Print Email Facebook Twitter A New Standard DNA Damage (SDD) Data Format Title A New Standard DNA Damage (SDD) Data Format Author Schuemann, J. (Massachusetts General Hospital) Barbieri, S. (Pavia University; European Radiation Dosimetry Group e.V., Neuherberg) Brown, J.M.C. (TU Delft RST/Applied Radiation & Isotopes; TU Delft RST/Medical Physics & Technology) Kyriakoulis, I. (University of Ioannina Medical School) Jia, X. (University of Texas Southwestern) Cucinotta, F. A. (University of Nevada Las Vegas) Schulte, R.B. (Loma Linda Univesity) Cho, S. H. (The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center) Li, W. (Helmholtz Zentrum München) Date 2019 Abstract Our understanding of radiation-induced cellular damage has greatly improved over the past few decades. Despite this progress, there are still many obstacles to fully understand how radiation interacts with biologically relevant cellular components, such as DNA, to cause observable end points such as cell killing. Damage in DNA is identified as a major route of cell killing. One hurdle when modeling biological effects is the difficulty in directly comparing results generated by members of different research groups. Multiple Monte Carlo codes have been developed to simulate damage induction at the DNA scale, while at the same time various groups have developed models that describe DNA repair processes with varying levels of detail. These repair models are intrinsically linked to the damage model employed in their development, making it difficult to disentangle systematic effects in either part of the modeling chain. These modeling chains typically consist of track-structure Monte Carlo simulations of the physical interactions creating direct damages to DNA, followed by simulations of the production and initial reactions of chemical species causing so-called "indirect" damages. After the induction of DNA damage, DNA repair models combine the simulated damage patterns with biological models to determine the biological consequences of the damage. To date, the effect of the environment, such as molecular oxygen (normoxic vs. hypoxic), has been poorly considered. We propose a new standard DNA damage (SDD) data format to unify the interface between the simulation of damage induction in DNA and the biological modeling of DNA repair processes, and introduce the effect of the environment (molecular oxygen or other compounds) as a flexible parameter. Such a standard greatly facilitates inter-model comparisons, providing an ideal environment to tease out model assumptions and identify persistent, underlying mechanisms. Through inter-model comparisons, this unified standard has the potential to greatly advance our understanding of the underlying mechanisms of radiation-induced DNA damage and the resulting observable biological effects when radiation parameters and/or environmental conditions change. To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:f6f6d836-d4e3-4759-bdfe-16e74e1a9de8 DOI https://doi.org/10.1667/RR15209.1 ISSN 0033-7587 Source Radiation Research, 191 (1), 76-92 Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type journal article Rights © 2019 J. Schuemann, S. Barbieri, J.M.C. Brown, I. Kyriakoulis, X. Jia, F. A. Cucinotta, R.B. Schulte, S. H. Cho, W. Li, More Authors Files PDF RR15209.1.pdf 1.51 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:f6f6d836-d4e3-4759-bdfe-16e74e1a9de8/datastream/OBJ/view