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      Nanoscale analysis of clustered DNA damage after high-LET irradiation by quantitative electron microscopy--the heavy burden to repair.

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          Low- and high-linear energy transfer (LET) ionising radiation are effective cancer therapies, but produce structurally different forms of DNA damage. Isolated DNA damage is repaired efficiently; however, clustered lesions may be more difficult to repair, and are considered as significant biological endpoints. We investigated the formation and repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and clustered lesions in human fibroblasts after exposure to sparsely (low-LET; delivered by photons) and densely (high-LET; delivered by carbon ions) ionising radiation. DNA repair factors (pKu70, 53BP1, γH2AX, and pXRCC1) were detected using immunogold-labelling and electron microscopy, and spatiotemporal DNA damage patterns were analysed within the nuclear ultrastructure at the nanoscale level. By labelling activated Ku-heterodimers (pKu70) the number of DSBs was determined in electron-lucent euchromatin and electron-dense heterochromatin. Directly after low-LET exposure (5 min post-irradiation), single pKu70 dimers, which reflect isolated DSBs, were randomly distributed throughout the entire nucleus with a linear dose correlation up to 30 Gy. Most euchromatic DSBs were sensed and repaired within 40 min, whereas heterochromatic DSBs were processed with slower kinetics. Essentially all DNA lesions induced by low-LET irradiation were efficiently rejoined within 24h post-irradiation. High-LET irradiation caused localised energy deposition within the particle tracks, and generated highly clustered DNA lesions with multiple DSBs in close proximity. The dimensions of these clustered lesions along the particle trajectories depended on the chromatin packing density, with huge DSB clusters predominantly localised in condensed heterochromatin. High-LET irradiation-induced clearly higher DSB yields than low-LET irradiation, with up to ∼ 500 DSBs per μm(3) track volume, and large fractions of these heterochromatic DSBs remained unrepaired. Hence, the spacing and quantity of DSBs in clustered lesions influence DNA repair efficiency, and may determine the radiobiological outcome.

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          Journal
          DNA Repair (Amst.)
          DNA repair
          1568-7856
          1568-7856
          Apr 2015
          : 28
          Affiliations
          [1 ] Department of Radiation Oncology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany.
          [2 ] Department of Biophysics, GSI Helmholtz Center for Heavy Ion Research, Darmstadt, Germany.
          [3 ] Department of Radiation Oncology, Saarland University, Homburg/Saar, Germany. Electronic address: claudia.ruebe@uks.eu.
          Article
          S1568-7864(15)00019-1
          10.1016/j.dnarep.2015.01.007
          25659339
          249ab6ce-c56d-4e5e-87f1-c02743d58932
          Copyright © 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
          History

          Double-strand breaks (DSBs),High-LET irradiation,Ku-heterodimer,Linear energy transfer (LET),Non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ),Single-strand breaks (SSBs),Transmission electron microscopy (TEM)

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