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Radiation-induced bystander effects in vivo are epigenetically regulated in a tissue-specific manner
Yaroslav Ilnytskyy,
Igor Koturbash,
Olga Kovalchuk,
Yaroslav Ilnytskyy
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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Olga Kovalchuk
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4Search for more papers by this authorYaroslav Ilnytskyy,
Igor Koturbash,
Olga Kovalchuk,
Yaroslav Ilnytskyy
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
Search for more papers by this authorIgor Koturbash
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
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Olga Kovalchuk
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4
University of Lethbridge, 4401 University Drive, Alberta, Canada T1K 3M4Search for more papers by this authorAbstract
Exposure of animal body parts to ionizing radiation (IR) can lead to molecular changes in distant shielded “bystander” tissues and organs. Nevertheless, tissue specificity of bystander responses within the same organism has not been examined in detail. Studies on in vivo bystander effect conducted so far analyzed changes induced by single-dose exposure. The potential of fractionated irradiation to induce bystander effects in vivo has never been studied. We analyzed changes in global DNA methylation and microRNAome in skin and spleen of animals subjected to single-dose (acute or fractionated) whole-body or cranial exposure to 0.5 Gy of X-rays. We found that IR-induced DNA methylation changes in bystander spleen and skin were distinct. Acute radiation exposure resulted in a significant loss of global DNA methylation in the exposed and bystander spleen 6 hr, 96 hr, and 14 days after irradiation. Fractionated irradiation led to hypomethylation in bystander spleen 6 hr after whole-body exposure, and 6 hr, 96 hr, and 14 days after cranial irradiation. Contrarily, changes in the skin of the same animals were seen only 6 hr after acute whole-body and head exposure. DNA hypomethylation observed in spleen was paralleled by a reduction of methyl-binding protein MeCP2 expression. Irradiation also induced tissue-specific microRNAome alterations in skin and spleen. For the first time, we have shown that IR-induced epigenetic bystander effects that occur in the same organism are triggered by both acute and fractionated exposure and are very distinct in different bystander organs. Future studies are clearly needed to address organismal and carcinogenic repercussions of those changes. Environ. Mol. Mutagen., 2009. © 2008 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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