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. 2022 Feb;49(2):1321-1327.
doi: 10.1007/s11033-021-06960-3. Epub 2021 Nov 19.

Human exposure to low dose ionizing radiation affects miR-21 and miR-625 expression levels

Roghayeh Mahmoudi  1 , Massoud Saidijam  1 , Safoora Nikzad  2 , Leili Tapak  3 , Maryam Alvandi  4 , Saeid Afshar  5
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Human exposure to low dose ionizing radiation affects miR-21 and miR-625 expression levels

Roghayeh Mahmoudi et al. Mol Biol Rep. 2022 Feb.

Abstract

Background: Recently exposure to ionizing radiation driven by artificial radiation sources such as Medical X-rays and Nuclear medicine has increased hastily. Ionizing radiation-induced the DNA damage and activate the DNA damage response signaling pathways. The aim of this study was to evaluate the role of miR-21 and miR-625 in response to low-dose ionizing radiation.

Materials and methods: In this study, the blood sample of 38 volunteer patients who underwent Cardiac scans before and after 99mTc-MIBI injection were used. The WBC of patients was used for RNA extraction and after cDNA synthesis by the poly-A method the expression level of miR-21 and miR-625 was evaluated by real-time PCR method.

Results: The results of this study indicated that miR-21 and miR- 625 were significantly upregulated under exposure to low-dose ionizing radiation. The expression level of these miRNAs was not significantly correlated with the age and BMI of patients. More ever the bioinformatics analysis indicated that SP1 was a common target of both miRNAs and had the highest degree between hub genes.

Conclusion: In summary miR-21 and miR-625 can contribute to the response to acute low dose ionizing radiation by targeting the SP1. However further studies should be carried out on the molecular mechanism of effects of miR-21 and miR-625 in response to low dose ionizing radiation by targeting the SP1.

Keywords: Ionizing radiation; SP1; miR-21; miR-625.

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