12C6+离子束照射不同肿瘤细胞显示重离子治疗癌症的明显优势

通过观察两种人恶性肿瘤细胞(人肝癌细胞SMMC-7721和人黑色素瘤细胞A375)对高LET12C6 离子和γ射线辐照的敏感性及其差异,考察重离子治疗肿瘤的可行性及优势.以这两种体外培养的来源于人体不同组织的具有高辐射抗性的恶性肿瘤细胞为实验对象,分别进行12C6 和γ射线0-6Gy内不同剂量点的单次和分次照射,采用克隆存活法统计细胞的存活分数.结果显示,无论是单次还是分次照射,12C6 照射后两种细胞的存活分数均明显低于γ射线照射,而且两种细胞的辐射敏感性差异明显降低,同时分次照射细胞的存活分数没有明显提高.结果表明,高LET重离子照射对肿瘤细胞能明显提高杀伤能力,同时降低了不同细胞辐射敏感性的差异且导致细胞低的修复.以上特点与重离子剂量深度分布相结合,使得重离子在治疗肿瘤时具有特殊的优势.     

小剂量辐射诱导哺乳动物细胞对基因突变的适应性反应

预先用小剂量γ射线照射小鼠SR-1细胞,然后观察其对随后大剂量γ射线照射诱发细胞hprt基因突变的影响。0.01 Gy小剂量一次预照射,18h、24h后能显著降低3Gy照射诱发SR-1细胞的hprt基因突变频率。细胞每天接受一次0.01Gy照射,共10d,累积剂量达0.1Gy后,6h就能产生上述效应,并可持续到小剂量刺激后的48h,hprt基因突变频率下降了30%—40%。     

单细胞凝胶电泳技术检测碳离子束和X射线照射对Lewis肺癌细胞的DNA损伤

比较研究了 89.63 MeV/u 的碳离子束和 6 MeV 的 X 射线照射 Lewis 肺癌细胞所致的细胞克隆存活和DNA 损伤效应,以探讨单细胞凝胶电泳检测细胞辐射敏感性及重离子束治疗肿瘤的优势.结果表明,在 10%细胞存活水平上碳离子束的相对生物学效应(Relative biological effectiveness,RBE)值达到1.77.单细胞凝胶电泳检测损伤 DNA 尾部百分含量(Tail DNA,TD)和Olive尾矩(Olive tail moment,OTM)的剂量效应曲线表明,X射线的剂量效应曲线为线性,而碳离子束诱导出-个包含线性和指数项的双阶段效应曲线.碳离子束辐照剂量大于8 Gy后TD和OTM都存在饱和效应.在2 Cy的剂量点,高传能线密度(LET)碳离子束比X射线产生更低的存活分数和更高的初始 OTM.本研究提示:在Lewis肺癌细胞中,碳离子束照射比x射线产生更为强烈的细胞致死和DNA损伤效应,可使肿瘤治疗具有更高效率.     

重离子照射肿瘤细胞的相对生物学效应值

对人肝癌细胞SMMC-7721细胞和黑色素瘤细胞A375细胞,进行80.55MeV 12C6 离子、X射线和γ射线照射,通过克隆存活实验获剂量-存活曲线,以X射线或γ射线为标准,计算重离子的相对生物学效应(Relative biological effectiveness,RBE ).结果显示,两种细胞的重离子RBE值都大于1,且分次照射的RBE大于单次照射.重离子照射SMMC-7721细胞的RBE高于A375细胞,分次照射的差异更明显.重离子具有独特的物理特性及高传能线密度(Line energy transfer,LET)下的强杀伤作用,可有效杀伤不同肿瘤细胞,减弱了细胞间的敏感性差异.临床的分次照射重离子治疗时,细胞的亚致死修复明显降低,可采取较少的照射次数达到杀伤肿瘤的目的,提高肿瘤治疗效率,减轻病人痛苦.     

不同LET辐射对HepG2肝癌细胞的辐射敏感性与周期阻滞的影响

本工作研究不同LET射线辐照对HepG2肝癌细胞辐射敏感性、周期进程和凋亡的影响,为重离子治疗癌症的临床应用积累基础数据.以0、0.5、1、2、4、8Gy剂量的12C6 离子及X射线分别照射处于指数生长期的HepG2细胞,用克隆形成率测定细胞辐射敏感性,通过流式细胞术测定细胞DNA含量以确定各时相细胞的比例及细胞凋亡情况.实验结果显示,12C6 离子辐照所致的HepG2细胞存活率明显低于X射线.随着吸收剂量的增加和修复时间的延长,12C6 离子能导致更显著的细胞S期阻滞、G2/M期阻滞延迟和细胞凋亡.说明与X射线相比,12C6 离子辐照能更有效地杀伤HepG2肝癌细胞并诱导其凋亡.     

