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KMID : 0545120010110030524
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Journal of Microbiology and Biotechnology
2001 Volume.11 No. 3 p.524 ~ p.528
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Novel Dosimeter for Low-Dose Radiation Using Escherichia coli PQ37
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Park, Seo Hyoung
Kim, Tae Hwan/Cho, Chul Koo/Lee, Yeon Hee
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The measurement of radiation response using simple and informative techniques would be of great value in studying the genetic risk following occupational, therapeutic, or accidental exposure to radiation. When patients receive radiation therapy, many suffer from side effects. Since each patient receives a different dose due to different physical conditions, it is important to measure the exact dose of radiation received by each patient to lessen the side effects. Even though several biological dosimetric systems have already been developed, there is no ideal system that can satisfy all the criteria for an ideal dosimetric system, especially for low-dose radiation as used in radiation therapy. In this study, an SOS Chromotest of E. coli PQ37 was evaluated as a novel dosimeter for low-dose gamma-rays. E. coli PQ37 was originally developed to screen chemical mutagens using the SOS Chromotest-a colorimetric assay, based on the induction of β-galactosidase due to DNA damage. The survival fraction of E. coli PQ37 decreased dose-dependently with an increasing dose of cobalt-60 gamma-rays. Also, a good linear correlation was found between the biological damage revealed by the β-galactosidase expression and the doses of gamma-rays. The expression of β-galactosidase activity that responded to low-dose radiation under 1 Gy was Y=0.404+(0.089±0.13)D+(-0.018±0.16)D^2 (Y, absorbance at 420nm; D, Dose of irradiation) as calculated using Graph Pad In Plot and Excel. When a rabbit was fed with capsules containing an agar block embedded with E. coli PQ37 and irradiated with low-dose radiation, the E. coli PQ37 showed a linear response to the radiation doses. Accordingly, the results confirm that E. coli PQ37 can be used as a sensitive biological dosimeter for cobalt-60 gamma-rays. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first time that a bacterium has been used as a biological dosimeter, especially for low-dose radiation.
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