Abstract
The effectiveness of S-2-(3-aminopropylamino)ethylphosphorothioic acid (WR 2721) to protect against the heavy-charged particle beams with dose-averaged LET infinity's ranging from 26 to 260 keV/micron was studied using the marrow colony forming units-spleen as a model system. WR 2721 (400 mg/kg) was injected ip 30 min before whole-body irradiation in the plateau ionization region of the Bragg curve. Significant protection was observed at 26, 51, and 135 keV/micron LET values where the data were collected with 20Ne, 28Si, and 40Ar ions, respectively. The largest component of protection was the slope change, where at LET values of 26 and 51 keV/micron the DMFs (slope) were 2.1 and 2.3, respectively, which are very close to the gamma-ray value of 2.4 (gamma LET approximately equal to 0.2 keV/micron). Protection, however, decreased with increase in LET from 51 to 135 keV/micron to the DMF value of 1.2 and no significant protection was observed against 56Fe ions at 260 keV/micron. Significant increases in extrapolation number occurred with gamma rays and neon particles. The results are discussed in terms of charged particle track structure, radiation chemistry, and potential clinical applications.
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