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McKay MJ, Craig J, Kalitsis P, Kozlov S, Verschoor S, Chen P, Lobachevsky P, Vasireddy R, Yan Y, Ryan J, McGillivray G, Savarirayan R, Lavin MF, Ramsay RG, Xu H. A Roberts Syndrome Individual With Differential Genotoxin Sensitivity and a DNA Damage Response Defect. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2019; 103:1194-1202. [PMID: 30508616 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijrobp.2018.11.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2018] [Revised: 11/14/2018] [Accepted: 11/23/2018] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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PURPOSE Roberts syndrome (RBS) is a rare, recessively transmitted developmental disorder characterized by growth retardation, craniofacial abnormalities, and truncation of limbs. All affected individuals to date have mutations in the ESCO2 (establishment of cohesion 2) gene, a key regulator of the cohesin complex, which is involved in sister chromatid cohesion and DNA double-strand break (DSB) repair. Here we characterize DNA damage responses (DDRs) for the first time in an RBS-affected family. METHODS AND MATERIALS Lymphoblastoid cell lines were established from an RBS family, including the proband and parents carrying ESCO2 mutations. Various DDR assays were performed on these cells, including cell survival, chromosome break, and apoptosis assays; checkpoint activation indicators; and measures of DNA breakage and repair. RESULTS Cells derived from the RBS-affected individual showed sensitivity to ionizing radiation (IR) and mitomycin C-induced DNA damage. In this ESCO2 compound heterozygote, other DDRs were also defective, including enhanced IR-induced clastogenicity and apoptosis; increased DNA DSB induction; and a reduced capacity for repairing IR-induced DNA DSBs, as measured by γ-H2AX foci and the comet assay. CONCLUSIONS In addition to its developmental features, RBS can be, like ataxia telangiectasia, considered a DDR-defective syndrome, which contributes to its cellular, molecular, and clinical phenotype.
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- Michael J McKay
- Olivia Newton-John Cancer Research Institute and Austin Health, Heidelberg, Victoria, Australia; Latrobe University, Bundoora, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Deakin University, Geelong Waurn Campus, Geelong, Victoria, Australia; Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Royal Children's Hospital, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Campus, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Campus, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
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- School of Medicine, Flinders University, Adelaide, South Australia, Australia; Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Victorian Clinical Genetics Services, Murdoch Children's Research Institute, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- University of Queensland Centre for Clinical Research, Royal Brisbane & Women's Hospital Campus, Herston, Queensland, Australia
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- Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Sir Peter MacCallum Department of Oncology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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- Cancer Research Division, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia; Clinical Pathology, Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health Sciences, The University of Melbourne, Parkville, Victoria, Australia; College of Life Sciences, Shanxi Normal University, Linfen, Shanxi, China.
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McKay MJ, Goh SK, McKay JN, Chao M, McKay TM. Non-homologous end-joining protein expression screen from radiosensitive cancer patients yields a novel DNA double strand break repair phenotype. ANNALS OF TRANSLATIONAL MEDICINE 2017; 5:96. [PMID: 28361061 DOI: 10.21037/atm.2017.03.04] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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BACKGROUND Clinical radiosensitivity is a significant impediment to tumour control and cure, in that it restricts the total doses which can safely be delivered to the whole radiotherapy population, within the tissue tolerance of potentially radiosensitive (RS) individuals. Understanding its causes could lead to personalization of radiotherapy. METHODS We screened tissues from a unique bank of RS cancer patients for expression defects in major DNA double-strand break repair proteins, using Western blot analysis and subsequently reverse-transcriptase polymerase chain reaction and pulsed-field gel electrophoresis. RESULTS We hypothesized that abnormalities in expression of these proteins may explain the radiosensitivity of some of our cancer patients. The cells from one patient showed a reproducibly consistent expression reduction in two complex-forming DNA double-strand break repair protein components (DNA Ligase IV and XRCC4). We also showed a corresponding reduction in both gene products at the mRNA level. Additionally, the mRNA inducibility by ionizing radiation was increased for one of the proteins in the patient's cells. We confirmed the likely functional significance of the non-homologous end-joining (NHEJ) expression abnormalities with a DNA double strand break (DNA DSB) repair assay. CONCLUSIONS We have identified a novel biological phenotype linked to clinical radiosensitivity. This is important in that very few molecular defects are known in human radiotherapy subjects. Such knowledge may contribute to the understanding of radiation response mechanisms in cancer patients and to personalization of radiotherapy.
