Assessment of radiation-induced DNA damage caused by the incorporation of -radiopharmaceuticals in murine lymphocytes using single cell gel electrophoresis
作者:Martha Pedraza-López、Guillermina Ferro-Flores、Ma.Teresa Mendiola-Cruz、Pedro Morales-Ramı́rez
DOI:10.1016/s1383-5718(99)00221-1
日期:2000.2
The DNA damage induced by the Tc-99m-radiopharmaceuticals incorporation to the cell was determined by the single-cell gel electrophoresis in murine lymphocytes in vitro. The Tc-99m-hexamethyl-propylene amine oxime (Tc-99m-HMPAO) and Tc-99m-2,5-dihydroxybenzoic acid (Tc-99m-gentisic acid) induced nearly 100% of cells with breaks and/or alkali labile sites, which is explained by the action of the Auger electrons produced by the decay of the Tc-99m. These results agree with the doses of 1.6 and 1.0 Gy estimated by subcellular dosimetry for Tc-99m-HMPAO that is incorporated in the cytoplasm, and the Tc-99m-gentisic acid, which remains bonded to the cell membrane, respectively. The results imply that Auger electrons are able to cause important DNA damage, when the radionuclide is incorporated in the range of a few microns from the nuclei. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.