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Radiation-Induced Regulatory Networks in Cardiomyocytes
What do deep space travel and AJP-Heart and Circ have in common? This podcast. Listen as Associate Editor Leon De Windt interviews lead author David Goukassian (Boston University School of Medicine) and content expert Martin E. Young (University of Alabama at Birmingham) about the intriguing new study by Coleman et al. Goukassian and his team studied the effects of low dose, full body, low energy radiation on heart physiology. This type of radiation is relevant for radiotherapy and for future deep space travel by astronauts when mankind starts exploring our galaxy. At a dose of 0.15 Grey iron particles, cardiomyocytes demonstrated long-lived changes in gene expression consistent with inflammatory and free radical scavenging gene ontologies. We discussed how space travel could disrupt our circadian rhythm, our natural 24 hour day/night cycle. In addition, this study give clues as to which regions of deep space we should avoid in order to protect our circadian rhythm. Finally, we speculated about the existence of radiation-specific diagnostic markers, and how anti-inflammatory agents may be used in the future for treatment of radiation-induced tissue damage. Listen– it is fascinating.
Matthew A. Coleman, Sharath P. Sasi, Jillian Onufrak, Mohan Natarajan, Krishnan Manickam, John Schwab, Sujatha Muralidharan, Leif E. Peterson, Yuriy O. Alekseyev, Xinhua Yan, David A. Goukassian Low-dose radiation affects cardiac physiology: gene networks and molecular signaling in cardiomyocytes Am J Physiol Heart Circ Physiol, published December 1, 2015, DOI: 10.1152/ajpheart.00050.2015.