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Radiation effects on DNA, Chromosomes and cells Flashcards

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What are the three levels that biologic damage can be observed at?

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  1. Molecular (DNA, RNA)
  2. Cellular (Cell structure)
  3. Organic level
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Is molecular damage visible?

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No, molecular damage is not visible under a microscope

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At what level do we begin to see damge to an organism?

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At the cellular level or organic level

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T/F

Any visible radiation induced injuries at the cellular or organic level always begin with damage at the molecular level

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True

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What type of damage results in the formation of structurally changed molecules that may impair cellular functioning?

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Molecular damage

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What are the four categories of radiation effects on DNA?

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  1. Base damage
  2. Single strand breaks
  3. Double strand breaks
  4. Crosslinks/crosslinking
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What type of action causes the most damage to DNA?

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Indirect action

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What damage is this describing?

Change or a loss of base pairs

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Base damage

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What damage is this describing?

Break in the backbone of one chain of a DNA molecule

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Single strand breaks

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What damage is this describing?

Break in both chains of the DNA molecule

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Double strand breaks

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What damage is this describing?

Intrastrand or interstrand bases sticking together

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Crosslinking

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What are the three types of molecular damage to the DNA?

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  1. Cross linking
  2. Main chain scission
  3. Point lesions
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What are the 4 outcomes that a damaged DNA can cause?

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  1. Cell repair
  2. Metabolic changed causing malignancies
  3. Cell death/organ/tissue damage
  4. Genetic damage to reproductive cells
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What type(s) of action causes single strand breaks

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Indirect and direct action (most likely indirect)

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Is damage reversible with single strand breaks? If so, how?

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Yes, repair enzymes are often capable of reversing the damage

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If single strand breaks are unable to be repaired, what injury is likely to occur to the DNA?

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Point lesions

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What happens during a single strand break?

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There is a transfer of energy which ruptures one of the molecules chemical bonds, severing one of the sugar phosphate chain side rails

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Is damage reversible with double strand breaks? What makes damage easier to repair with double strand breaks?

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-Yes, but not as easy as single strand breaks
-Damage is easier to repair if the breaks are far enough apart

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What type of LET is more likely to cause double strand breaks?

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High LET

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If double strand breaks are unable to be repaired, what injury is likely to occur to the DNA?

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-Further separation may occur in the DNA chains, threatening the life of the cell

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What happens during a double strand break?

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Further exposure to an affected DNA molecule can lead to additional breaks in the sugar-phosphate chain

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What are the results from a double strand break in the same rung of DNA?

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-Broken chromosome with an unequal amount of genetic material

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What will occur if a damaged chromosome divides?

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Each new daughter cell will recieve an incorrect amount of genetic material, resulting in cell death or impaired functioning

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T/F

Single strand breaks are often repaired.

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True

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25
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What action(s) is most likely to cause covalent cross inks?

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Both direct and indirect action can cause covalent cross links

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What occurs during cross linking?

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Radiation can cause strands of DNA to attach to other macromolecules or to other segments of the same macromolecule chain

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What damage occurs from crosslinking?

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-Reproduction arrest and cell death if not repaired

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What are the 2 patterns in which crosslinking can occur?

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  1. Intrastrand cross link
  2. Interstrand cross link
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What is intrastrand crosslinking?

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Atttachement of two regoins of the same DNA strand above or below

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What is interstrand cross linking?

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Attachment between two complimentary DNA strands (on the opposite side) or on a dompletely different DNA molecule

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31
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Define mutation:

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An interaction of any ionizing radiation with a DNA molecule which causes either a loss/change in a nitrogenous base on the DNA chain

32
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What damage occurs from mutations?

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-Incorrect genetic information transfered to one of the two daughter cells
-Cell death

33
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T/F

Radiation induced chromosome breaks occur in both somatic and reproductive cells

34
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What are the two types of chromosomal effects from radiation?

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  1. Chromosomal fragments
  2. Chromosome anomalies
35
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What are the 2 types of chromosome anomalies?

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  1. Chromosome aberrations
  2. Chromatid aberrations
36
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T/F

Chromosome breaks caused by radiation can be observed.

37
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At what phase does the chromosome duplicate itself?

