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Protein Biomarkers for Radiation Assessment

Multiple blood-proteins approach for early-response exposure assessment using an in vivo murine radiation model

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Pages 837-850 | Received 01 Jul 2008, Accepted 15 Jun 2009, Published online: 08 Oct 2009
 

Abstract

Purpose: The aim was to evaluate the utility of multiple blood-protein biomarkers for early-response assessment of radiation exposure using a murine radiation model system.

Material and methods: BALB/c male mice (8–10 weeks old) were exposed to whole-body 60Co γ-rays (10 cGy min−1) over a broad dose range (0–7 Gy). Blood protein biomarkers (i.e., Growth Arrest and DNA Damage Inducible Gene 45 or GADD45α, interleukin 6 or IL-6, and serum amyloid A or SAA) were measured by enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) at 4, 24, 48, and 72 h after total-body irradiation (TBI).

Results: Time- and dose-dependent increases in the protein targets were observed. The use of multiple protein targets was evaluated using multiple linear regression analysis to provide dose-response calibration curves for dose assessment. Multivariate discriminant analysis demonstrated enhanced dose-dependent separation of irradiated animals from control as the number of biomarkers increased.

Conclutions: Results from this study represent a proof-of-concept for multiple blood-proteins biodosimetry approach. It was demonstrated for the first time that protein expression profile could be developed not only to assess radiation exposure in male BALB/c mice but also to distinguish the level of radiation exposure, ranging from 1–7 Gy.

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