搜索

x
中国物理学会期刊

射线引起DNA双链断裂的统计分布

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.54.4955

Fragmentation in DNA double-strand breaks

CSTR: 32037.14.aps.54.4955
PDF
导出引用
  • 辐射过程引起的生物细胞的DNA双链断裂是一种很重要的细胞损伤过程.射线在细胞中能量沉积比较大时,DNA双链断裂的碎片分布会偏离随机断裂模型给出的结果,为此发展了新的模型分析方法-统计碎裂模型.根据统计物理学的原理和方法,放射性射线照射细胞后,将射线的能量传递给细胞中的DNA分子,当沉积的能量比较大时,体系会经过一个弛豫过程,DNA碎片大小l按照统计规律分布.体系熵值取极大的分布是最可几的分布,从而得到了辐射导致DNA双链断裂后碎裂片段随其大小l的分布函数exp(αl+βl2),它对应于 两种成分,一种成分随碎裂片段的大小l的增大而迅速减小,这对应于分布函数中的exp(βl 2)项,对于质量比较小的碎裂片段,这种成分是主要贡献;另外一种成分随碎 裂片段的大小l的增大而缓慢减小,这对应于分布函数中的exp(αl)项,对于质量比较大的 碎裂片段,这种成分是主要贡献.根据实验所测的碎裂片段分布,通过数值解法解积分方程 ,将热力学参数α,β解出,与实验结果进行比较,实验的结果支持了DNA双链断裂后碎裂 片段分布的统计碎裂模型.

     

    DNA double strand breaks are important lesions induced by irradiations. Random breakage model or quantification supported by this concept is suitable to analyze DNA double strand break data induced by low LET radiation,but deviation from random breakage model is more evident in high LET radiation data analysis. In this work we develop a new method , statistical fragmentation model , to analyze the fragmentation process of DNA double strand breaks. After charged particles enter the biological cell, they produce ionizations along their tracks, and transfer their energies to the cells and break the cellular DNA strands into fragments. The probable distribution of the fragments is obtained under the condition in wh ich the entropy is maximum. Under the approximation E≈E0+E1l+E2l2, the distribution functions are obtained as exp( αl+βl2) . There are two components, the one proportional to exp(βl2),mainly contributes to the low mass fragment yields, the other comp onent, proportional to exp(αl),decreases slowly as the mass of the fragments i ncreases. Numerical solution of the constraint equations provides parameters α and β. Experimental data , especially when the energy deposition is higher, sup port the statistical fragmentation model.

     

    目录

    /

    返回文章
    返回