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- Michael J McKay
- University of Sydney, Department of Medicine, Camperdown, 2050 NSW, Australia
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- Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, VIC, Australia
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- Genesis Cancer Care, Melbourne, 3001 VIC, Australia
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Zhao L, Wu D, Mi D, Sun Y. Radiosensitivity and relative biological effectiveness based on a generalized target model. JOURNAL OF RADIATION RESEARCH 2017; 58:8-16. [PMID: 27422933 PMCID: PMC5321180 DOI: 10.1093/jrr/rrw062] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2016] [Revised: 04/28/2016] [Accepted: 05/09/2016] [Indexed: 05/09/2023]
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By considering both cellular repair effects and indirect effects of radiation, we have generalized the traditional target model, and made it have a linear-quadratic-linear characteristic. To assess the repair capacity-dependent radiosensitivity and relative biological effectiveness (RBE), the generalized target model was used to fit the survival of human normal embryonic lung fibroblast MRC-5 cells in the G0 and G1 phases after various types of radiations. The fitting results indicate that the generalized target model works well in the dose ranges considered. The resulting calculations qualitatively show that the parameter ratio (a/V) in the model could represent the cellular repair capacity. In particular, the significant linear correlations between radiosensitivity/RBE and cellular repair capacity are observed for different slopes of the linear regression curves. These results show that the radiosensitivity and RBE depend on the cellular repair capacity and can be regulated by linear energy transfer. These analyses suggest that the ratio a/V in the generalized target model can also be used for radiation damage assessment in radiotherapy.
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- Lei Zhao
- Institute of Environmental Systems Biology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116026, PR China
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- Institute of Environmental Systems Biology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116026, PR China
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- Department of Physics, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116026, PR China
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- Institute of Environmental Systems Biology, College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Dalian Maritime University, No. 1 Linghai Road, Dalian, Liaoning, 116026, PR China
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Yu LJ, Wall BA, Wangari-Talbot J, Chen S. Metabotropic glutamate receptors in cancer. Neuropharmacology 2016; 115:193-202. [PMID: 26896755 DOI: 10.1016/j.neuropharm.2016.02.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2015] [Revised: 02/07/2016] [Accepted: 02/09/2016] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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Metabotropic glutamate receptors (mGluRs) are widely known for their roles in synaptic signaling. However, accumulating evidence suggests roles of mGluRs in human malignancies in addition to synaptic transmission. Somatic cell homeostasis presents intriguing possibilities of mGluRs and glutamate signaling as novel targets for human cancers. More recently, aberrant glutamate signaling has been shown to participate in the transformation and maintenance of various cancer types, including glioma, melanoma skin cancer, breast cancer, and prostate cancer, indicating that genes encoding mGluRs, GRMs, can function as oncogenes. Here, we provide a review on the interactions of mGluRs and their ligand, glutamate, in processes that promote the growth of tumors of neuronal and non-neuronal origins. Further, we discuss the evolution of riluzole, a glutamate release inhibitor approved for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), but now fashioned as an mGluR1 inhibitor for melanoma therapy and as a radio-sensitizer for tumors that have metastasized to the brain. With the success of riluzole, it is not far-fetched to believe that other drugs that may act directly or indirectly on other mGluRs can be beneficial for multiple applications. This article is part of the Special Issue entitled 'Metabotropic Glutamate Receptors, 5 years on'.
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- Lumeng J Yu
- Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, NJ, USA
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- Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, NJ, USA; Global Product Safety, Colgate-Palmolive Company, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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- Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, NJ, USA
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- Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers University, NJ, USA; The Cancer Institute of New Jersey, 195 Little Albany Street, New Brunswick, NJ 08903, USA.
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Yu LJ, Wall BA, Chen S. The current management of brain metastasis in melanoma: a focus on riluzole. Expert Rev Neurother 2015; 15:779-92. [PMID: 26092602 DOI: 10.1586/14737175.2015.1055321] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Brain metastasis is a common endpoint in human malignant melanoma, and the prognosis for patients remains poor despite advancements in therapy. Current treatment for melanoma metastatic to the brain is grouped into those providing symptomatic relief such as corticosteroids and antiepileptic agents, to those that are disease modifying. Related to the latter group, recent studies have demonstrated that aberrant glutamate signaling plays a role in the transformation and maintenance of various cancer types, including melanoma. Glutamate secretion from these and surrounding cells have been found to stimulate regulatory pathways that control tumor growth, proliferation and survival in vitro and in vivo. The antiglutamatergic actions of an inhibitor of glutamate release, riluzole, have been detected by its ability to clear glutamate from the synapse, and it has been shown to inhibit glutamate release rather than directly inhibiting glutamate receptors. Preclinical studies have demonstrated the ability of riluzole to act as a radiosensitizing agent in melanoma. The effect of riluzole on downstream glutamatergic signaling has pointed to cross talk between the metabotropic G-protein-coupled glutamate receptors implicated in a subset of human melanomas with other signaling pathways, including apoptotic, angiogenic, ROS and cell invasion mechanisms, thus establishing its potential to be further explored in combination therapy regimens for both primary human melanoma and melanoma metastatic to the brain.
