Calibration curve for radiation dose estimation using FDXR gene expression biodosimetry – premises and pitfalls
Résumé
Radiation-induced alterations in gene expression show great promise for dose
reconstruction and for severity prediction of acute health effects. Among several genes explored as
potential biomarkers, FDXR is widely used due to high upregulation in white blood cells following
radiation exposure. Nonetheless, the absence of a standardized protocols for gene expression-based
biodosimetry is a notable gap that warrants attention to enhance the accuracy, reproducibility and
reliability. The objective of this study was to evaluate the sensitivity of transcriptional biodosimetry
to differences in protocols used by different laboratories and establish guidelines for the calculation
of calibration curve using FDXR expression data.
Material and Methods: Two sets of irradiated blood samples generated during RENEB exercise
were used. The first included samples irradiated with known doses including: 0, 0.25, 0.5, 1, 2, 3 and
4Gy. The second set consisted of three ‘blind’ samples irradiated with 1.8Gy, 0.4Gy and a
sham-irradiated sample. After irradiation, samples were incubated at 37°C over 24h and sent to
participating laboratories, where RNA isolation and FDXR expression analysis by qPCR were
performed using sets of primers/probes and reference genes specific for each laboratory. Calibration
curves based on FDXR expression data were generated using non-linear and linear regression and
used for dose estimation of ‘blind’ samples.
Results: Dose estimates for sham-irradiated sample (0.020–0.024Gy) and sample irradiated with
0.4Gy (0.369–0.381Gy) showed remarkable consistency across all laboratories, closely approximating
the true doses regardless variation in primers/probes and reference genes used. For sample
irradiated with 1.8Gy the dose estimates were less precise (1.198–2.011Gy) but remained within an
acceptable margin for triage within the context of high dose range.
Conclusion: Methodological differences in reference genes and primers/probes used for FDXR
expression measurement do not have a significant impact on the dose estimates generated,
provided that all reference genes performed as expected and the primers/probes target a similar
set of transcript variants. The preferred method for constructing a calibration curve based on FDXR
expression data involves employing linear regression to establish a function that describes the
relationship between the logarithm of absorbed dose and FDXR ΔCt values. However, one should
be careful with using non-irradiated sample data as these cannot be accurately represented on a
logarithmic scale. A standard curve generated using this approach can give reliable dose estimations
in a dose range from 50 mGy to 4Gy at least.
Domaines
Sciences du Vivant [q-bio]
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