Size of lethality target in mouse immature oocytes determined with accelerated heavy ions

1 June 1989

journal article
research article
Published by Springer Nature in Radiation and Environmental Biophysics

Vol. 28 (2) , 131-139
https://doi.org/10.1007/bf01210297

Abstract

Summary Mouse immature oocytes were irradiated in vivo with highly charged, heavy ions from the Bevalac accelerator at the Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory. The particles used were 670-MeV/nucleon Si¹⁴⁺, 570-MeV/nucleon Ar¹⁸⁺, and 450-MeV/nucleon Fe²⁶⁺. The cross-sectional area of the lethality target in these extremely radiosensitive cells was determined from fluence-response curves and information on energy deposition by delta rays. Results indicate a target cross-section larger than that of the nucleus, one which closely approximates the cross-sectional area of the entire oocyte. For 450-MeV/nucleon Fe²⁶⁺ particles, the predicted target cross-sectional area is 120 ± 16 µm², comparing well with the microscopically determined cross-sectional area of 111 ± 12µm² for these cells. The present results are in agreement with our previous target studies which implicate the oocyte plasma membrane.

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