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- Lumeng J Yu
- Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, the State University, Piscataway, NJ, 08854, USA
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Wall BA, Yu LJ, Khan A, Haffty B, Goydos JS, Chen S. Riluzole is a radio-sensitizing agent in an in vivo model of brain metastasis derived from GRM1 expressing human melanoma cells. Pigment Cell Melanoma Res 2014; 28:105-9. [PMID: 25363352 DOI: 10.1111/pcmr.12327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2014] [Accepted: 10/29/2014] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Approximately 50% of patients having metastatic melanoma develop brain metastases during the course of their illness. Evidence exists that melanoma cells have increased aptitude for the repair of sublethal DNA damage caused by ionizing radiation therapy. To address the radio-resistance of melanoma, many groups adopted radiotherapy schedules that deliver larger daily fractions of radiation, but due to the risk of neurotoxicity, these large fractions cannot be delivered to the whole brain for patients with brain metastases. Here, we used orthotopic implanted GRM1 expressing human melanoma cell xenografts in mice, to demonstrate that animals receiving concurrent glutamate signaling blockade (riluzole) and radiation led to a decrease in intracranial tumor growth compared to either modality alone. These preclinical results suggest riluzole may cause radio-sensitization that offers enhanced efficacy for a subset of human melanoma patients undergoing radiotherapy for brain metastasis.
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- Brian A Wall
- Susan Lehman Cullman Laboratory for Cancer Research, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University, Piscataway, NJ, USA; Joint Graduate Program of Toxicology and Pharmacology, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA
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Khan AJ, Wall B, Ahlawat S, Green C, Schiff D, Mehnert JM, Goydos JS, Chen S, Haffty BG. Riluzole enhances ionizing radiation-induced cytotoxicity in human melanoma cells that ectopically express metabotropic glutamate receptor 1 in vitro and in vivo. Clin Cancer Res 2011; 17:1807-14. [PMID: 21325066 DOI: 10.1158/1078-0432.ccr-10-1276] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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PURPOSE Brain metastases are a common preterminal event in patients with metastatic melanoma and require radiation therapy. Our group has previously shown that human GRM1 (hGRM1) expressing melanoma cells release excess extracellular glutamate and are growth inhibited by riluzole, an inhibitor of glutamate release. Riluzole-treated cells accumulate in G(2)/M phase of the cell cycle at 24 hours, and then undergo apoptotic cell death. We evaluated whether riluzole enhanced radiosensitivity in melanoma cells. EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN Clonogenic assays were performed to evaluate clonogenic survival after treatment in hGRM1 expressing and nonexpressing melanoma cells. Western immunoblots were performed to confirm apoptotic cell death. A xenograft mouse model was used to validate the in vitro experiments. Tumors harvested from the xenografts were fixed and stained for apoptosis and DNA damage markers. RESULTS In the hGRM1-positive cell lines C8161 and UACC903, riluzole enhanced the lethal effects of ionizing radiation; no difference was seen in the hGRM1-negative UACC930 cell line. C8161 cells treated with riluzole plus irradiation also showed the highest levels of the cleaved forms of PARP and caspase-3; excised C8161 xenografts showed the greatest number of apoptotic cells by immunohistochemistry (P < 0.001). On cell cycle analysis, a sequence-dependent enrichment in the G(2)/M phase was shown with the combination of riluzole and irradiation. Xenografts treated with riluzole and weekly radiation fractions showed significant growth inhibition and revealed markedly increased DNA damage. CONCLUSIONS We have shown, in vitro and in vivo, that the combination of riluzole and ionizing radiation leads to greater cytotoxicity. These results have clinical implications for patients with brain metastases receiving whole brain radiation therapy.
