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Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids
Human exposure to low-to-moderate dose ionizing radiation (LMD-IR) is increasing via environmental, medical, occupational sources. Acute exposure to LMD-IR can cause subclinical damage to cells, resulting in altered gene expression and cellular function within the human brain. It has been difficult...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231836/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37256873 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282958 |
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author | Oyefeso, Foluwasomi A. Goldberg, Gabriela Opoku, Nana Yaa P. S. Vazquez, Marcelo Bertucci, Antonella Chen, Zhong Wang, Charles Muotri, Alysson R. Pecaut, Michael J. |
author_facet | Oyefeso, Foluwasomi A. Goldberg, Gabriela Opoku, Nana Yaa P. S. Vazquez, Marcelo Bertucci, Antonella Chen, Zhong Wang, Charles Muotri, Alysson R. Pecaut, Michael J. |
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description | Human exposure to low-to-moderate dose ionizing radiation (LMD-IR) is increasing via environmental, medical, occupational sources. Acute exposure to LMD-IR can cause subclinical damage to cells, resulting in altered gene expression and cellular function within the human brain. It has been difficult to identify diagnostic and predictive biomarkers of exposure using traditional research models due to factors including lack of 3D structure in monolayer cell cultures, limited ability of animal models to accurately predict human responses, and technical limitations of studying functional human brain tissue. To address this gap, we generated brain/cerebral organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells to study the radiosensitivity of human brain cells, including neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes. While organoids have become popular models for studying brain physiology and pathology, there is little evidence to confirm that exposing brain organoids to LMD-IR will recapitulate previous in vitro and in vivo observations. We hypothesized that exposing brain organoids to proton radiation would (1) cause a time- and dose-dependent increase in DNA damage, (2) induce cell type-specific differences in radiosensitivity, and (3) increase expression of oxidative stress and DNA damage response genes. Organoids were exposed to 0.5 or 2 Gy of 250 MeV protons and samples were collected at 30 minute, 24 hour, and 48 hour timepoints. Using immunofluorescence and RNA sequencing, we found time- and dose-dependent increases in DNA damage in irradiated organoids; no changes in cell populations for neurons, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes by 24 hours; decreased expression of genes related to oligodendrocyte lineage, astrocyte lineage, mitochondrial function, and cell cycle progression by 48 hours; increased expression of genes related to neuron lineage, oxidative stress, and DNA damage checkpoint regulation by 48 hours. Our findings demonstrate the possibility of using organoids to characterize cell-specific radiosensitivity and early radiation-induced gene expression changes within the human brain, providing new avenues for further study of the mechanisms underlying acute neural cell responses to IR exposure at low-to-moderate doses. |
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spelling | pubmed-102318362023-06-01 Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids Oyefeso, Foluwasomi A. Goldberg, Gabriela Opoku, Nana Yaa P. S. Vazquez, Marcelo Bertucci, Antonella Chen, Zhong Wang, Charles Muotri, Alysson R. Pecaut, Michael J. PLoS One Research Article Human exposure to low-to-moderate dose ionizing radiation (LMD-IR) is increasing via environmental, medical, occupational sources. Acute exposure to LMD-IR can cause subclinical damage to cells, resulting in altered gene expression and cellular function within the human brain. It has been difficult to identify diagnostic and predictive biomarkers of exposure using traditional research models due to factors including lack of 3D structure in monolayer cell cultures, limited ability of animal models to accurately predict human responses, and technical limitations of studying functional human brain tissue. To address this gap, we generated brain/cerebral organoids from human induced pluripotent stem cells to study the radiosensitivity of human brain cells, including neurons, astrocytes, and oligodendrocytes. While organoids have become popular models for studying brain physiology and pathology, there is little evidence to confirm that exposing brain organoids to LMD-IR will recapitulate previous in vitro and in vivo observations. We hypothesized that exposing brain organoids to proton radiation would (1) cause a time- and dose-dependent increase in DNA damage, (2) induce cell type-specific differences in radiosensitivity, and (3) increase expression of oxidative stress and DNA damage response genes. Organoids were exposed to 0.5 or 2 Gy of 250 MeV protons and samples were collected at 30 minute, 24 hour, and 48 hour timepoints. Using immunofluorescence and RNA sequencing, we found time- and dose-dependent increases in DNA damage in irradiated organoids; no changes in cell populations for neurons, oligodendrocytes, and astrocytes by 24 hours; decreased expression of genes related to oligodendrocyte lineage, astrocyte lineage, mitochondrial function, and cell cycle progression by 48 hours; increased expression of genes related to neuron lineage, oxidative stress, and DNA damage checkpoint regulation by 48 hours. Our findings demonstrate the possibility of using organoids to characterize cell-specific radiosensitivity and early radiation-induced gene expression changes within the human brain, providing new avenues for further study of the mechanisms underlying acute neural cell responses to IR exposure at low-to-moderate doses. Public Library of Science 2023-05-31 /pmc/articles/PMC10231836/ /pubmed/37256873 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282958 Text en © 2023 Oyefeso et al https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/This is an open access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) , which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original author and source are credited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Oyefeso, Foluwasomi A. Goldberg, Gabriela Opoku, Nana Yaa P. S. Vazquez, Marcelo Bertucci, Antonella Chen, Zhong Wang, Charles Muotri, Alysson R. Pecaut, Michael J. Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids |
title | Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids |
title_full | Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids |
title_fullStr | Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids |
title_full_unstemmed | Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids |
title_short | Effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids |
title_sort | effects of acute low-moderate dose ionizing radiation to human brain organoids |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10231836/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/37256873 http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0282958 |
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