Abstract

High-charge, high-energy ion particle (HZE) radiations are extraterrestrial in origin and characterized by high linear energy transfer (high-LET), which causes more severe cell damage than low-LET radiations like γ-rays or photons. High-LET radiation poses potential cancer risks for astronauts on deep space missions, but the studies of its carcinogenic effects have relied heavily on animal models. It remains uncertain whether such data are applicable to human disease. Here, we used genomics approaches to directly compare high-LET radiation-induced, low-LET radiation-induced and spontaneous hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in mice with a human HCC cohort from The Cancer Genome Atlas (TCGA). We identified common molecular pathways between mouse and human HCC and discovered a subset of orthologous genes (mR-HCC) that associated high-LET radiation-induced mouse HCC with a subgroup (mrHCC2) of the TCGA cohort. The mrHCC2 TCGA cohort was more enriched with tumor-suppressing immune cells and showed a better prognostic outcome than other patient subgroups.

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Title
Transcriptomic analysis links hepatocellular carcinoma (HCC) in HZE ion irradiated mice to a human HCC subtype with favorable outcomes
Author
Liang-Hao, Ding 1 ; Yu Yongjia 2 ; Edmondson, Elijah F 3 ; Weil, Michael M 4 ; Pop, Laurentiu M 1 ; McCarthy, Maureen 5 ; Ullrich, Robert L 6 ; Story, Michael D 7 

 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dallas, USA (GRID:grid.267313.2) (ISNI:0000 0000 9482 7121) 
 The University of Texas Medical Branch, Department of Radiation Oncology, Galveston, USA (GRID:grid.176731.5) (ISNI:0000 0001 1547 9964) 
 Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, Frederick, USA (GRID:grid.418021.e) (ISNI:0000 0004 0535 8394) 
 Colorado State University, Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences, Fort Collins, USA (GRID:grid.47894.36) (ISNI:0000 0004 1936 8083) 
 NASA Johnson Space Center, Houston, USA (GRID:grid.419085.1) (ISNI:0000 0004 0613 2864) 
 Radiation Effects Research Foundation, Hiroshima, Japan (GRID:grid.418889.4) (ISNI:0000 0001 2198 115X) 
 The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Department of Radiation Oncology, Dallas, USA (GRID:grid.267313.2) (ISNI:0000 0000 9482 7121); The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Harold C. Simmons Comprehensive Cancer Center, Dallas, USA (GRID:grid.267313.2) (ISNI:0000 0000 9482 7121) 
Publication year
2021
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Nature Publishing Group
e-ISSN
20452322
Source type
Scholarly Journal
Language of publication
English
ProQuest document ID
2549099694
Copyright
© The Author(s) 2021. This work is published under http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ (the “License”). Notwithstanding the ProQuest Terms and Conditions, you may use this content in accordance with the terms of the License.