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- Atif J Khan
- Department of Radiation Oncology, UMDNJ-Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, Piscataway, New Jersey, USA
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Bibault JE, Dewas S, Mirabel X, Mortier L, Penel N, Vanseymortier L, Lartigau E. Adjuvant radiation therapy in metastatic lymph nodes from melanoma. Radiat Oncol 2011; 6:12. [PMID: 21294913 PMCID: PMC3041681 DOI: 10.1186/1748-717x-6-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 02/06/2011] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Purpose To analyze the outcome after adjuvant radiation therapy with standard fractionation regimen in metastatic lymph nodes (LN) from cutaneous melanoma. Patients and methods 86 successive patients (57 men) were treated for locally advanced melanoma in our institution. 60 patients (69%) underwent LN dissection followed by radiation therapy (RT), while 26 patients (31%) had no radiotherapy. Results The median number of resected LN was 12 (1 to 36) with 2 metastases (1 to 28). Median survival after the first relapse was 31.8 months. Extracapsular extension was a significant prognostic factor for regional control (p = 0.019). Median total dose was 50 Gy (30 to 70 Gy). A standard fractionation regimen was used (2 Gy/fraction). Median number of fractions was 25 (10 to 44 fractions). Patients were treated with five fractions/week. Patients with extracapsular extension treated with surgery followed by RT (total dose ≥50 Gy) had a better regional control than patients treated by surgery followed by RT with a total dose <50 Gy (80% vs. 35% at 5-year follow-up; p = 0.004). Conclusion Adjuvant radiotherapy was able to increase regional control in targeted sub-population (LN with extracapsular extension).
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- Jean-Emmanuel Bibault
- Academic Radiotherapy Departement, CLCC Oscar Lambret Comprehensive Cancer Center, Lille-Nord de France University, Lille, France.
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Sambade MJ, Peters EC, Thomas NE, Kaufmann WK, Kimple RJ, Shields JM. Melanoma cells show a heterogeneous range of sensitivity to ionizing radiation and are radiosensitized by inhibition of B-RAF with PLX-4032. Radiother Oncol 2011; 98:394-9. [PMID: 21295875 DOI: 10.1016/j.radonc.2010.12.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 100] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2010] [Revised: 12/01/2010] [Accepted: 12/21/2010] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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PURPOSE To assess the relative radiosensitivities of a large collection of melanoma cell lines and to determine whether pharmacologic inhibition of mutant B-RAF with PLX-4032 can radiosensitize B-Raf+ melanoma cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS A large collection of melanoma cell lines (n=37) were treated with 0-8Gy IR and clonogenic survival assays used to generate survival curves to rank relative radiosensitivities among the cell lines. The ability of a B-RAF inhibitor, PLX-4032, to radiosensitize highly radioresistant B-Raf+ cells was also assessed by clonogenic cell survival and spheroid invasion assays and the effects of treatment on the cell cycle assessed by FACS. RESULTS Melanoma cell lines displayed a very large, heterogeneous range of SF2 values (1.002-0.053) with a mean of 0.51. Cell lines with surviving fractions of 0.29 or less at SF2 and SF4 were observed at a high frequency of 18.9% and 70.2%, respectively. Treatment of B-Raf+ cells with the B-RAF inhibitor PLX-4032 in combination with radiation provided enhanced inhibition of both colony formation and invasion, and radiosensitized cells through an increase in G(1) arrest. CONCLUSIONS Our data suggest that melanomas are not uniformly radioresistant with a significant subset displaying inherent radiosensitivity. Pharmacologic inhibition of B-RAF with PLX-4032 effectively radiosensitized B-Raf+ melanoma cells suggesting that this combination approach could provide improved radiotherapeutic response in B-Raf+ melanoma patients.
