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1 PublikationPrediction of clonogenic cell survival curves based on the number of residual DNA double strand breaks measured by γH2AX staining
Menegakis, A.; Yaromina, A.; Eicheler, W.; Dörfler, A.; Beuthien-Baumann, B.; Thames, H. D.; Baumann, M.; Krause, M.
Abstract
Purpose:
To assess the potential of using the residual phosphorylation of histone H2AX (γH2AX) after irradiation as a marker of radiosensitivity invitro.
Material and methods:
Confluent cell cultures of FaDu and SKX human squamous cell carcinoma lines were irradiated with graded single doses. Twenty-four hours after irradiation cells were seeded for standard colony forming assay (CFA). In parallel, staining for γH2AX was performed to visualise the residual foci.
Results:
In the CFA, FaDu showed a higher radioresistance than SKX. After analysis of the residual foci data, we constructed predicted survival curves using two different methods. First, the proportion of nuclei with <3 foci was found to correlate closely with the observed surviving fraction (SF) in FaDu, with a slight overestimation of the true SF in SKX. Second, there was a strong linear correlation of the mean number of residual foci and observed −lnSF. Based on regression analysis, we calculated the SF for both cell lines based on the mean number of residual γH2AX foci. This second approach again led to a good correlation of predicted and observed SF values in FaDu and a (slight) overestimation in SKX.
Conclusion:In the two cell lines investigated the mean number of residual foci of γH2AX can be used to predict differences in the radiation dose response relationship invitro.
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International Journal of Radiation Biology 85(2009)11, 1032-1041
DOI: 10.3109/09553000903242149
ISSN: 0955-3002
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