放射治疗
癌症研究
电离辐射
医学
干细胞
机制(生物学)
生物信息学
药理学
生物
细胞生物学
外科
辐照
认识论
物理
哲学
核物理学
作者
Krishna N. Mishra,Belal Moftah,Ghazi Alsbeih
标识
DOI:10.1016/j.biopha.2018.06.150
摘要
Radiation countermeasures are radioprotective agents that reduce the harmful effects of ionizing radiation. They have wide range of applications extending from protection of normal tissues of cancer patients during radiotherapy to safeguard people aftermath of radiologic or nuclear accidents. Despite the screening of thousands of natural and synthetic compounds, only few found place in clinic with limited tolerance. Therefore, mechanistic understanding is essential in the development of more suitable and customized radiation countermeasure agents. This review focuses on the mechanisms of radioprotection imparted by these agents. Radioprotectors are diverse and act through widely varying mechanisms that can be classified in 10 categories: 1) scavenging of free radicals; 2) enhancing DNA repair; 3) synchronizing of cells; 4) modulating redox sensitive genes; 5) modulating growth factors and cytokines; 6) inhibiting apoptosis; 7) repurposing of drug; 8) interacting and chelating of radionuclides; and therapeutic methods of tissue regeneration such as 9) gene therapy; and 10) stem cell therapy. The most common mechanism of radioprotection is the scavenging of free radicals whereas, modulation of growth factors, cytokines and redox genes emerge as effective strategies. Gene and stem cell therapies as therapeutic radiation countermeasures are being developed and can be applied in the near future to minimize the side effects of radiation exposure through tissues regenerations. Thus, the management of radiation exposure may require a holistic multi-mechanistic approaches to achieve optimal radiation protection during radiotherapy of cancer patients and in cases of nuclear eventualities.
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