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- Maria J Sambade
- Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Lineberger Comprehensive Cancer Center, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC 27599, USA
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Petrović I, Ristić-Fira A, Todorović D, Korićanac L, Valastro L, Cirrone P, Cuttone G. Response of a radioresistant human melanoma cell line along the proton spread-out Bragg peak. Int J Radiat Biol 2010; 86:742-51. [DOI: 10.3109/09553002.2010.481322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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- Ivan Petrović
- Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, LNS, Catania, Italy
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- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare, LNS, Catania, Italy
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Vasireddy RS, Sprung CN, Cempaka NL, Chao M, McKay MJ. H2AX phosphorylation screen of cells from radiosensitive cancer patients reveals a novel DNA double-strand break repair cellular phenotype. Br J Cancer 2010; 102:1511-8. [PMID: 20461094 PMCID: PMC2869166 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6605666] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Background: About 1–5% of cancer patients suffer from significant normal tissue reactions as a result of radiotherapy (RT). It is not possible at this time to predict how most patients’ normal tissues will respond to RT. DNA repair dysfunction is implicated in sensitivity to RT particularly in genes that mediate the repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). Phosphorylation of histone H2AX (phosphorylated molecules are known as γH2AX) occurs rapidly in response to DNA DSBs, and, among its other roles, contributes to repair protein recruitment to these damaged sites. Mammalian cell lines have also been crucial in facilitating the successful cloning of many DNA DSB repair genes; yet, very few mutant cell lines exist for non-syndromic clinical radiosensitivity (RS). Methods: Here, we survey DNA DSB induction and repair in whole cells from RS patients, as revealed by γH2AX foci assays, as potential predictive markers of clinical radiation response. Results: With one exception, both DNA focus induction and repair in cell lines from RS patients were comparable with controls. Using γH2AX foci assays, we identified a RS cancer patient cell line with a novel ionising radiation-induced DNA DSB repair defect; these data were confirmed by an independent DNA DSB repair assay. Conclusion: γH2AX focus measurement has limited scope as a pre-RT predictive assay in lymphoblast cell lines from RT patients; however, the assay can successfully identify novel DNA DSB repair-defective patient cell lines, thus potentially facilitating the discovery of novel constitutional contributions to clinical RS.
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- R S Vasireddy
- Division of Research, Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, Melbourne, Victoria 3002, Australia
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BACKGROUND In melanoma, radiotherapy has generally been considered as a palliative treatment option indicated only for advanced cases or disseminated disease. In the 70s of the previous century, the technological advances in radiotherapy, linked to rapid development of computer sciences, resulted in restored interest for radiotherapy in melanoma management. Although a fundamental lack of well designed prospective and/or randomized clinical trials critically influenced the integration of radiotherapy into treatment strategies in melanoma, radiotherapy was recently recognized as an indispensable part in the multidisciplinary management of patients with melanoma. Altogether, approximately 23% of melanoma patients should receive at least one course of radiotherapy during the course of the disease. In this review, radiobiological properties of melanoma that govern the decisions for the fractionation patterns used in the treatment of this disease are described. Moreover, the indications for irradiation and the results of pertinent clinical studies from the literature, creating a rationale for the use of radiotherapy in the management of this disease, are reviewed and a brief description of radiotherapy techniques is given. CONCLUSIONS Basic treatment modality in melanoma is surgery. However, whenever surgery is not radical or there are adverse prognostic factors identified on histopathological examination of resected tissue specimen, it needs to be supplemented. Also, in patients with unresectable disease or in those not being suitable for major surgery or who refuse proposed surgical intervention, other effective mode(s) of therapy need to be implemented. From this perspective, supported by clinical experiences and literature results, radiotherapy is a valuable option: it is effective and safe, in curative and palliative setting.
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Shuff JH, Siker ML, Daly MD, Schultz CJ. Role of radiation therapy in cutaneous melanoma. Clin Plast Surg 2010; 37:147-60. [PMID: 19914465 DOI: 10.1016/j.cps.2009.07.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/20/2022]
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Cutaneous melanoma is a disease that often has an aggressive and unpredictable course. It was historically thought to be a radioresistant neoplasm; however, substantial radiobiologic and clinical evidence has emerged to refute this notion. Improved local control has been demonstrated with the use of adjuvant radiation therapy delivered to the primary site or regional lymphatics in patients with high-risk clinical or pathologic features. Despite improved local control, high-risk cutaneous melanoma often spreads systemically, leading to poor survival. In the setting of systemic progression, radiation therapy can frequently palliate symptomatic sites of metastatic disease.
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- Jaime H Shuff
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Wisconsin, 8701 Watertown Plank Road, Milwaukee, WI 53226, USA
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Study and Treatment of Locally Advanced Melanoma. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/s1578-2190(09)70172-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Petrović I, Ristić-Fira A, Todorović D, Valastro L, Cirrone P, Cuttone G. Radiobiological analysis of human melanoma cells on the 62 MeV CATANA proton beam. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 82:251-65. [PMID: 16690593 DOI: 10.1080/09553000600669859] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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PURPOSE To measure the ability of protons and gamma-rays to effect cell viability and cell survival of human HTB140 melanoma cells. MATERIALS AND METHODS Exponentially growing HTB140 cells were irradiated close to the Bragg peak maximum of the 62 MeV protons or with 60Co gamma-rays with single doses, ranging from 8 - 24 Gy. Cell viability using the 3-(4,5-dimethylthiazol-2yl)-2,5-diphenyltetrazolium bromide (MTT) assay was evaluated at 6 h, 24 h, 48 h or 7 days after irradiation and clonogenic survival was assessed at 7 days after irradiation. Cell cycle phase redistribution and the level of apoptosis were evaluated at 6 h and 48 h after irradiation. RESULTS The study of cell viability as a function of time (cell survival progression) and cell survival, using a clonal assay, demonstrated the considerably stronger inactivation effect of protons compared to gamma-rays with a relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of approximately 1.64. Cell cycle phase distribution and apoptosis levels with time enabled us to investigate the development and the character of the damage induced by irradiation. Due to the high radio-resistance of HTB140 cells, cell cycle phase redistribution exhibited only a modest cell accumulation in G2/M phase. Protons but not gamma-rays induced apoptosis. CONCLUSIONS It appears that protons reduce the number of HTB140 cells by apoptosis as well as by severe DNA damage, while gamma-rays eliminate viable cells primarily by the production of irreparable DNA damage. Protons have an increased RBE relative to gamma-rays.
