Accidental internal or external exposure to gamma radiation can cause severe injury to the human body. The identification of an effective medication target has become particularly important for the treatment of radiation-induced injury. In this work, Caenorhabditis elegans was found to tolerate high-dose radiation when exposed to an extremely low-temperature environment (at 4°C) for 4 hours before irradiation.
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September 2025
Radiation-induced brain injury (RIBI) represents a severe complication of cranial radiotherapy, substantially diminishing patients' quality of life. Unlike conventional brain injuries, RIBI evokes a unique chronic neuroinflammatory response that notably aggravates neurodegenerative processes. Despite significant progress in understanding the molecular mechanisms related to neuroinflammation, the specific and precise mechanisms that regulate neuroinflammation in RIBI and its associated toxicological effects remain largely unclear.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFRadiation-induced intestinal injury is a common complication of abdominopelvic cancer radiotherapy, often associated with gut bacteriome dysbiosis. However, the involvement of gut virome in this process remains largely underexplored. Here, it was found that radiation disrupted the gut virome, altered the distribution of phages and their bacterial host.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFWith advancements in radiotherapy technologies, the detrimental effects of ionizing radiation on biological systems, particularly the hematopoietic system, have caused significant concern. N-methyladenosine (mA), the most pervasive representative of post-transcriptional modifications, plays critical roles in diverse biological events. Non-coding RNA comprises the vast majority of the human genome.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe biological damage caused by ionizing radiation (IR) depends not only on the time and doses of exposure to tissue components but also on the developmental state of the cells. Currently, amifostine is the only radiation-protective agent used for clinical indications related to radiation therapy, but this compound has multiple drawbacks including high toxicity, short half-life and no protective effect on the nervous system. Ursolic acid (UA), a natural pentacyclic triterpenoid that exhibits multiple protective effects including anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, and antioxidant effects.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIntroduction: Radiation enteritis is one of the most frequent clinical complications of radiotherapy (RT), yet few effective strategies currently exist to protect against that. Anoctamin 1 (ANO1) functions both as a chloride channel and a signal transduction protein, influencing numerous pathophysiological processes.
Objectives: This study aimed to investigate whether targeting ANO1 could mitigate radiation-induced enteritis while enhancing tumor radiosensitivity.
J Nanobiotechnology
March 2025
The widespread application of ionizing radiation (IR) in medicine, while beneficial, also poses potential risks that necessitate effective countermeasures. Both 2-(3-aminopropylamino) ethanethiol (WR-1065) and curcumin are recognized as radioprotective agents; however, their clinical utility is hindered by notable shortcomings that could be addressed through reactive oxygen species (ROS)-responsive amphiphilic nanomaterials. We introduced a newly synthesized poly (ethylene glycol) (PEG)-polycaprolactone (PCL) polymer integrated with diselenide bonds and curcumin (HOOC-SeSe-Cur-PEG-SeSe-Cur-PCL, PEG-Cur-SeSe-PCL).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe diverse radiation types in medical treatments and the natural environment elicit complex biological effects on both cancerous and non-cancerous tissues. Radiation therapy (RT) induces oncological responses, from molecular to phenotypic alterations, while simultaneously exerting toxic effects on healthy tissue. N-methyladenosine (mA), a prevalent modification on coding and non-coding RNAs, is a key epigenetic mark established by a set of evolutionarily conserved enzymes.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFLife Sci
February 2025
As a common side effect of radiotherapy, radiation-induced intestinal injury (RIII) greatly affects the prognosis of patients and the efficacy of radiotherapy. Current therapeutic strategies for RIII are still very limited. Thus, the identification of effective radioprotective agents is of great importance.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCurrent screening methods for esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) face challenges such as low patient compliance and high costs. This study aimed to develop a model based on oral microbiome data for identifying ESCC. By analyzing 249 oral flora samples, we identified microbial markers associated with ESCC and constructed random forest classifiers that distinguished patients with ESCC from controls, achieving an area under the ROC curve (AUC) of 0.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The majority of patients with prostate cancer (PCa) exhibit intrinsic resistance to immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) following radiotherapy (RT). This resistance is generally attributed to the limited antigen presentation of heterogeneous cells within tumors. Here, we aimed to isolate and characterize these diverse subgroups of tumor post-RT to understand the molecular mechanisms of their resistance to ICB.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFOncol Rep
December 2024
Following the publication of the above paper, it was drawn to the Editor's attention by a concerned reader that there appeared to be overlapping sections in a pair of the fluorescence reporter assay data panels shown in Fig. 4B; moreover, upon having conducted an independent investigation of the data in this paper in the Editorial Office, one of the data panels shown in this figure was strikingly similar to data that had previously appeared in different form in a paper written by different authors at a different research institute. Owing to the fact that the contentious data in the above article had already been published prior to its submission to s, the Editor has decided that this paper should be retracted from the Journal.
