Dose-dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin.
BACKGROUND: Tissue response to irradiation is not easily recapitulated by cell culture studies. The objective of this investigation was to characterize, the transcriptional response and the onset of regenerative processes in mouse skin irradiated with different doses of fast neutrons. METHODOLOGY/PR...
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| author | Emiliano Fratini Valerio Licursi Mara Artibani Katarzyna Kobos Paolo Colautti Rodolfo Negri Roberto Amendola |
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| description | BACKGROUND: Tissue response to irradiation is not easily recapitulated by cell culture studies. The objective of this investigation was to characterize, the transcriptional response and the onset of regenerative processes in mouse skin irradiated with different doses of fast neutrons. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To monitor general response to irradiation and individual animal to animal variation, we performed gene and protein expression analysis with both pooled and individual mouse samples. A high-throughput gene expression analysis, by DNA oligonucleotide microarray was done with three months old C57Bl/6 mice irradiated with 0.2 and 1 Gy of mono-energetic 14 MeV neutron compared to sham irradiated controls. The results on 440 irradiation modulated genes, partially validated by quantitative real time RT-PCR, showed a dose-dependent up-regulation of a sub-class of keratin and keratin associated proteins, and members of the S100 family of Ca(2+)-binding proteins. Immunohistochemistry confirmed mRNA expression data enabled mapping of protein expression. Interestingly, proteins up-regulated in thickening epidermis: keratin 6 and S100A8 showed the most significant up-regulation and the least mouse-to-mouse variation following 0.2 Gy irradiation, in a concerted effort toward skin tissue regeneration. Conversely, mice irradiated at 1 Gy showed most evidence of apoptosis (Caspase-3 and TUNEL staining) and most 8-oxo-G accumulation at 24 h post-irradiation. Moreover, no cell proliferation accompanied 1 Gy exposure as shown by Ki67 immunohistochemistry. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The dose-dependent differential gene expression at the tissue level following in vivo exposure to neutron radiation is reminiscent of the onset of re-epithelialization and wound healing and depends on the proportion of cells carrying multiple chromosomal lesions in the entire tissue. Thus, this study presents in vivo evidence of a skin regenerative program exerted independently from DNA repair-associated pathways. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-8866f98a44394297921b8d08a2afe0032022-12-22T02:04:52ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032011-01-0164e1924210.1371/journal.pone.0019242Dose-dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin.Emiliano FratiniValerio LicursiMara ArtibaniKatarzyna KobosPaolo ColauttiRodolfo NegriRoberto AmendolaBACKGROUND: Tissue response to irradiation is not easily recapitulated by cell culture studies. The objective of this investigation was to characterize, the transcriptional response and the onset of regenerative processes in mouse skin irradiated with different doses of fast neutrons. METHODOLOGY/PRINCIPAL FINDINGS: To monitor general response to irradiation and individual animal to animal variation, we performed gene and protein expression analysis with both pooled and individual mouse samples. A high-throughput gene expression analysis, by DNA oligonucleotide microarray was done with three months old C57Bl/6 mice irradiated with 0.2 and 1 Gy of mono-energetic 14 MeV neutron compared to sham irradiated controls. The results on 440 irradiation modulated genes, partially validated by quantitative real time RT-PCR, showed a dose-dependent up-regulation of a sub-class of keratin and keratin associated proteins, and members of the S100 family of Ca(2+)-binding proteins. Immunohistochemistry confirmed mRNA expression data enabled mapping of protein expression. Interestingly, proteins up-regulated in thickening epidermis: keratin 6 and S100A8 showed the most significant up-regulation and the least mouse-to-mouse variation following 0.2 Gy irradiation, in a concerted effort toward skin tissue regeneration. Conversely, mice irradiated at 1 Gy showed most evidence of apoptosis (Caspase-3 and TUNEL staining) and most 8-oxo-G accumulation at 24 h post-irradiation. Moreover, no cell proliferation accompanied 1 Gy exposure as shown by Ki67 immunohistochemistry. CONCLUSIONS/SIGNIFICANCE: The dose-dependent differential gene expression at the tissue level following in vivo exposure to neutron radiation is reminiscent of the onset of re-epithelialization and wound healing and depends on the proportion of cells carrying multiple chromosomal lesions in the entire tissue. Thus, this study presents in vivo evidence of a skin regenerative program exerted independently from DNA repair-associated pathways.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3083422?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Emiliano Fratini Valerio Licursi Mara Artibani Katarzyna Kobos Paolo Colautti Rodolfo Negri Roberto Amendola Dose-dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin. PLoS ONE |
| title | Dose-dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin. |
| title_full | Dose-dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin. |
| title_fullStr | Dose-dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Dose-dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin. |
| title_short | Dose-dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin. |
| title_sort | dose dependent onset of regenerative program in neutron irradiated mouse skin |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3083422?pdf=render |
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