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- Ivan Petrović
- Vinca Institute of Nuclear Sciences, Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro
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Ristić-Fira AM, Korićanac LB, Zakula JJ, Valastro LM, Iannolo G, Privitera G, Cuttone G, Petrović IM. Effects of fotemustine or dacarbasine on a melanoma cell line pretreated with therapeutic proton irradiation. JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL & CLINICAL CANCER RESEARCH : CR 2009; 28:50. [PMID: 19358719 PMCID: PMC2672057 DOI: 10.1186/1756-9966-28-50] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2009] [Accepted: 04/09/2009] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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Background Considering that HTB140 melanoma cells have shown a poor response to either protons or alkylating agents, the effects of a combined use of these agents have been analysed. Methods Cells were irradiated in the middle of the therapeutic 62 MeV proton spread out Bragg peak (SOBP). Irradiation doses were 12 or 16 Gy and are those frequently used in proton therapy. Four days after irradiation cells were treated with fotemustine (FM) or dacarbazine (DTIC). Drug concentrations were 100 and 250 μM, values close to those that produce 50% of growth inhibition. Cell viability, proliferation, survival and cell cycle distribution were assessed 7 days after irradiation that corresponds to more than six doubling times of HTB140 cells. In this way incubation periods providing the best single effects of drugs (3 days) and protons (7 days) coincided at the same time. Results Single proton irradiations have reduced the number of cells to ~50%. FM caused stronger cell inactivation due to its high toxicity, while the effectiveness of DTIC, that was important at short term, almost vanished with the incubation of 7 days. Cellular mechanisms triggered by proton irradiation differently influenced the final effects of combined treatments. Combination of protons and FM did not improve cell inactivation level achieved by single treatments. A low efficiency of the single DTIC treatment was overcome when DTIC was introduced following proton irradiation, giving better inhibitory effects with respect to the single treatments. Most of the analysed cells were in G1/S phase, viable, active and able to replicate DNA. Conclusion The obtained results are the consequence of a high resistance of HTB140 melanoma cells to protons and/or drugs. The inactivation level of the HTB140 human melanoma cells after protons, FM or DTIC treatments was not enhanced by their combined application.
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Stevens G, McKay MJ. Dispelling the myths surrounding radiotherapy for treatment of cutaneous melanoma. Lancet Oncol 2006; 7:575-83. [PMID: 16814209 DOI: 10.1016/s1470-2045(06)70758-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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The role of radiotherapy is well established in the management of most locally advanced and metastatic cancers; however, there has been reluctance to extend this role to melanoma. The reasons can be traced historically to in-vitro and in-vivo data suggesting that melanomas are resistant to radiation. Current findings indicate that these cancers have a wide range of sensitivity to radiation that overlaps extensively with those for common epithelial cancers: indeed, some melanomas show high sensitivity to radiation. Greater incorporation of radiotherapy into multidisciplinary management of melanoma is important because of the typical natural history of the disease (a propensity for both locoregional recurrence and distant metastases) and its poor response to systemic treatment. This review will discuss these issues and preview the strategies being developed for radiotherapy to further improve the care of patients with melanoma.
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- Graham Stevens
- Oncology Unit, Auckland Hospital, Grafton, Auckland, New Zealand.