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May 2024
Objective: To evaluate the therapeutic effect of normal mouse serum on radiation pneumonitis in mice and explore the possible mechanism.
Methods: Mouse models of radiation pneumonitis induced by thoracic radiation exposure were given intravenous injections of 100 μL normal mouse serum or normal saline immediately after the exposure followed by injections once every other day for a total of 8 injections. On the 15th day after irradiation, histopathological changes of the lungs of the mice were examined using HE staining, the levels of TNF-α, TGF-β, IL-1α and IL-6 in the lung tissue and serum were detected using ELISA, and the percentages of lymphocytes in the lung tissue were analyzed with flow cytometry.
Ionizing radiation (IR) poses a significant threat to both the natural environment and biological health. Exposure to specific doses of ionizing radiation early in an organism's development can lead to developmental toxicity, particularly neurotoxicity. Through experimentation with Xenopus laevis (X.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe numerous beneficial probiotic properties of () include decreasing metabolic syndrome, preventing disorders linked to oxidative stress, improving gut flora imbalances, controlling immunological function, and extending life span. Exposure to ionizing radiation is closely associated with several disorders. We examined the protective and salvaging effects of on ionizing radiation-induced injury to the intestinal tract, reproductive system, and nervous system of .
View Article and Find Full Text PDFThe radioresistant signature of colorectal cancer (CRC) hampers the clinical utility of radiotherapy. Here, we find that fecal microbiota transplantation (FMT) potentiates the tumoricidal effects of radiation and degrades the intertwined adverse events in azoxymethane (AOM)/dextran sodium sulfate (DSS)-induced CRC mice. FMT cumulates Roseburia intestinalis (R.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIn this study, we executed single-cell RNA sequencing of intestinal crypts. We analyzed the differentially expressed genes (DEGs) at different time points (the first, third, and fifth days) after 13 Gy and 15 Gy abdominal body radiation (ABR) exposure and then executed gene ontology (GO) enrichment analysis, RNA velocity analysis, cell communication analysis, and ligand‒receptor interaction analysis to explore the vital events in damage repair and the multiple effects of the Wnt3/β-catenin pathway on irradiated mice. Results from bioinformatics analysis were confirmed by a series of biological experiments.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFHigh-fat diet (HFD) increases the risk of developing malignant tumors. Ionizing radiation (IR) is used as an adjuvant treatment in oncology. In this study, we investigated the effects of an 8-week 35% fat HFD on the tolerance to IR and the modulatory effect of melatonin (MLT).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFIonizing radiation (IR) is associated with the occurrence of enteritis, and protecting the whole intestine from radiation-induced gut injury remains an unmet clinical need. Circulating extracellular vesicles (EVs) are proven to be vital factors in the establishment of tissue and cell microenvironments. In this study, we aimed to investigate a radioprotective strategy mediated by small EVs (exosomes) in the context of irradiation-induced intestinal injury.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFJ Pineal Res
September 2023
Salivary gland damage caused by ionizing radiation (IR) severely affects the patient quality of life and influences the efficacy of radiotherapy. Most current treatment modalities are palliative, so effective prevention of damage caused by IR is essential. Melatonin (MLT) is an antioxidant that has been reported to prevent IR-induced damage in a range of systems, including the hematopoietic system and gastrointestinal tract.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Prostate-specific membrane antigen (PSMA)-positron emission tomography (PET) is a superior method to predict patients' risk of cancer progression and response to specific therapies. However, its performance is limited for neuroendocrine prostate cancer (NEPC) and PSMA-low prostate cancer cells, resulting in diagnostic blind spots. Hence, identifying novel specific targets is our aim for diagnosing those prostate cancers with low PSMA expression.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Intestinal injuries caused by ionizing radiation (IR) are a major complication of radiotherapy. Ferrostatin-1 (Fer-1) exerts antioxidant and anti-inflammatory effects. We investigated the influence of Fer-1 on IR-induced intestinal damage and explored the possible mechanisms.
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