12C6+重离子辐照大葱的生物学效应

用30Gy、90Gy和180Gy 12C6 重离子辐照处理大葱干种子,研究了它对大葱的生物学效应.经过不同剂量12C6 重离子照射过的大葱,幼苗发芽率、株高等表型随着辐照剂量的增大,呈现明显的"抛物线"趋势.适量的12C6 重离子照射(30Gy)能提高大葱发芽率和抗旱、抗倒伏能力,促进生长发育.重离子辐照能有效地诱导大葱根尖细胞微核和染色体畸变形成,180Gy处理的大葱微核率和染色体畸变率最高达到9.09%和10.03%.本实验为大葱的重离子辐照育种打下基础.     

12C6+重离子辐照对人肝细胞、肝癌细胞端粒酶活性表达的影响

为探索碳离子束辐照对细胞中端粒酶活性的变化,利用兰州近代物理研究所重离子研究装置(Heavy ionresearch facility in lanzhou,HIRFL)产生的碳离子(31MeV/μ12C6 ),以人肝细胞HL-7702,肝癌细胞SMMC-7721为实验对象,用不同剂量1Gy、2Gy、3Gy、4Gy的重离子分别对两种细胞进行照射,用多聚酶链式反应.银染端粒重复序列扩增法(PCR-telomeric repeat amplification protocol,TRAP-PCR)银染端粒重复序列扩增法检测不同剂量下细胞端粒酶活性的变化.结果显示,人肝细胞HL-7702自身没有端粒酶活性,经1Gy辐照后也没有端粒酶活性,在2和3Gy处出现端粒酶活性,4Gy处端粒酶活性又消失.肝癌细胞SMMC-7721在1～3Gy处随着剂量的增大端粒酶活性升高,在4Gy处又开始下降;在1～3Gy处随着时间的推移端粒酶活性随着时间而加强(p<0.05).分析得知,重离子辐射可以诱导人肝细胞产生端粒酶活性,也可以改变肝癌细胞的端粒酶活性.端粒酶参与细胞受辐照后DNA单链损伤的修复;辐照后DNA双链断裂导致端粒酶活性减弱.本实验使重离子在辐照治疗中的优势得以体现.     

碳离子辐射对人肝癌细胞SMMC-7721细胞周期和P53、MDM2及P21表达的影响

研究^12C^6＋离子辐照对体外培养人肝癌细胞SMMC-7721细胞周期和P53、MDM2及P21表达的影响。采用0、1．0、2．0、4．0、6．0Gy^12C^6＋离子束辐照细胞,用克隆形成法观察细胞存活情况;同时在辐照24h后用流式细胞仪检测细胞周期的变化,Western-blot检测细胞中P53、MDM2及P21蛋白表达情况。结果发现,重离子辐照后细胞存活率显著下降;1．0Gy、4．0Gy和6．0Gy照射组发生G0／G1期阻滞,而2．0Gy照射组出现G2／M期阻滞;Western-blot结果显示细胞辐照后MDM2的57kD蛋白表达水平无明显变化,而76kD蛋白表达水平随辐照剂量逐渐上升;P53和P21蛋白表达水平随辐照剂量增高。以上结果提示不同剂量的^12C^6＋离子束照射可激活SMMC-7721细胞不同的细胞周期检测点,其中G0／G1期阻滞与P53和P21蛋白以及MDM2截短体76kD蛋白的表达水平升高有关。     

重离子诱导人舌鳞癌细胞凋亡和Bax/Bcl-2蛋白表达的变化

探讨重离子辐照对人舌鳞癌Tb细胞的凋亡及Bax/Bcl-2蛋白表达的影响.采用0、0.5、1.0、2.0、4.0 Gy重离子束辐照人舌鳞癌Tb细胞,应用MTT法检测细胞存活,流式细胞技术检测细胞周期变化,Hoechst 33258/PI复染法观察Tb细胞凋亡形态,并采用Western-blot法检测Bax/Bcl-2蛋白表达情况.结果发现,Tb细胞经12C6+离子束辐照后存活率显著下降,呈剂量依赖性的生长抑制;Tb细胞呈现蓝色荧光浓集成团的凋亡形态,且凋亡比例随辐照剂量增加;G2/M期细胞百分数随照射剂量增加而增加(P＜0.05).Western-blot结果显示Bax蛋白表达水平随辐照剂量逐渐上升,但在4 Gy组其表达不再增高,Bcl-2蛋白在1.0、2.0、4.0 cy组随剂量增大呈下降趋势.以上结果提示重离子束辐照对Tb细胞有抑制作用,Bax/Bcl-2蛋白表达是重离子治癌的机制之一.     

