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    <article_id>2-B-P-048</article_id>
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      <title_ja>放射線抵抗性がん細胞が抵抗性を失うと低下したFe<sup>2+</sup>量が親株レベルに戻る</title_ja> 
      <title_en>Decreased Fe<sup>2+</sup> amount returns to the parental levels when clinically relevant radioresistant cells lose their radio-resistance</title_en> 
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    <author>
      <author_ja>〇富田 和男<sup>1,2</sup>、桑原 義和<sup>1,3</sup>、Habibi Roudkenar Mehryar<sup>1</sup>、五十嵐 健人<sup>1,2</sup>、田中 康一<sup>1,2</sup>、北中 純一<sup>2</sup>、北中 順惠<sup>4</sup>、栗政 明弘<sup>3</sup>、西山 信好<sup>2</sup>、佐藤 友昭<sup>1</sup></author_ja>
      <author_en><u>Kazuo Tomita</u><sup>1,2</sup>, Yoshikazu Kuwahara<sup>1,3</sup>, Mehryar Habibi Roudkenar<sup>1</sup>, Kento Igarashi<sup>1,2</sup>, Koh-Ichi Tanaka<sup>1,2</sup>, Junichi Kitanaka<sup>2</sup>, Nobue Kitanaka<sup>4</sup>, Akihiro Kurimasa<sup>3</sup>, Nobuyoshi Nishiyama<sup>2</sup>, Tomoaki Sato<sup>1</sup></author_en>
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      <aff_ja><sup>1</sup>鹿児島大・院医歯、<sup>2</sup>兵庫医科大・薬・医療薬学、<sup>3</sup>東北医科薬科大・医・放射線基礎医学、<sup>4</sup>兵庫医科大・医・薬理</aff_ja>
      <aff_en><sup>1</sup>Dept. Applied Pharm., Grad. Sch. Med. &amp; Dent. Sci., Kagoshima Univ, <sup>2</sup>Div. Pharmacol., Dept. Pharm., Sch. Pharm., Hyogo Med. Univ., <sup>3</sup>Div. Radiation Biol. Med., Facul. Med, Tohoku Med. Pharm. Univ., <sup>4</sup>Dept. Pharmacol., Sch. Med., Hyogo Med. Univ.</aff_en>
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  <abstract>We have established &quot;clinically relevant radioresistant (CRR) cells&quot; that can survive exposure to 2 Gy/day X-rays for more than 30 days to overcome cancer treatment resistance. CRR cells show resistance against not only radiation but also docetaxel and hydrogen peroxide which is one of the reactive oxygen species (ROS). CRR cells produce less Fe<sup>2+</sup>, ROS, and lipid peroxidation compared to the parental cells. Recently, we found that this radioresistance is reversible. CRR cells that did not receive maintenance irradiation (MI; 2 Gy/day X-rays), for more than a year lost their radioresistance. We designated these CRR-NoIR cells and analyzed the mechanism of losing radioresistance. As a result, the morphology of NoIR cells maintained that of CRR cells, but the amount of both mitochondria and cytoplasm Fe<sup>2+</sup> returned to the parental level. In addition, the expression of miR7-5p, which had been upregulated in CRR cells, decreased, and the expression of mitoferrin, which regulates mitochondrial iron levels downstream of miR7-5p, returned to the parental level. Furthermore, mitochondrial membrane potential and oxygen consumption also returned to parental levels. These results suggest that the amount of Fe<sup>2+</sup> and the functions of mitochondria, the major iron-utilizing organelles, contribute to radio-resistance.</abstract> <trans_abst> </trans_abst> </article>