Objective: To investigate
radiation -induced somatic
mutations and variations and provide theoretical basis for clarifying
radiation -induced genetic changes and
long-term effects by whole-
genome sequencing
analysis of the
genetic variations of the victim of the " 5.7" 192Ir
radiation accident in Nanjing.
Methods: Normal
back skin tissue , irradiated
bone and soft
tissues , and peripheral
blood were collected from the victim 2 047 days post-irradiation.
DNA of these samples was extracted and sequenced with high-throughput
genomics and analyzed by
bioinformatics method . The
genetic variations of between irradiated and normal
tissues were compared.
Results: Compared with normal
back skin tissue , there are large amounts of
genetic variations in the irradiated
bone and soft
tissues and peripheral
blood , including base substitution (transition, transversion), small insertion, small deletion, copy number variation (gain, loss) and structure variation (large deletion, large duplication, inversion, intra-
chromosomal translocation , inter-
chromosomal translocation ). There were 10 666
genetic variations in the irradiated
bone and soft
tissues and 11 233
genetic variations in peripheral
blood , where thousands of
genes were involved in. These variations occurred in the
exons ,
introns , UTR′3, UTR′5, splicing sites, within 5 kb
upstream of
transcription initiation site , within 5 kb
downstream of transcription termination site, ncRNA and
intergenic region . All
chromosomes had
genetic variations .
Conclusions: There were a large number of
genetic variations in the irradiated
tissues and
blood of the victim at 2 047 days after irradiation, which may
affect the body function and cause the
long-term effects .