The objective of this work was to study the differences in terms of early biological effects that might exist between different X-rays energies by using a mechanistic approach. To this end, radiobiological experiments exposing cell monolayers to three X-ray energies were performed in order to assess the yields of early DNA damage, in particular of double-strand breaks (DSBs). The simulation of these irradiations was set in order to understand the differences in the obtained experimental results. Hence, simulated results in terms of microdosimetric spectra and early DSB induction were analyzed and compared to the experimental data. Human umbilical vein endothelial cells (HUVECs) were irradiated with 40, 220 kVp, and 4 MV X-rays. The Geant4 Monte Carlo simulation toolkit and its extension Geant4-DNA were used for the simulations. Microdosimetric calculations aiming to determine possible differences in the variability of the energy absorbed by the irradiated cell population for those photon spectra were performed on 10,000 endothelial cell nuclei representing a cell monolayer. Nanodosimetric simulations were also carried out using a computation chain that allowed the simulation of physical, physico-chemical, and chemical stages on a single realistic endothelial cell nucleus model including both heterochromatin and euchromatin. DNA damage was scored in terms of yields of prompt DSBs per Gray (Gy) and per giga (109) base pair (Gbp) and DSB complexity was derived in order to be compared to experimental data expressed as numbers of histone variant H2AX (γ-H2AX) foci per cell. The calculated microdosimetric spread in the irradiated cell population was similar when comparing between 40 and 220 kVp X-rays and higher when comparing with 4 MV X-rays. Simulated yields of induced DSB/Gy/Gbp were found to be equivalent to those for 40 and 220 kVp but larger than those for 4 MV, resulting in a relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of 1.3. Additionally, DSB complexity was similar between the considered photon spectra. Simulated results were in good agreement with experimental data obtained by IRSN (Institut de radioprotection et de sûreté nucléaire) radiobiologists. Despite differences in photon energy, few differences were observed when comparing between 40 and 220 kVp X-rays in microdosimetric and nanodosimetric calculations. Nevertheless, variations were observed when comparing between 40/220 kVp and 4 MV X-rays. Thanks to the simulation results, these variations were able to be explained by the differences in the production of secondary electrons with energies below 10 keV.

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这项工作的目的是通过使用机械方法研究不同x射线能量之间可能存在的早期生物学效应的差异。为此,进行了放射生物学实验,将细胞单层暴露于三个x射线能量,以评估早期DNA损伤的产量,特别是双链断裂 (dsb) 的产量。设置这些照射的模拟是为了了解获得的实验结果的差异。因此,分析了根据微剂量学光谱和早期DSB诱导的模拟结果,并将其与实验数据进行了比较。用40、220 kVp和4 MV x射线照射人脐静脉内皮细胞 (huvec)。使用Geant4蒙特卡洛模拟工具包及其扩展Geant4-DNA进行模拟。针对那些光子光谱,在代表细胞单层的10,000内皮细胞核上进行了旨在确定辐照细胞群吸收的能量变异性的微剂量计算。还使用计算链进行了纳米剂量模拟,该计算链允许在包括异染色质和常染色质的单个现实内皮细胞核模型上模拟物理,物理化学和化学阶段。根据每灰色 (Gy) 和每giga (109) 碱基对 (Gbp) 的快速DSB的产量对DNA损伤进行评分,并得出DSB的复杂性,以便与表示为每个细胞的组蛋白变体H2AX (γ-H2AX) 灶数的实验数据进行比较。当在40和220 kVp x射线之间进行比较时,所计算的在被照射的细胞群中的微剂量分布是相似的,而当与4 MV x射线相比时,所计算的微剂量分布是更高的。发现诱导的DSB/Gy/Gbp的模拟产量等于40和220 kVp的模拟产量,但大于4 MV的模拟产量,导致相对生物有效性 (RBE) 为1.3。此外,所考虑的光子光谱之间的DSB复杂度相似。模拟结果与IRSN (放射防护和放射生物研究所) 获得的实验数据非常吻合。尽管光子能量存在差异,但在微剂量和纳米剂量计算中比较40和220 kVp x射线时观察到的差异很少。然而,当比较40/220 kVp和4 mv x射线时观察到变化。由于模拟结果,这些变化可以通过能量低于10 keV的二次电子产生的差异来解释。

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