Characterization of radiation-induced apoptosis in rodent cell lines Journal Article


Authors: Guo, M.; Chen, C.; Vidair, C.; Marino, S.; Dewey, W. C.; Ling, C. C.
Article Title: Characterization of radiation-induced apoptosis in rodent cell lines
Abstract: For REC:myc(ch1), Rat1 and Rat1:myc(b) cells, we determined the events in the development of radiation-induced apoptosis to be in the following order: cell division followed by chromatin condensation, membrane blebbing, loss of adhesion and the uptake of vital dye. Experimental data which were obtained using 4He ions of well-defined energies and which compared the dependence of apoptosis and clonogenic survival on 4He range strongly suggested that in our cells both apoptosis and loss of clonogenic survival resulted from radiation damage to the cell nucleus. Corroboratory evidence was that BrdU incorporation sensitized these cells to radiation-induced apoptosis. Comparing the dose response for apoptosis and the clonogenic survival curves for Rat1 and Rat1:myc(b) cells, we concluded that radiation- induced apoptosis contributed to the overall radiation-induced cell inactivation as assayed by clonogenic survival, and that a modified linear- quadratic model, proposed previously, modeled such a contribution effectively. In the same context, the selective increase in radiation- induced apoptosis during late S and G2 phases reduced the relative radioresistance observed for clonogenic survival during late S and G2 phases.
Keywords: controlled study; dose response; nonhuman; animal cell; animals; cell survival; cells, cultured; cell cycle; cell division; apoptosis; radiation injury; time factors; dose-response relationship, radiation; genes, myc; rat; ionizing radiation; radiosensitivity; cell size; rats; cell adhesion; cell aging; clonogenesis; etiology; video recording; complication; gamma radiation; chromatin condensation; helium; cesium 137; priority journal; article; helium ion radiation
Journal Title: Radiation Research
Volume: 147
Issue: 3
ISSN: 0033-7587
Publisher: Radiation Research Society  
Date Published: 1997-01-01
Start Page: 295
End Page: 303
Language: English
DOI: 10.2307/3579336
PUBMED: 9052675
PROVIDER: scopus
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  1. C Clifton Ling
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  2. Min Guo
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  3. Chang Hu Chen
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