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RADIATION RESEARCH
Volume 171, Issue 1, Pages 66-76Publisher
RADIATION RESEARCH SOC
DOI: 10.1667/RR1269.1
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- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Childhood Cancer Foundation
- The King Gustav V Jubilee Clinic Cancer Research Foundation in Goteborg (JK-fonden)
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We characterized the inflammatory response after a single dose of 8 Gy to the brains of postnatal day 9 rats. Affymetrix gene chips revealed activation of multiple inflammatory mechanisms in the acute phase, 6 h after irradiation. In the subacute phase, 7 days after irradiation, genes related to neurogenesis and cell cycle were down-regulated, but glial fibrillary acidic protein (GFAP) was up-regulated. The concentrations of 14 different cytokines and chemokines were measured using a microsphere-based xMAP (TM) technology. CCL2, Gro/KC and IL-1 alpha were the most strongly up-regulated 6 h after irradiation. CCL2 was expressed in astrocytes and microglia in the dentate gyrus and the subventricular zone (SVZ). Hypertrophy, but not hyperplasia, of astrocytes was demonstrated 7 days after irradiation. In summary, we found transient activation of multiple inflammatory mechanisms in the acute phase (6 h) after irradiation and activation of astrocytes in the subacute phase (7 days) after irradiation. It remains to be elucidated whether these transient changes are involved in the persistent effects of radiation observed on neurogenesis and cognition in rodents. (C) 2009 by Radiation Research Society
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