{"title":"Laying the foundations for Radiological Protection in Veterinary Practice.","authors":"Richard John Jan Pentreath","doi":"10.1177/01466453231157047","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453231157047","url":null,"abstract":"Initially concerned with the application of ionising radiation in medicine, radiological protection has subsequently gone through many phases, and the framework developed by the Commission has evolved continually to embrace other categories of exposure and novel exposure situations. For much of the Western world, medicine is now again the principal source of additional exposures for humans, and it has therefore been the subject of considerable attention in recent years, particularly because the techniques used are advancing so rapidly. What often comes as a surprise, however, is that virtually all of these techniques are being applied increasingly in the field of veterinary medicine. Some advances, such as the use of digital radiography, are to be expected, but the use of computed tomography scanners is increasing enormously, particularly with more second-hand equipment becoming available. The whole gamut of techniques used, from interventional radiology to nuclear medicine, including unsealed source therapy as well as brachyand teletherapy, are now also applied in veterinary practice. Nevertheless, it may still be easy to consider that the subject of radiation exposure in this field is little different from that of human medical practice, given that the equipment is much the same. However, that would be a mistake for a number of reasons.","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"51 4","pages":"5-7"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"9525378","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CLARITY, TRANSPARENCY, AND ACCOUNTABILITY.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/01466453221077415","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453221077415","url":null,"abstract":"The concept of radiation detriment is central to the System of Radiological Protection (hereafter, ‘the System’). It is a measure of harm to human health due to cancer and heritable effects from low-dose and/or low-dose-rate exposures to ionising radiation. This helps set dose limits and allows comparisons with other harms and benefits when considering justification and optimisation of protection.","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"51 3","pages":"1-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"40348832","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of the ICRPPub Date : 2022-04-01Epub Date: 2022-03-03DOI: 10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101794
Siyi Zhang, Ping Bai, Dan Lei, Yingxia Liang, Sherri Zhen, Grisilda Bakiasi, Hao Pang, Se Hoon Choi, Changning Wang, Rudolph E Tanzi, Can Zhang
{"title":"Degradation and inhibition of epigenetic regulatory protein BRD4 exacerbate Alzheimer's disease-related neuropathology in cell models.","authors":"Siyi Zhang, Ping Bai, Dan Lei, Yingxia Liang, Sherri Zhen, Grisilda Bakiasi, Hao Pang, Se Hoon Choi, Changning Wang, Rudolph E Tanzi, Can Zhang","doi":"10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101794","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.jbc.2022.101794","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Epigenetic regulation plays substantial roles in human pathophysiology, which provides opportunities for intervention in human disorders through the targeting of epigenetic pathways. Recently, emerging evidence from preclinical studies suggested the potential in developing therapeutics of Alzheimer's disease (AD) by targeting bromodomain containing protein 4 (BRD4), an epigenetic regulatory protein. However, further characterization of AD-related pathological events is urgently required. Here, we investigated the effects of pharmacological degradation or inhibition of BRD4 on AD cell models. Interestingly, we found that both degradation and inhibition of BRD4 by ARV-825 and JQ1, respectively, robustly increased the levels of amyloid-beta (Aβ), which has been associated with the neuropathology of AD. Subsequently, we characterized the mechanisms by which downregulation of BRD4 increases Aβ levels. We found that both degradation and inhibition of BRD4 increased the levels of BACE1, the enzyme responsible for cleavage of the amyloid-beta protein precursor (APP) to generate Aβ. Consistent with Aβ increase, we also found that downregulation of BRD4 increased AD-related phosphorylated Tau (pTau) protein in our 3D-AD human neural cell culture model. Therefore, our results suggest that downregulation of BRD4 would not be a viable strategy for AD intervention. Collectively, our study not only shows that BRD4 is a novel epigenetic component that regulates BACE1 and Aβ levels, but also provides novel and translational insights into the targeting of BRD4 for potential clinical applications.</p>","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"14 1","pages":"101794"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8958546/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"75536360","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
F. Paquet, R. W. Leggett, É. Blanchardon, M. Bailey, D. Gregoratto, T. Smith, G. Ratia, E. Davesne, V. Berkovski, J. Harrison
{"title":"Occupational Intakes of Radionuclides: Part 5","authors":"F. Paquet, R. W. Leggett, É. Blanchardon, M. Bailey, D. Gregoratto, T. Smith, G. Ratia, E. Davesne, V. Berkovski, J. Harrison","doi":"10.1177/01466453211028755","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453211028755","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"51 1","pages":"11 - 415"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"43204667","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CORRIGENDA.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/01466453211070237","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453211070237","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":" ","pages":"1466453211070237"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-02-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134650139","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
M Tirmarche, I Apostoaei, E Blanchardon, E D Ellis, E Gilbert, J D Harrison, D Laurier, J W Marsh, M Sokolnikov, R Wakeford, S Zhivin
{"title":"ICRP Publication 150: Cancer Risks from Plutonium and Uranium Exposure.","authors":"M Tirmarche, I Apostoaei, E Blanchardon, E D Ellis, E Gilbert, J D Harrison, D Laurier, J W Marsh, M Sokolnikov, R Wakeford, S Zhivin","doi":"10.1177/01466453211028020","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453211028020","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"50 4","pages":"1-143"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39814724","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"CORRIGENDA.","authors":"","doi":"10.1177/01466453211032745","DOIUrl":"10.1177/01466453211032745","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":" ","pages":"1466453211032745"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-29","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39257120","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Annals of the ICRPPub Date : 2021-07-01Epub Date: 2021-06-10DOI: 10.1177/01466453211015394
Satoshi Tashiro
{"title":"Lessons from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident -from a research perspective.","authors":"Satoshi Tashiro","doi":"10.1177/01466453211015394","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1177/01466453211015394","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Since the accident at Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, there has been a focus on the impact of low-dose radiation exposure due to nuclear disasters and radiology on human bodies. In order to study very low levels of impact on the human body from low-dose radiation exposure, a system with high detection sensitivity is needed. Until now, the most well-established biological radiation effect detection system in the field of emergency radiation medicine has been chromosomal analysis. However, chromosomal analysis requires advanced skills, and it is necessary to perform chromosomal analysis of a large number of cells in order to detect slight effects on the human body due to low-dose radiation exposure. Therefore, in order to study the effects of low-dose radiation exposure on the human body, it is necessary to develop high-throughput chromosome analysis technology. We have established the PNA-FISH method, which is a fluorescence in-situ hybridisation method using a PNA probe, as a high-throughput chromosome analysis technique. Using this method, the detection of dicentrics and ring chromosomes has become very efficient. Using this technology, chromosomal analysis was performed on peripheral blood before and after computed tomography (CT) examination of patients at Hiroshima University Hospital, and it was possible to detect chromosomal abnormalities due to low-dose radiation exposure in the CT examination. Furthermore, it was shown that there may be individual differences in the increase in chromosomal abnormalities due to low-dose radiation exposure, suggesting the need to build a next-generation medical radiation exposure management system based on individual differences in radiation sensitivity. If techniques such as chromosomal analysis, which have been used for biological dose evaluation in emergency radiation medicine, can be used for general radiology, such as radiodiagnosis and treatment, that will be a contribution to radiology from an unprecedented angle. This article will discuss the clinical application of new biological dose evaluation methods that have been developed in the field of emergency radiation medicine.</p>","PeriodicalId":39551,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the ICRP","volume":"50 1_suppl","pages":"138-146"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2021-07-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1177/01466453211015394","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39078499","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}