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During the S phase

38
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When do chromosome aberration damages occur?

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Damage occurs before the S phase

39
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When do chromatid abberation damages occur? What part is affected?

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-Damage occurs after the S phase
-Only 1 daughter cell is affected

40
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In what phase of cellular devisioon are cells most sensitive?

41
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At what phase in cellular division are cellls most radioresistant?

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Cells are more radio-resistant during the late S phase

42
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Where do structural changes caused by radiation occur?

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They occur within the nucleus

43
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What percentage of structural changes within the cell can be reversed?

44
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What are the 4 consequences to the cell from structural changes in biologic tissue?

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  1. Restitution
  2. Deletion
  3. Broken end rearangement/distorted chromosomes
  4. Broken end rearrangment without visible damage to chromatids
45
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What is deletion?

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-Fragments of the chromosome lost during mitosis which creates an acentric fragment (no centromere)

46
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Can cell division take place without a centromere? What is the end result of deletion?

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No; cell cannot replicate

47
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What is broken end rearrangment?

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It is the process of rearranging broken ends of a chromosome

48
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What is inversion?

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The same chromosome has 2 seperate breaks

49
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What is translocation?

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Two different chromsomes with breaks

50
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If damage to the cells nucleus itself occurs, what are the ways that this is revealed?

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  1. Instant death
  2. Reproductive death
  3. Apoptosis
  4. Mitotic, or genetric death
  5. Mitotic delay
  6. Inteference with function
  7. Chromosome breakage
51
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What causes instant death to the nucleus?

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High doses of radiation

52
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What is reproductive death?

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The cell survivies but it cant replicate

53
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What is apoptosis?

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Natural way of getting rid of damaged cells

54
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What is mitotic/genetic death? What can cause this?

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When the cell dies trying to divide, can be caused by small doses

55
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What is mitotic delay?

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Division delay

56
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T/F

If radiation damages the germ cells, the damage may be passed on to future generations in the form of genetic mutations, mostly recessive

57
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Which type of damage requires more radiation for this to occur; somatic or genetic damage

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Somatic damage requires more radiation

58
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What is the dose-response relationship?

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The mathetmatical relationship betweeen raidation dose levels and the magnitude of the observed response.

59
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What are the applications of the dose-response relationships?

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  1. Theraputic
  2. Radiation protection
60
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What is the deterministic effect?

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The severity of damage with increased radiation dose

61
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What is the stochastic effect?

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The incidence of damage occuring with increased radiation dose

62
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What are the two characteristics of every radaiton dose response?

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  1. Linear or non linear
  2. Threshold or non-threshold
63
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What charecteristics of radiation dose response is diagnostic radiology more concerned with?

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Linear non threshold radiation

64
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What is a linear response from radiation?

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A response to the radiation and the severity of the biological effect increases directly with dose

65
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What is a threshold response from radiation?

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A point at which a biological effect will occur, before that threshold amount, it will not occur

66
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What is a non-threshold response from radiation?

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Radiation of any dose causing an effect

67
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What is A &B respresenting

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A: A large response from a very small dose-non threshold
B: Low doses producing very little response, higher doses produce a greater response. Non threshold.

68
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What is C representing?

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C: Doses below the threshold have no response, after threshold until the inflection point, there is an increase in the response

69
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What is the BERT value for the chest?

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10 days (.08msV)

70
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What is the BERT value for the C spine?

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2 weeks (.1msV)

71
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What is the BERT value for the T spine??

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1 year (1.5 mSV)

72
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What is the BERT value for the L spine?

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1.5 years (3mSv)

73
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What is the BERT value for the abdomen?

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4 months (.7mSv)

74
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What is the BERT value for the pelvis?

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4 months (.7msV)

75
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What are the 2 possible outcomes of two breaks within a single chromatid?

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  1. Ring chromatid
  2. Ascentric fragments
76
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What are the 3 possible outcomes of breaks within 2 different chromatids?

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  1. Could rejoin properly
  2. Broken end rearrangment
  3. Broken peices linking to oposite chromosomes
77
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What is the end result of broken end rearrangment?

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Discentric and ascentric fragments causing elongated chromosomes not to spoint and results in reproductive death

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