Whole blood gene expression within days after total-body irradiation predicts long term survival in Gottingen minipigs

© 2021. The Author(s)..

Gottingen minipigs mirror the physiological radiation response observed in humans and hence make an ideal candidate model for studying radiation biodosimetry for both limited-sized and mass casualty incidents. We examined the whole blood gene expression profiles starting one day after total-body irradiation with increasing doses of gamma-rays. The minipigs were monitored for up to 45 days or time to euthanasia necessitated by radiation effects. We successfully identified dose- and time-agnostic (over a 1-7 day period after radiation), survival-predictive gene expression signatures derived using machine-learning algorithms with high sensitivity and specificity. These survival-predictive signatures fare better than an optimally performing dose-differentiating signature or blood cellular profiles. These findings suggest that prediction of survival is a much more useful parameter for making triage, resource-utilization and treatment decisions in a resource-constrained environment compared to predictions of total dose received. It should hopefully be possible to build such classifiers for humans in the future.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:11

Enthalten in:

Scientific reports - 11(2021), 1 vom: 05. Aug., Seite 15873

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Chopra, Sunita [VerfasserIn]
Moroni, Maria [VerfasserIn]
Sanjak, Jaleal [VerfasserIn]
MacMillan, Laurel [VerfasserIn]
Hritzo, Bernadette [VerfasserIn]
Martello, Shannon [VerfasserIn]
Bylicky, Michelle [VerfasserIn]
May, Jared [VerfasserIn]
Coleman, C Norman [VerfasserIn]
Aryankalayil, Molykutty J [VerfasserIn]

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Biomarkers
Journal Article
Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

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Date Completed 08.11.2021

Date Revised 27.02.2024

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1038/s41598-021-95120-5

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM328984213