低剂量~(12)C~(6+)离子束预辐照对小鼠肝脏细胞DNA损伤和周期进程的影响

研究低剂量重离子束预辐照对小鼠肝脏辐射损伤程度的影响.分别用低剂量12C6+离子束全身均匀预辐照处理小鼠,剂量分别为0、0.05、0.1、0.25、0.5 Gy,剂量率为1 Gy/min,4 h后用4 Gy的12C6+离子束全身均匀辐照,照射8 h后用流式细胞仪检测辐照小鼠肝脏细胞在各细胞周期时相的百分率,并用单细胞电泳技术检测辐照损伤小鼠肝脏细胞的DNA损伤程度.结果显示,和对照组相比,低剂量预辐射处理可以减轻辐照损伤小鼠肝脏细胞G0/G1期和G2/M的阻滞,促进肝脏细胞在S期的积累.此外,辐照小鼠肝脏细胞的拖尾率及拖尾长度也显著减少,其中以0.1 Gy处理组效果最为显著(P(0.01).提示:低剂量重离子预辐照能使细胞产生适应性反应,有效减轻辐照小鼠肝脏细胞G0/G1期和G2/M的阻滞,并显著减轻肝脏细胞DNA的辐射损伤程度.     

Preparation of Zn/TiO2 powder and its photocatalytic performance for oxidation of P-nitrophenol

Zn-doped TiO2 catalysts were prepared using a sol-gel method and characterized by XPS,UV-Vis, BET, XRD in this study. Under the irradiation of simulant sunlight, the photocatalytic activity for the degradation of p-nitrophenol was studied too. After irradiation for 2.5 h, the degradation percentage of p-nitrophenol could rise to more than 80 %. The results showed that the spectrum absorption band edge of Zn/TiO2 powder does not broaden obviously comparing with pure TiO2 powder. Zinc exists as Zn （11）. When calcined at 973 K, there is a new phase as ZnTiO3 in Zn/TiO2 catalyst. The order of photocatalytic activity of Zn/TiO2 catalysts calcined at different temperatures for p-nitrophenol is 773 K 〉 673 K 〉 873 K 〉 573 K 〉 973 K and the photocatalytic activity of Zn/TiO2 catalyst calcined at 773 K is better than TiO2 catalysts heated at the same temperature, and outclasses that of commercial TiO2 catalyst. It also showed that the photocatalytic degradation of p-nitrophenol follows first-order kinetics under the irradiation of simulant sunlight.     

Current status of radiation therapy for prostate cancer

Radiotherapy for the treatment of prostate cancer has been extensively explored in the past. Along with the comprehensive understanding of the biology of prostate cancer and rapid advances in terms of technology, the out- come of treatment for the patients with prostate cancer has improved. The authors review radiotherapy as the primary treatment for the disease, with particular emphasis on the technological advances from both the radiobiological and radiophysics aspects. Nonconventional fractionated irradiation like hyper- or hypo-fractionation has been imple- mented in the clinic, the final results still need to be confirmed in the future. Technological advances like IMRT, IGRT, in the last two decades have significantly improved the delivery of external radiotherapy to the prostate. This has re- sulted in an overall increase in the total dose that can be safely delivered to the prostate, which has led to modest im- provements in the biochemical outcome. However, establishing the standard therapy for prostate cancer remains con- troversial. It is hoped that the next decades will bring continued advances in the development of biologicals that will further improve current clinical outcomes.     

The control system for SSRF injection and extraction

This paper introduces the injection and extraction control system design for SSRF,which is a distributed control system aimed at stability and reliability of the pulse power supplies,PPS(Personnel Protection System)and MPS(Machine Protection System).The hardware environment is mainly based on PLC(Programmable Logic Con- troller),and ARM(Advanced RISC Machine)is also applied for studying stability of the power supplies.WinCC and EPICS(Experimental Physics and Industrial Control System)have been selected as the platforms of SCADA(Super- visory Control and Data Acquisition).For unifying the interfacing to the control computer,all front-end equipments are connected via Industrial Ethemet.     

