Is there any dose-rate effect in breaking DNA strands by short pulses of extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray radiation? (Conference Presentation)

Ludek Vyšín; Tomáš Burian; Egor Ukraintsev; Marie Davídková; Libor Juha; Michael E. Grisham; Scott C. Heinbuch; Jorge J. Rocca

doi:10.1117/12.2271171

21 June 2017 Is there any dose-rate effect in breaking DNA strands by short pulses of extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray radiation? (Conference Presentation)

Ludek Vyšín, Tomáš Burian, Egor Ukraintsev, Marie Davídková, Libor Juha, Michael E. Grisham, Scott C. Heinbuch, Jorge J. Rocca

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Proceedings Volume 10236, Damage to VUV, EUV, and X-ray Optics VI; 102360C (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271171
Event: SPIE Optics + Optoelectronics, 2017, Prague, Czech Republic

Abstract

Possible dose-rate effects in a plasmid DNA exposed to pulsed extreme ultraviolet (XUV) and soft x-ray (SXR) water window radiation from two different table-top plasma-based sources was studied. Dose delivered to the target molecule was controlled by attenuating the incident photon flux with aluminum thin foils as well as varying the DNA/buffer-salt ratio in the irradiated sample. Irradiated samples were analyzed using the agarose gel electrophoresis. Some additional bands were identified in gel electrophoretograms as results of a DNA cross-linking. They were inspected by atomic force microscopy (AFM). Yields of single- and double-strand breaks (Gy-1 Da-1) were determined as a function of incident dose rate. Both yields decreased with a dose rate increasing. The ratio of single- and double-strand breaks exhibited only a slight increase at elevated dose rates. In conclusion, complex and/or clustered damages do not seem to be initiated under these irradiation conditions.

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Ludek Vyšín, Tomáš Burian, Egor Ukraintsev, Marie Davídková, Libor Juha, Michael E. Grisham, Scott C. Heinbuch, and Jorge J. Rocca "Is there any dose-rate effect in breaking DNA strands by short pulses of extreme ultraviolet and soft x-ray radiation? (Conference Presentation)", Proc. SPIE 10236, Damage to VUV, EUV, and X-ray Optics VI, 102360C (21 June 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2271171

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