Theory of low-frequency vibrations in DNA macromolecules.

To describe low-frequency dynamics of DNA macromolecules a model is developed taking into account the hydrogen bond stretching in base pairs, the backbone flexibility and intranucleoside mobility. For double-stranded DNA the normal vibrations are found and the structure of low-frequency spectrum is determined. The agreement between theory and Raman spectroscopy data for B-DNA is demonstrated.

[A model of the stochastic dynamics of interphase lymphocyte death].

Dynamics of interphase peripheral blood lymphocyte death is studied in terms of a general model based on a random damage distribution among cells and stochastic time of their death. Some particular cases of this model are analysed. Possible causes of shaping "biphase" dose-dependence curves for lymphoid cell survival after irradiation are discussed.

[Accounting for recovery processes in the description of interphase cell death].

A phenomenological scheme is proposed to describe dose- and time-dependences of the interphase cell death in terms of a continual model of radiation injury. Different regularities of the postirradiation recovery of cells are discussed. The results obtained are in agreement with the experimental data.

[Conformation oscillations of DNA].

A conformational mobility model is proposed to describe the low-frequency DNA structure dynamics. The transverse oscillations of structure elements in a double-stranded chain are studied. The frequency of DNA long-wave conformational oscillations are estimated and the theory is shown to agree with experiment.

[Mathematical model of interphase cell death. Biophysical justification and generalization].

The authors propose a biophysical justification of a radiation-induced injury and interphase death of cells. The injury to certain units of the microtrabecular network and cytoskeleton is considered to be a primary biological effect of radiation on cells. The role of these structural changes in the development of the specific radiation response is discussed.

[Mathematical model of interphase cell death].

A model of radiation injury of cells is proposed. It involves a diffusion description of the distribution of elementary lesions among cells during irradiation. It is assumed that the probability of cell death depends on the number of elementary lesions.

[Diffusion model of coordinated oxygen and glucose uptake by solid tumor cells].

A model for consistent oxygen and glucose uptake by tumor cells is suggested. Oxygen uptake is considered to depend, under certain conditions, on that of glucose. Equations for calculation of oxygen and glucose distributions in cell spheroids are given (models of solid tumor in vitro).