3 MV tandem electrostatic accelerator model 4130 MC from High Voltage Engineering Europa B.V. This accelerator is coupled with two duoplasmatron sources and a single sputter ion source and provides ions from hydrogen to gold. One of these lines is a nuclear microbeam facility, utilizing ion beams of micro- and sub-micro sizes for materials research by use of particle induced x-ray emission spectroscopy, particle induced gamma emission, Rutherford back-scattering spectroscopy, and scanning transmission ion microscopy methods as well as for ion beam writing. The major advantage of the presented microprobe is a possibility of 3D structure creation not only in polymer materials using light ions but also in other materials such as glass, ceramics, etc. by use of heavy ions. The focusing system allows focusing of charged particles with a maximum rigidity of 11 MeV amu/q
2 . The usual resolution in high and low current modes is 2 × 3 µm2 for a 100 pA and 0.3 × 0.5 µm2 for the 2000 ions/s of 2 MeV protons, respectively. A detailed facility description is given in the paper. The applications of focused beams of heavy ions as well as examples of light ions utilizing are also presented in the article.- Published
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22. The first in vivo multiparametric comparison of different radiation exposure biomarkers in human blood.
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Tichy A, Kabacik S, O'Brien G, Pejchal J, Sinkorova Z, Kmochova A, Sirak I, Malkova A, Beltran CG, Gonzalez JR, Grepl J, Majewski M, Ainsbury E, Zarybnicka L, Vachelova J, Zavrelova A, Davidkova M, Markova Stastna M, Abend M, Pernot E, Cardis E, and Badie C
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- Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Biomarkers blood, Chromosome Aberrations, DNA, Mitochondrial radiation effects, Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, Endometrial Neoplasms blood, Endometrial Neoplasms radiotherapy, Female, Head and Neck Neoplasms blood, Head and Neck Neoplasms radiotherapy, Humans, Leukocytes pathology, Male, Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective, Middle Aged, Radiotherapy adverse effects, Radiotherapy Dosage, Transcription, Genetic radiation effects, Leukocytes radiation effects, Radiation Exposure, Radiometry methods
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The increasing risk of acute large-scale radiological/nuclear exposures of population underlines the necessity of developing new, rapid and high throughput biodosimetric tools for estimation of received dose and initial triage. We aimed to compare the induction and persistence of different radiation exposure biomarkers in human peripheral blood in vivo. Blood samples of patients with indicated radiotherapy (RT) undergoing partial body irradiation (PBI) were obtained soon before the first treatment and then after 24 h, 48 h, and 5 weeks; i.e. after 1, 2, and 25 fractionated RT procedures. We collected circulating peripheral blood from ten patients with tumor of endometrium (1.8 Gy per fraction) and eight patients with tumor of head and neck (2.0-2.121 Gy per fraction). Incidence of dicentrics and micronuclei was monitored as well as determination of apoptosis and the transcription level of selected radiation-responsive genes. Since mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) has been reported to be a potential indicator of radiation damage in vitro, we also assessed mtDNA content and deletions by novel multiplex quantitative PCR. Cytogenetic data confirmed linear dose-dependent increase in dicentrics (p < 0.01) and micronuclei (p < 0.001) in peripheral blood mononuclear cells after PBI. Significant up-regulations of five previously identified transcriptional biomarkers of radiation exposure (PHPT1, CCNG1, CDKN1A, GADD45, and SESN1) were also found (p < 0.01). No statistical change in mtDNA deletion levels was detected; however, our data indicate that the total mtDNA content decreased with increasing number of RT fractions. Interestingly, the number of micronuclei appears to correlate with late radiation toxicity (r2 = 0.9025) in endometrial patients suggesting the possibility of predicting the severity of RT-related toxicity by monitoring this parameter. Overall, these data represent, to our best knowledge, the first study providing a multiparametric comparison of radiation biomarkers in human blood in vivo, which have potential for improving biological dosimetry.
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- 2018
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23. Particles with similar LET values generate DNA breaks of different complexity and reparability: a high-resolution microscopy analysis of γH2AX/53BP1 foci.