水平管内含空气蒸汽强制对流冷凝换热模型研究

为研究含空气蒸汽在水平管内强制对流冷凝换热特性,基于对传热传质过程的分析,建立了管内为环状流与波状流条件下的流动冷凝换热模型。从潜热、显热和液膜3个环节对整个换热过程进行建模,最终得到计算局部冷凝换热系数的理论关系式。模型预测结果与实验数据的对比表明,二者相对偏差在±20%以内,验证了该换热模型的准确性与适用性。通过进一步的研究发现：从换热管入口至出口,随着冷凝的进行,管内换热主要热阻由液膜热阻向气液界面的凝结热阻转变;主流气体对流换热过程基本可忽略。     

Investigations on landmine detection by BF3 detector

Experiments were carried out to investigate the possible use of neutron backscattering for the detection of polyethylene (PE) sample buried in the soil. In detection of landmine by neutrons, the neutron detector and its shield play an important role. In this paper, the effects of graphite, heavy water, polyethylene and boric acid moderators on the flux of back scattered neutrons were investigated. We have also experimentally verified the effect of BF3 detector shield and obtained good agreement with theory.     

Web Services interface of SSRF archive data analysis system

Accelerator database stores various static parameters and real-time data of accelerator. SSRF (Shanghai Synchrotron Radiation Facility) adopts relational database to save the data. We developed a data retrieval system based on XML Web Services for accessing the archive data. It includes a bottom layer interface and an interface applicable for accelerator physics. Client samples exemplifying how to consume the interface are given. The users can browse, retrieve and plot data by the client samples. Also, we give a method to test its stability. The test result and performance are described.     

Assessment of radioactivity levels in some oil samples from the western desert, Egypt

Distributions of natural gamma-emitting radionuclides were determined in 93 oil samples collected from some petroleum fields in the western desert of Egypt. The radioisotope activities in the area under investigation lay in the range of (21 ± 4) to (38 ± 13) Bq?L-1 for 226Ra, (9 ± 2) to (15 ± 5) Bq?L-1 for 232Th, and (154 ± 28) to (303 ± 54) Bq?L-1 for 40K. The mean values were 27, 12, and 201 Bq?L-1, respectively. Among oils, variations in radionuclide ac- tivities could be on account of differences in TDS, HCO3, and Ba, with high or low pH. In this environment, oil prop- erties differently affected the mobilization of natural radionuclides. The range of 226Ra variation had been compared with available data from other countries. The calculated absorbed dose rate ranged from 22.33 to 32.66 nGy?h-1 in lo- cation (B) and (E) respectively, which was less than the accepted value.     

Preparation and properties of 117m Sn(IV)-TTHMP in in-vitro and in small animals

In this work,TTHMP was synthesized and labelled with 117m Sn.The preparation conditions,stability and lipophilicity of 117m Sn(IV)-TTHMP were investigated.Biodistribution of the complex in rabbits and mice was studied.It was found that the quantity of TTHMP and pH value of the prepararion solution had vital effects on the labeling yield of 117m Sn(IV)-TTHMP.It was also found that 117m Sn(IV)-TTHMP was hydrophilic and stable at room temperature and 37℃ in open air 117m Sn(IV)-TTHMP showed unexpectedly high bone uptake and bone-to-blood ratio in the animals.This made it potentially useful as an reagent for skeletal scintigraphy and radiotherapy of bone tumors.     

Gamma radiation levels in the ambient environment of the QNPP Base

Monitoring results of gamma dose rate level in 1992～2004 in the ambient environment of the Qinshan Nuclear Power Plants(QNPP)Base,the northeast of Zhejiang Province,are reported in this paper.It is shown that the gamma dose rate of five monitoring sites of 2.5 km to QNPP Base is 84～113 nGy/h,with an average of 96 nGy/h in the 13 years.The average value is close to the background level of 93 nGy/h prior to operation of the QNPP Base,and is lower than the monitoring result of 101 nGy/h at the reference site in Hangzhou City.Within 50 km from the QNPP Base,the cumulative dose rate of the thermoluminescent dosimeter(TLD)is 90 nGy/h,which is lower than the back- ground level of 111 nGy/h.     

The role of AGFA high-energy CR in the calibration and quality control of multileaf collimators （MLC）

Linear accelerators equipped with multileaf collimators （MLC） are becoming more common and are widely used in the intensity-modulated radiotherapy （IMRT）. There is an imperative need to ensure the commissioning specification of the linear accelerators for the sake of quality assurance （QA） and quality control （QC）. This paper is aimed to investigate the role of AGFA high-energy CR （Computed Radiography） in calibrating dynamic multileaf collimators and evaluating the accuracy of the leaf position. The result shows that AGFA high-energy CR can easily and conveniently be used to calibrate MLC and verify its position. Hence, the application of AGFA high-energy CR is proved to be an accurate and time-saving method for routine MLC QC, especially when MLC calibration adjustments are required.