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- Title
Effects of acute low doses of Gamma-radiation on erythrocytes membrane.
- Authors
Mahmoud, Sherif S.; El-Sakhawy, Eman; Abdel-Fatah, Eman S.; Kelany, Adel M.; Rizk, Rizk M.
- Abstract
It is believed that any dose of ionizing radiation may damage cells and that the mutated cells could develop into cancer cells. Additionally, results of research performed over the past century on the effects of low doses of ionizing radiation on biological organisms show beneficial health effects, called hormesis. Much less is known about the cellular response to low doses of ionizing radiation, such as those typical for medical diagnostic procedures, normal occupational exposures or cosmic-ray exposures at flight altitudes. Extrapolating from the effects observed at higher doses to predict changes in cells after low-dose exposure is problematic. We examined the biological effects of low doses (0.01-0.3 Gy) of γ-radiation on the membrane characteristics of erythrocytes of albino rats and carried out osmotic fragility tests and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Our results indicate that the lowest three doses in the investigated radiation range, i.e., 0.01, 0.025 and 0.05 Gy, resulted in positive effects on the erythrocyte membranes, while a dose of 0.1 Gy appeared to represent the limiting threshold dose of those positive effects. Doses higher than 0.1 Gy were associated with the denaturation of erythrocyte proteins.
- Subjects
GAMMA rays; ERYTHROCYTE membranes; IONIZING radiation; CANCER cells; ORGANISMS; FOURIER transform infrared spectroscopy; DENATURATION of proteins; DIAGNOSTIC imaging; INTERNATIONAL Commission on Radiological Protection
- Publication
Radiation & Environmental Biophysics, 2011, Vol 50, Issue 1, p189
- ISSN
0301-634X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s00411-010-0333-x