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In this study, we elucidated the long-term effect of acute and fractionated irradiation on DCX-positive cells in hippocampal neurogenesis. Groups of two-month-old C57BL\/6 female mice were exposed to whole-body irradiation at acute dose (5 Gy) or fractional doses (1 Gy \u00d7 5 times and 0.5 Gy \u00d7 10 times). Six months after exposure to \u03b3-irradiation, the hippocampus was analyzed. Doublecortin (DCX) immunohistochemistry was used to measure changes of neurogenesis in the subgranular zone (SGZ) of the hippocampal dentate gyrus (DG). The number of DCX-positive cells was significantly decreased in all acute and fractionally irradiation groups. The long-term changes in DCX-positive cells triggered by radiation exposure showed a very different pattern to the short-term changes which tended to return to the control level in previous studies. Furthermore, the number of DCX-positive cells was relatively lower in the acute irradiation group than the fractional irradiation groups (approximately 3.6-fold), suggesting the biological change on hippocampal neurogenesis was more susceptible to being damaged by acute than fractional irradiation. These results suggest that the exposure to \u03b3-irradiation as a long-term effect can trigger biological responses resulting in the inhibition of hippocampal neurogenesis.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/molecules17089462","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2012,8,8]],"date-time":"2012-08-08T12:25:01Z","timestamp":1344428701000},"page":"9462-9468","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":18,"title":["Effect of Acute and Fractionated Irradiation on Hippocampal Neurogenesis"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"17","author":[{"given":"Min-Kyoung","family":"Park","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biotechnology, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (ARTI), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), 1266, Sinjeong-dong, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, Korea"},{"name":"Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 151-747, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Seolhwa","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biotechnology, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (ARTI), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), 1266, Sinjeong-dong, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Uhee","family":"Jung","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biotechnology, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (ARTI), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), 1266, Sinjeong-dong, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Insub","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biotechnology, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (ARTI), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), 1266, Sinjeong-dong, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Jin Kyu","family":"Kim","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biotechnology, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (ARTI), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), 1266, Sinjeong-dong, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"Changhyun","family":"Roh","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Division of Biotechnology, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute (ARTI), Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute (KAERI), 1266, Sinjeong-dong, Jeongeup, Jeonbuk 580-185, Korea"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]}],"member":"1968","published-online":{"date-parts":[[2012,8,8]]},"reference":[{"key":"ref_1","doi-asserted-by":"crossref","first-page":"151","DOI":"10.1146\/annurev.neuro.31.061307.090711","article-title":"Role of axonal transport in neurodegenerative diseases","volume":"31","author":"Grierson","year":"2008","journal-title":"Annu. 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