Evaluation of radiation dose to the lens in interventional cardiology physicians before and after dose limit regulation changes.

In response to the International Commission on Radiological Protection, which lowered the lens equivalent dose limit, Japan lowered the lens dose limit from 150 mSv yto 100 mSv/5 years and 50 mSv y, with this new rule taking effect on 1 April 2021. DOSIRISis a dosimeter that can accurately measure lens dose. Herein, we investigated lens dose in interventional cardiology physicians 1 year before and after the reduction of the lens dose limit using a neck dosimeter and lens dosimeter measurements.

Transcriptional heterogeneity of catabolic genes on the plasmid pCAR1 causes host-specific carbazole degradation.

To elucidate why plasmid-borne catabolic ability differs among host bacteria, we assessed the expression dynamics of the P promoter on the carbazole-degradative conjugative plasmid pCAR1 in KT2440(pCAR1) (hereafter, KTPC) and CA10. The P promoter regulates the transcription of both the and operons, which are responsible for converting carbazole into anthranilate and anthranilate into catechol, respectively. In the presence of anthranilate, transcription of the P promoter is induced by the AraC/XylS family regulator AntR, encoded on pCAR1.