Space radiation and individual radiosensitivity - ANSTO CAS & Human Health in air beam experiments

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dc.contributor.authorFerlazzo, MLen_AU
dc.contributor.authorHowell, NRen_AU
dc.contributor.authorLiu, GJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorZahra, Den_AU
dc.contributor.authorMiddleton, RJen_AU
dc.contributor.authorForay, Nen_AU
dc.date.accessioned2023-10-20T00:43:55Zen_AU
dc.date.available2023-10-20T00:43:55Zen_AU
dc.date.issued2021-11-26en_AU
dc.date.statistics2023-04-26en_AU
dc.description.abstractRadiation exposure is a major limiting factor for long duration manned space flights. Radiation protection standards are based on the assumption that individuals are equally resistant to ionizing radiation. However, for over a century, there is evidence that humans do not respond equally to radiation. Particularly, the studies of secondary effects post-radiotherapy have shown a great variability among individuals. More specifically, large discrepancies among astronauts after the same flight were observed. Recently, from a collection of hundreds of fibroblast cell lines derived from patients suffering from genetic disease or post-radiotherapy radiosensitivity, we have shown that the delay in the nucleoshuttling of the ATM protein may cause a lack of double strand break (DSB) recognition, incomplete DSB repair and radiosensitivity. Interestingly, the model of the ATM nucleoshuttling was shown to be relevant not only for low-dose and repeated exposures, but also for high-LET particles, which renders this model compatible with space radiation exposure scenarios. Lastly, this model could lead to a novel approach for radiation protection, consisting of interventions to accelerate ATM nucleoshuttling. Such an approach may help in developing efficient countermeasures that could assist with manned space flights. In 2019-2021, teams from ANSTO CAS and Human Health have been collaborating to adapt the ANTARES beamline for in air irradiation of living matter and study the effects of secondary radiation produced by interraction of cosmic and galactic rays with spacecraft shielding. DNA repair and mitochondrial activity processes will be studied. © 2021 The Authorsen_AU
dc.identifier.articlenumber128en_AU
dc.identifier.citationFerlazzo, M. L., Howell, N., Liu, G. J., Zahara, D. Middleton, R., & Foray, N. (2021). Space radiation and individual radiosensitivity - ANSTO CAS & Human Health in air beam experiments. Presentation to the ANSTO User Meeting, Online, 24-26 November 2021. Retrieved from: https://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/146/contributions/4267/en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceenddate2021-11-26en_AU
dc.identifier.conferencenameANSTO User Meeting 2021en_AU
dc.identifier.conferenceplaceOnlineen_AU
dc.identifier.conferencestartdate2021-11-24en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/146/contributions/4267/en_AU
dc.identifier.urihttps://apo.ansto.gov.au/handle/10238/15156en_AU
dc.language.isoenen_AU
dc.publisherAustralian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisationen_AU
dc.relation.urihttps://events01.synchrotron.org.au/event/146/contributions/4267/en_AU
dc.subjectRadiation dosesen_AU
dc.subjectSpace flighten_AU
dc.subjectIonizing radiationen_AU
dc.subjectHumansen_AU
dc.subjectAstronautsen_AU
dc.subjectBeamsen_AU
dc.subjectShieldingen_AU
dc.subjectRadiotherapyen_AU
dc.titleSpace radiation and individual radiosensitivity - ANSTO CAS & Human Health in air beam experimentsen_AU
dc.typeConference Presentationen_AU
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