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PURPOSE Phosphorylation of histone H2AX (gammaH2AX) occurs rapidly in response to the presence of DNA double-strand breaks and is thought to recruit repair enzymes to these sites. We examined the possibility that expression of phosphorylated H2AX could provide information on tumor and/or normal tissue sensitivity to radiation. METHODS Flow cytometry of gammaH2AX antibody-stained single cells was used to measure gammaH2AX intensity in cultured cell lines, tumor cells, and normal tissues. RESULTS The rate of disappearance of gammaH2AX during the first few hours after irradiation was generally faster in more radioresistant tumor and normal cell lines, but slower in radiosensitive cells and normal tissues from C3H mice. An exception was testis, which showed a high background and rapid loss rate. Levels of gammaH2AX were at least three times higher in well-oxygenated cells than in anoxic cells, and the oxygen concentration that produced a half-maximal response was 0.55%. Hypoxic cells could be detected in SiHa xenografts as a subpopulation with lower expression of gammaH2AX. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of gammaH2AX has the potential to provide useful information on tumor and normal cell response to ionizing radiation after exposure to clinically relevant doses of radiation.
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- Peggy L Olive
- Department of Medical Biophysics, British Columbia Cancer Research Centre, 601 W. 10th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5Z 1L3, Canada.
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El-Awady RA, Dikomey E, Dahm-Daphi J. Radiosensitivity of human tumour cells is correlated with the induction but not with the repair of DNA double-strand breaks. Br J Cancer 2003; 89:593-601. [PMID: 12888835 PMCID: PMC2394378 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6601133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Nine human tumour cell lines (four mammary, one bladder, two prostate, one cervical, and one squamous cell carcinoma) were studied as to whether cellular radiosensitivity is related to the number of initial or residual double-strand breaks (dsb). Cellular sensitivity was measured by colony assay and dsb by means of constant- and graded-field gel electrophoresis (CFGE and GFGE, respectively). The nine tumour cell lines showed a broad variation in cellular sensitivity (SF2 0.17-0.63). The number of initial dsb as measured by GFGE ranged between 14 and 27 dsb/Gy/diploid DNA content. In contrast, normal fibroblasts raised from skin biopsies of seven individuals showed only a marginal variation with 18-20 dsb/Gy/diploid DNA content. For eight of the nine tumour cell lines, there was a significant correlation between the number of initial dsb and the cellular radiosensitivity. The tumour cells showed a broad variation in the amount of dsb measured 24 h after irradiation by CFGE, which, however, was not correlated with the cellular sensitivity. This residual damage was found to be influenced not only by the actual number of residual dsb, but also by apoptosis and cell cycle progression which had impact on CFGE measurements. Some cell line strains were able to proliferate even after exposure to 150 Gy while others were found to degrade their DNA. Our results suggest that for tumour cells, in contrast to normal cells, the variation in sensitivity is mainly determined by differences in the initial number of dsb induced.
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- R A El-Awady
- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Institute of Biophysics and Radiobiology, University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
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- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany
- Department of Radiotherapy and Radiation Oncology, University Hospital of Hamburg-Eppendorf, Martinistr. 52, 20246 Hamburg, Germany. E-mail:
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Suzuki M, Kase Y, Yamaguchi H, Kanai T, Ando K. Relative biological effectiveness for cell-killing effect on various human cell lines irradiated with heavy-ion medical accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) carbon-ion beams. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000; 48:241-50. [PMID: 10924995 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(00)00568-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 167] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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PURPOSE To clarify the relative biological effectiveness (RBE) values of various human cell lines for carbon-ion beams with 2 different linear energy transfer (LET) beams and to investigate the relationship between the cell-killing effect and the biophysical characters, such as the chromosome number and the area of the cell nucleus, using qualitatively different kinds of radiations. METHODS AND MATERIALS Sixteen different human cell lines were irradiated with carbon-ion beams, having 2 different LET values (LET(infinity) = 13.3 and approximately 77 keV/microm), accelerated by the Heavy Ion Medical Accelerator in Chiba (HIMAC) at National Institute of Radiological Sciences in Japan. Cell-killing effect was detected as reproductive cell death using a colony-formation assay. The number of chromosomes was observed in a metaphase spread using the conventional method. The area of the cell nucleus was calculated as an ellipse on photographs using a micrometer. RESULTS The RBE values calculated by the D(10), which is determined as the dose (Gy) required to reduce the surviving fraction to 10%, relative to X-rays, range from 1.06 to 1.33 for 13-keV/microm-beam and from 2.00 to 3. 01 for approximate 77-keV/microm-beam irradiation on each cell line. There was a good correlation in the D(10) values of each cell line between X-rays and carbon-ion beams. However, the D(10) values did not clearly depend on either the chromosome number or the area of the cell nuclei. CONCLUSION The RBE values for HIMAC carbon-ion beams are consistent with previous reports using carbon-ion beams with the similar LET values, and the cellular radiosensitivity of different cell lines well correlate among different types of radiation.
