Screening of radiation sensitive lipids in rat plasma at early stage after total body irradiation with 60Co γ-rays / 中华放射医学与防护杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective:To explore the characteristics of lipid metabolism in rat plasma after total body irradiation(TBI) in order to provide scientific evidence of radiation biomarkers.Methods:For the non-targeted lipidomics study, 50 SD rats were divided into 6 groups and irradiated with 0, 1, 2, 3, 5 or 8 Gy 60Co γ-rays, respectively. For the targeted lipidomics study, 25 rats were divided into 5 groups and irradiated with 0, 0.5, 2.5, 4 or 6 Gy. Venous blood samples were collected and plasma were separated 4 h after TBI. Radiation-sensitive lipids were screened and their concentrations were determined. Receiver operating characteristic curve (ROC) and dose-response were analyzed. Results:A total of 15 radiation differential lipids were screened out based on non-targeted lipidomics study and 7 of them were identified as radiosensitive lipids by targeted lipidomics analysis. The ROC of radiosensitive lipids distinguished area under curve (AUC) of samples in 0 Gy group and > 0 Gy group, < 2 Gy group and ≥ 2 Gy group were all > 0.75. The AUC values were increased to 0.96 and 0.94 after the panel of radiation sensitive lipids ROC analysis. The concentrations of LysoPC(18: 2), LysoPC(22: 0), PC(18: 0/18: 2), PE(18: 2/16: 0) and PE(18: 2/18: 0) decreased with irradiation dose within 0-6 Gy.Conclusions:A total of 7 plasma radiosensitive lipids in rat plasma were identified 4 h after TBI, and the panel of them could be used for specific dose classification. Five of the lipids had good dose-response relationship.