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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="brief-report" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Acta Naturae</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Acta Naturae</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Acta Naturae</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2075-8251</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Acta Naturae Ltd</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">10859</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.32607/20758251-2019-11-3-99-102</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Short communications</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Краткие сообщения</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Short Communication</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">A Unique Prototypic Device for Radiation Therapy: The p53-Independent Antiproliferative Effect of Neutron Radiation</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Уникальный прототип радиотерапевтической установки: р53-независимый антипролиферативный эффект нейтронного облучения</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Yurkov</surname><given-names>D. I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Юрков</surname><given-names>Д. И.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Syromukov</surname><given-names>S. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сыромуков</surname><given-names>С. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Tatarskiy</surname><given-names>V. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Татарский</surname><given-names>В. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Ivanova</surname><given-names>E. S.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Иванова</surname><given-names>Е. С.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Khamidullina</surname><given-names>A. I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Хамидуллина</surname><given-names>А. И.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Yastrebova</surname><given-names>M. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Ястребова</surname><given-names>М. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Sysoev</surname><given-names>V. I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Сысоев</surname><given-names>В. И.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Dobrov</surname><given-names>R. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Добров</surname><given-names>Р. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Belousov</surname><given-names>A. V.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Белоусов</surname><given-names>А. В.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff5"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Morozov</surname><given-names>V. N.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Морозов</surname><given-names>В. Н.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Kolyvanova</surname><given-names>M. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Колыванова</surname><given-names>М. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Krusanov</surname><given-names>G. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Крусанов</surname><given-names>Г. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff4"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff6"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zverev</surname><given-names>V. I.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Зверев</surname><given-names>В. И.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Shtil</surname><given-names>A. A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Штиль</surname><given-names>А. А.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><email>shtilaa@yahoo.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff2"/><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff3"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">N.L. Dukhov All-Russia Research Institute of Automatics</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Всероссийский научно-исследовательский институт автоматики им. Н.Л. Духова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff2"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Blokhin National Medical Center of Oncology</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Национальный медицинский исследовательский центр онкологии им. Н.Н. Блохина Минздрава России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff3"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Институт биологии гена РАН</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff4"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">A.I. Burnasyan Federal Medical Biophysical Center</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Федеральный медицинский биофизический центр им. А.И. Бурназяна ФМБА России</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff5"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Московский государственный университет им. М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><aff-alternatives id="aff6"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">D.V. Skobeltsyn Institute of Nuclear Physics at Moscow State University</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">НИИ ядерной физики им. Д.В. Скобельцина при Московском государственном университете им. М.В. Ломоносова</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2019-09-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>09</month><year>2019</year></pub-date><volume>11</volume><issue>3</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 11, NO3 (2019)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 11, №3 (2019)</issue-title><fpage>99</fpage><lpage>102</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2020-01-21"><day>21</day><month>01</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2019, Yurkov D.I., Syromukov S.V., Tatarskiy V.V., Ivanova E.S., Khamidullina A.I., Yastrebova M.A., Sysoev V.I., Dobrov R.V., Belousov A.V., Morozov V.N., Kolyvanova M.A., Krusanov G.A., Zverev V.I., Shtil A.A.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2019, Юрков Д.И., Сыромуков С.В., Татарский В.В., Иванова Е.С., Хамидуллина А.И., Ястребова М.А., Сысоев В.И., Добров Р.В., Белоусов А.В., Морозов В.Н., Колыванова М.А., Крусанов Г.А., Зверев В.И., Штиль А.А.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2019</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Yurkov D.I., Syromukov S.V., Tatarskiy V.V., Ivanova E.S., Khamidullina A.I., Yastrebova M.A., Sysoev V.I., Dobrov R.V., Belousov A.V., Morozov V.N., Kolyvanova M.A., Krusanov G.A., Zverev V.I., Shtil A.A.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Юрков Д.И., Сыромуков С.В., Татарский В.В., Иванова Е.С., Хамидуллина А.И., Ястребова М.А., Сысоев В.И., Добров Р.В., Белоусов А.В., Морозов В.Н., Колыванова М.А., Крусанов Г.А., Зверев В.И., Штиль А.А.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://actanaturae.ru/2075-8251/article/view/10859">https://actanaturae.ru/2075-8251/article/view/10859</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Radiation therapy with heavy particles including neutrons, an otherwise therapeutically perspective because of its high tissue penetration and efficient tumor damage, is currently limited by the lack of adequate equipment. An NG-24 generator (140 kg, 42 × 110 cm, ~1011 particles/s, &gt; 14 MeV) has been designed and engineered to replace the huge and environmentally harmful neutron reactors, cyclotrons, and accelerators with a compact, portable, safe, and potent source of high-energy neutrons. We demonstrate that the neutron beam produced by NG-24 causes a significant antiproliferative effect on human tumor cell lines regardless of the status of the anti-apoptotic p53 protein. Phosphorylation of histone 2A and increased amounts of p21, cyclin D, and phospho-p53 were detectable in HCT116 colon carcinoma cells (wild-type p53) irradiated with 4 Gy several days post-treatment, accompanied by G2/M phase arrest. These treatments dramatically reduced the ability of single cells to form colonies. In the HCT116p53KO subline (p53 -/-), the G2/M arrest was independent of the aforementioned mechanisms. Hence, the NG-24 generator is a source of a powerful, therapeutically relevant neutron flux that triggers a p53-independent antiproliferative response in tumor cells.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Лучевая терапия с использованием тяжелых частиц (в частности, нейтронов) предусматривает создание нового оборудования. Для замены применяемых в настоящее время ядерных реакторов, циклотронов и линейных ускорителей сконструирован компактный, переносной и мощный генератор нейтронов НГ-24 (вес 140 кг, размеры 42 × 110 см, мощность потока частиц 10<sup>11 </sup>н/с, энергия ~ 14 МэВ). Облучение нейтронами, генерируемыми НГ-24, вызывало выраженный антипролиферативный эффект на культурах опухолевых клеток человека независимо от статуса проапоптотического белка р53. Фосфорилирование гистона 2A и увеличение количества белков p21, циклина D и фосфорилированного p53 выявлены в клетках линии HCT116 рака толстой кишки (интактный p53), облученных в дозе 4 Гр. Облучение приводило к задержке клеточного цикла в фазе G2/M. Способность клеток к колониеобразованию существенно снижалась. В сублинии HCT116p53KO (нокаут p53) задержка в G2/M оказалась не связанной с указанными молекулярными событиями. Таким образом, НГ-24 - прототип клинически приемлемого источника высокоэнергетических нейтронов, вызывающих противоопухолевые эффекты в терапевтических дозах.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>fast neutrons</kwd><kwd>neutron generators</kwd><kwd>tumor cells</kwd><kwd>DNA damage</kwd><kwd>cell death</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>быстрые нейтроны</kwd><kwd>генераторы нейтронов</kwd><kwd>опухолевые клетки</kwd><kwd>повреждения ДНК</kwd><kwd>гибель клеток</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="en">This work was supported by the Ministry of Education and Science of the Russian Federation (Agreement with the Institute of Gene Biology, Russian Academy of Sciences, No. 14.W03.31.002).</funding-statement><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Работа поддержана грантом Минобрнауки Российской Федерации (соглашение № 14.W03.31.002 с Институтом биологии гена РАН).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>1. 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