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Cytogenetic biological dosimetry is based on the relationship between the absorbed dose and the frequency of scored chromosomal aberrations. The influence of confounding factors on radiation response is a topical issue. The role of ethnicity is unclear. Here, we compared the dose-response curves obtained after irradiation of circulating lymphocytes from healthy donors of African and European ancestry.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Materials and Methods:<\/jats:bold> Blood samples from six Africans living in Africa, five Africans living in Europe, and five Caucasians living in Europe were exposed to various doses (0\u20134 Gy) of X-rays at a dose-rate of 0.1 Gy\/min using an X-RAD320 irradiator. A validated cohort composed of 14 healthy Africans living in three African countries was included and blood samples were irradiated using the same protocols. Blood lymphocytes were cultured for 48 h and chromosomal aberrations scored during the first mitosis by telomere and centromere staining. The distribution of dicentric chromosomes was determined and the Kruskal-Wallis test was used to compare the dose-response curves of the two populations.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Results:<\/jats:bold> No spontaneous dicentric chromosomes were detected in African donors, thus establishing a very low background of unstable chromosomal aberrations relative to the European population. There was a significant difference in the dose response curves between native African and European donors. At 4 Gy, African donors showed a significantly lower frequency of dicentric chromosomes (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 8.65 10<jats:sup>\u201317<\/jats:sup>), centric rings (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 4.0310<jats:sup>\u201314<\/jats:sup>), and resulting double-strand-breaks (DSB) (<jats:italic>p<\/jats:italic> = 1.32 10<jats:sup>\u201318<\/jats:sup>) than European donors. In addition, a significant difference was found between African donors living in Europe and Africans living in Africa.<\/jats:p><jats:p><jats:bold>Conclusion:<\/jats:bold> This is the first study to demonstrate the important role of ethnic and environmental factors that may epigenetically influence the response to irradiation. It will be necessary to establish country-of-origen-specific dose response curves to practice precise and adequate biological dosimetry. This work opens new perspective for the comparison of treatments based on genotoxic agents, such as irradiation.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3389\/fgene.2021.657999","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2021,11,11]],"date-time":"2021-11-11T15:13:58Z","timestamp":1636643638000},"update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3389\/crossmark-policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Is Response to Genotoxic Stress Similar in Populations of African and European Ancestry? 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