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Jezkova L, Zadneprianetc M, Kulikova E, Smirnova E, Bulanova T, Depes D, Falkova I, Boreyko A, Krasavin E, Davidkova M, Kozubek S, Valentova O, and Falk M
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- Apoptosis, Cells, Cultured, DNA Repair, Fibroblasts radiation effects, Fluorescent Antibody Technique, Humans, Phosphorylation, Radiation, Ionizing, DNA Breaks, Double-Stranded, Histones chemistry, Linear Energy Transfer, Microscopy, Confocal, Tumor Suppressor p53-Binding Protein 1 chemistry
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Biological effects of high-LET (linear energy transfer) radiation have received increasing attention, particularly in the context of more efficient radiotherapy and space exploration. Efficient cell killing by high-LET radiation depends on the physical ability of accelerated particles to generate complex DNA damage, which is largely mediated by LET. However, the characteristics of DNA damage and repair upon exposure to different particles with similar LET parameters remain unexplored. We employed high-resolution confocal microscopy to examine phosphorylated histone H2AX (γH2AX)/p53-binding protein 1 (53BP1) focus streaks at the microscale level, focusing on the complexity, spatiotemporal behaviour and repair of DNA double-strand breaks generated by boron and neon ions accelerated at similar LET values (∼135 keV μm
-1 ) and low energies (8 and 47 MeV per n, respectively). Cells were irradiated using sharp-angle geometry and were spatially (3D) fixed to maximize the resolution of these analyses. Both high-LET radiation types generated highly complex γH2AX/53BP1 focus clusters with a larger size, increased irregularity and slower elimination than low-LET γ-rays. Surprisingly, neon ions produced even more complex γH2AX/53BP1 focus clusters than boron ions, consistent with DSB repair kinetics. Although the exposure of cells to γ-rays and boron ions eliminated a vast majority of foci (94% and 74%, respectively) within 24 h, 45% of the foci persisted in cells irradiated with neon. Our calculations suggest that the complexity of DSB damage critically depends on (increases with) the particle track core diameter. Thus, different particles with similar LET and energy may generate different types of DNA damage, which should be considered in future research.- Published
- 2018
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24. Radiation-induced oxidative damage to the DNA-binding domain of the lactose repressor.
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Gillard N, Goffinont S, Buré C, Davidkova M, Maurizot JC, Cadene M, and Spotheim-Maurizot M
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- Amino Acid Sequence, Cesium Radioisotopes, Circular Dichroism, DNA-Binding Proteins radiation effects, Hydroxyl Radical radiation effects, Lac Repressors, Methionine radiation effects, Oxidation-Reduction, Protein Denaturation, Protein Renaturation, Protein Structure, Secondary radiation effects, Spectrometry, Fluorescence, Spectrometry, Mass, Electrospray Ionization, Spectrometry, Mass, Matrix-Assisted Laser Desorption-Ionization, Tandem Mass Spectrometry, Tyrosine radiation effects, Bacterial Proteins radiation effects, Repressor Proteins radiation effects
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Understanding the cellular effects of radiation-induced oxidation requires the unravelling of key molecular events, particularly damage to proteins with important cellular functions. The Escherichia coli lactose operon is a classical model of gene regulation systems. Its functional mechanism involves the specific binding of a protein, the repressor, to a specific DNA sequence, the operator. We have shown previously that upon irradiation with gamma-rays in solution, the repressor loses its ability to bind the operator. Water radiolysis generates hydroxyl radicals (OH* radicals) which attack the protein. Damage of the repressor DNA-binding domain, called the headpiece, is most likely to be responsible of this loss of function. Using CD, fluorescence spectroscopy and a combination of proteolytic cleavage with MS, we have examined the state of the irradiated headpiece. CD measurements revealed a dose-dependent conformational change involving metastable intermediate states. Fluorescence measurements showed a gradual degradation of tyrosine residues. MS was used to count the number of oxidations in different regions of the headpiece and to narrow down the parts of the sequence bearing oxidized residues. By calculating the relative probabilities of reaction of each amino acid with OH. radicals, we can predict the most probable oxidation targets. By comparing the experimental results with the predictions we conclude that Tyr7, Tyr12, Tyr17, Met42 and Tyr47 are the most likely hotspots of oxidation. The loss of repressor function is thus correlated with chemical modifications and conformational changes of the headpiece.
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- 2007
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