治療用重粒子線による水の放射線分解; ブラッグピーク付近におけるOH収量

Water radiolysis with heavy ions; Measurement of OH yield near the Bragg peak

前山 拓哉*; 山下 真一; 勝村 庸介; Baldacchino, G.*; 田口 光正; 木村 敦; 村上 健*

Maeyama, Takuya*; Yamashita, Shinichi; Katsumura, Yosuke; Baldacchino, G.*; Taguchi, Mitsumasa; Kimura, Atsushi; Murakami, Takeshi*

Coumarin-3-carboxylic acid(CCA)は水の放射線分解で生成するOHラジカル(OH)を捕捉し、その一部は数nMの高い感度で定量可能なケイ光物質となる。実際のがん治療で患部に照射されるブラッグピーク近傍をCCA水溶液に照射し、その際のOH収量評価を試みた。高エネルギー重粒子線の特にブラッグピーク付近では核破砕(フラグメンテーション)が無視できなくなる点も検討した。

Aqueous solution of Coumarin-3-carboxylic acid (CCA) has been applied to yield measurement of OH in water. Production yield of a fluorescent probe, 7OH-CCA, which is a stable product produced after scavenging reaction for OH by CCA, was determined by using HPLC connected to a fluorometer. Taking sensitiveness of fluorometry as an advantage, OH yields near the Bragg peaks, which are known very small compared to those in plateau LET region, have been measured. Contribution of fragmentations, which are known to be significant near the Bragg peaks of high-energy heavy ions, is also being discussed.