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The Radiobiological Characterization of Human and Porcine Lens Cells Suggests the Importance of the ATM Kinase in Radiation-Induced Cataractogenesis

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CELLS
卷 12, 期 16, 页码 -

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MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/cells12162118

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lens; cataractogenesis; ionizing radiation; ATM protein

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The study of radiation-induced cataractogenesis is limited by the shortage of available epithelial lens cell lines and reliable biomarkers of aging caused by radiation. A mechanistic model, RIANS, has been developed based on the nucleoshuttling of the ATM protein, which suggests the formation of perinuclear ATM crowns as a potential biomarker of aging. The radiobiological characterization of human and porcine lens cell lines showed delayed RIANS and the overexpression of the BFSP2 protein, which interacts with ATM and may facilitate the formation of perinuclear ATM crowns.
Studies about radiation-induced human cataractogenesis are generally limited by (1) the poor number of epithelial lens cell lines available (likely because of the difficulties of cell sampling and amplification) and (2) the lack of reliable biomarkers of the radiation-induced aging process. We have developed a mechanistic model of the individual response to radiation based on the nucleoshuttling of the ATM protein (RIANS). Recently, in the frame of the RIANS model, we have shown that, to respond to permanent endo- and exogenous stress, the ATM protein progressively agglutinates around the nucleus attracted by overexpressed perinuclear ATM-substrate protein. As a result, perinuclear ATM crowns appear to be an interesting biomarker of aging. The radiobiological characterization of the two human epithelial lens cell lines available and the four porcine epithelial lens cell lines that we have established showed delayed RIANS. The BFSP2 protein, found specifically overexpressed around the lens cell nucleus and interacting with ATM, may be a specific ATM-substrate protein facilitating the formation of perinuclear ATM crowns in lens cells. The perinuclear ATM crowns were observed inasmuch as the number of culture passages is high. Interestingly, 2 Gy X-rays lead to the transient disappearance of the perinuclear ATM crowns. Altogether, our findings suggest a strong influence of the ATM protein in radiation-induced cataractogenesis.

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