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Involvement of oxygen and antioxidants in the radiolysis process of water induced by irradiation with high energy ions: numerical simulations for radiobiology

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After a survey about the oxygen effect and the antioxidant system of a cell, the simulation of the radiolysis of water is described, particularly the method used to insert a solute and thus study the effects of antioxidants and oxygen on the process of water radiolysis. The next chapter is then devoted to the study of the 'oxygen-in-the-track' hypothesis, which puts forward the creation of oxygen molecules in the LET (Linear Energy Transfer) trace of high radiation to explain the disappearance of the oxygen effect. Then, chapter 4 focuses on the toxicity of HO2/O2- free radicals that are generated in large quantities in the presence of oxygen. Finally, in chapter 5, the influence of glutathione, an antioxidant, on the radiolytic efficiency of water radiolysis in the presence of oxygen, is studied.

Abstract (French)

Il s'agit d'etudier les effets du TEL du rayonnement, d'un solute (oxygene, antioxydant, scavengers, etc.) et d'une geometrie de confinement sur les processus physiques et chimiques. Nos etudes sur la production de radicaux libres en fonction de la pression d'oxygene et du TEL du rayonnement nous ont permis de noter une similitude entre la production des radicaux O2- / HO2 et l'effet oxygene decrit en radiotherapie. Ces resultats confortent l'idee que ce couple de radicaux pourraient jouer un role dans l'effet oxygene (radiotherapie) et expliqueraient la disparition de cet effet a haut TEL (hadrontherapie). Nous avons aussi montre que cette similitude persistait en presence de glutathion (antioxydant majoritaire dans le noyau cellulaire). (auteur)

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Original title (French)
Implication de l'oxygene et des anti-oxydants dans le processus de radiolyse de l'eau induit par l'irradiation aux ions de haute energie: simulations numeriques pour la radiobiologie

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214 p.
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FRNC-TH--10303

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