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26 February 2024 Dose Rate Effects on Hydrated Electrons, Hydrogen Peroxide, and a OH Radical Molecular Probe Under Clinical Energy Protons
Tamon Kusumoto, Antoine Danvin, Taisei Mamiya, Aurelia Arnone, Severine Chefson, Catherine Galindo, Philippe Peaupardin, Quentin Raffy, Nagaaki Kamiguchi, Daizo Amano, Kenzo Sasai, Teruaki Konishi, Satoshi Kodaira
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Abstract

We report the dose rate dependence of radiation chemical yields (G value) of water radiolysis products under clinical energy protons (230 MeV) to understand mechanisms of the FLASH radiotherapy performed at ultra-high dose rate (>40 Gy/s). The G value of 7-hydoroxy-coumarin-3-carboxylic acid (7OH-C3CA) produced by reactions of coumarin-3-carboxylic acid (C3CA) with OH radicals and oxygen is evaluated by fluorescence method. Also, those of hydrated electrons and hydrogen peroxide are derived by absorption method using Saltzman and Ghomley techniques, respectively. Both G values of 7OH-C3CA and hydrated electrons decrease with increasing dose rate. The relative evolution of 7OH-C3CA is –39 6 2% between 0.1 and 50 Gy/s. This value is higher than that of hydrated electrons, measured at –21 6 4%. The G value of hydrogen peroxide in ultra-pure water also decreases with increasing dose rate. In comparison to these findings, we represent the increase of the G value of hydrogen peroxide with increasing dose rate in the mixture solution of MeOH and NaNO3, which act as scavengers of OH radicals and hydrated electrons, respectively, that decompose hydrogen peroxide. This finding indicates that a complex track structure can be expected with increasing dose rate and the reduction of OH radicals by forming hydrogen peroxide would be related to the sparing effect of healthy tissues.

Tamon Kusumoto, Antoine Danvin, Taisei Mamiya, Aurelia Arnone, Severine Chefson, Catherine Galindo, Philippe Peaupardin, Quentin Raffy, Nagaaki Kamiguchi, Daizo Amano, Kenzo Sasai, Teruaki Konishi, and Satoshi Kodaira "Dose Rate Effects on Hydrated Electrons, Hydrogen Peroxide, and a OH Radical Molecular Probe Under Clinical Energy Protons," Radiation Research 201(4), 287-293, (26 February 2024). https://doi.org/10.1667/RADE-23-00244.1
Received: 28 November 2023; Accepted: 19 February 2024; Published: 26 February 2024
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