The Genotoxicity of Alpha Particles in Human Embryonic Skin Fibroblasts
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Abstract
Cell inactivation and induced mutation frequencies at the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) locus have been measured in cultured human fibroblasts (GM10) exposed to alpha particles from 238Pu (LET at the cell surface was 100 keV/microns) and 250 kVp X rays. The survival curves resulting from exposure to alpha particles are exponential. The mean lethal dose, D0, is approximately 1.3 Gy for X rays and 0.25 Gy for alpha particles. As a function of radiation dose, mutation induction at the HGPRT locus was linear for alpha particles whereas the X-ray-induced mutation data were better fitted by a quadratic function. When mutation frequencies were plotted against the log of survival, mutation frequency at a given survival level was greater in cells exposed to alpha particles than to X rays.
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