Radiation tolerance linked to anhydrobiosis in

ネムリユスリカのアンヒドロビオシスと関連した放射線耐性の上昇

中原 雄一*; 渡邊 匡彦*; 黄川田 隆洋*; 藤田 昭彦*; 堀川 大樹*; 奥田 隆*; 坂下 哲哉; 舟山 知夫; 浜田 信行*; 和田 成一*; 小林 泰彦

Nakahara, Yuichi*; Watanabe, Masahiko*; Kikawada, Takahiro*; Fujita, Akihiko*; Horikawa, Daiki*; Okuda, Takashi*; Sakashita, Tetsuya; Funayama, Tomoo; Hamada, Nobuyuki*; Wada, Seiichi*; Kobayashi, Yasuhiko

本研究では、4種類のネムリユスリカ幼虫:(1)非乾燥幼虫,(2)非乾燥と乾燥との中間に位置する中間体幼虫,(3)乾燥幼虫,(4)乾燥から水に戻してすぐの幼虫について高LET放射線の影響を調べた。中間体幼虫と水に戻してすぐの幼虫は、非乾燥幼虫と比べてより長い期間生存した。これは、非乾燥幼虫であっても放射線耐性が増強することを意味する。乾燥幼虫になるための生理的変化トレハロースの蓄積,損傷修復能力の増加は、非乾燥幼虫の放射線耐性の増強と良い相関があった。加えて、乾燥幼虫は4種類の幼虫の中で最も放射線耐性が強かった。

We have shown that anhydrobiotic larvae of have higher tolerance against both high linear energy transfer (LET) radiation than hydrated larvae. We therefore examined effects of high-LET radiation on four kinds of larvae: (1) normal hydrated (intact) larva, (2) intermediates between the anhydrobiotic and normal hydrated state, (3) almost completely dehydrated (anhydrobiotic) larvae, and (4) immediately rehydrated larvae that are assumed to have a similar molecular profile to anhydrobiotic larvae. The intermediates and immediately rehydrated larvae survived longer after high-LET radiation than intact larvae, indicating that radiation tolerance could be enhanced even in hydrated larvae. Physiological changes toward anhydrobiosis, e.g. accumulation of protectants or increasing damage repair capacity, correlate with improved radiation tolerance in hydrated larvae.