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- M Suzuki
- International Space Radiation Laboratory, National Institute of Radiological Sciences, Anagawa, Japan.
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Price ME, McKelvey-Martin VJ, Robson T, Hirst DG, McKeown SR. Induction and rejoining of DNA double-strand breaks in bladder tumor cells. Radiat Res 2000; 153:788-94. [PMID: 10825754 DOI: 10.1667/0033-7587(2000)153[0788:iarodd]2.0.co;2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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The induction and rejoining of radiation-induced double-strand breaks (DSBs) in cells of six bladder tumor cell lines (T24, UM-UC-3, TCC-SUP, RT112, J82, HT1376) were measured using the neutral comet assay. Radiation dose-response curves (0-60 Gy) showed damage (measured as mean tail moment) for five of the cell lines in the same rank order as cell survival (measured over 0-10 Gy), with the least damage in the most radioresistant cell line. Damage induction correlated well with clonogenic survival at high doses (SF10) for all six cell lines. At the clinically relevant dose of 2 Gy, correlation was good for four cell lines but poor for two (TCC-SUP and T24). The rejoining process had a fast and slow component for all cell lines. The rate of these two components of DNA repair did not correlate with cell survival. However, the time taken to reduce the amount of DNA damage to preirradiated control levels correlated positively with cell survival at 10 Gy but not 2 Gy; radioresistant cells rejoined the induced DSBs to preirradiation control levels more quickly than the radiosensitive cells. Although the results show good correlation between SF10 and DSBs for all six cell lines, the lack of correlation with SF2 for TCC-SUP and T24 cells would suggest that a predictive test should be carried out at the clinically relevant dose. At present the neutral comet assay cannot achieve this.
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- M E Price
- Radiation Science Research Group, School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Ulster, Jordanstown, Northern Ireland
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Cedervall B, Persson L, Polischouk A, Lange CS. Perspective on biological dosimetry from the aspect of individual radiosensitivity: the context of DNA double-strand breaks and chromosomal aberrations. Appl Radiat Isot 2000; 52:1117-20. [PMID: 10836415 DOI: 10.1016/s0969-8043(00)00056-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- B Cedervall
- Department of Medical Radiation Physics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockhlolm, Sweden.
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Dikomey E, Brammer I, Johansen J, Bentzen SM, Overgaard J. Relationship between DNA double-strand breaks, cell killing, and fibrosis studied in confluent skin fibroblasts derived from breast cancer patients. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 2000; 46:481-90. [PMID: 10661357 DOI: 10.1016/s0360-3016(99)00335-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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PURPOSE To investigate the relationship between DNA double-strand breaks (dsbs), cell killing, and fibrosis using skin fibroblasts derived from breast cancer patients who received postmastectomy radiotherapy. METHODS AND MATERIALS Experiments were performed with 12 lines of normal skin fibroblasts derived from recurrence-free breast cancer patients. Cells were irradiated in confluence and cell survival was determined either after immediate or delayed (14 h) plating using a colony-forming assay. Dsbs were measured by constant-field gel electrophoresis. The "excess risk of fibrosis" was previously scored by Johansen et al. (IJRB 1994;66:407-412). RESULTS The 12 cell lines showed a typical spectrum of radiosensitivity. The mean value of surviving fraction after 3.5 Gy (SF3.5) was 0.063 for immediate and 0.174 for delayed plating with a coefficient of variation (CV) of 44 and 39%, respectively. There was also a broad variation in the extent of recovery from potentially lethal damage (RPLD), which was not correlated with the immediate sensitivity. The number of initial dsbs as well as the half-times of dsb repair showed little variation, whereas there were considerable differences in the number of residual dsbs (CV = 29%). The number of residual dsbs after 100 Gy was correlated significantly only with SF3.5 after delayed (r2 = O.59; p = 0.006) but not after immediate plating (r2 = 0.21, p = 0.16). There was also no significant relationship between residual dsbs and the "excess risk of fibrosis" determined for the respective patients. CONCLUSION It is shown that the number of residual dsbs measured in confluent human fibroblast lines can be used to predict the cellular radiosensitivity after delayed but not after immediate plating and also not to predict the excess risk of fibrosis of the respective breast cancer patients.
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- E Dikomey
- Institute of Biophysics and Radiobiology, University of Hamburg, Germany.
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Britten RA, Kuny S, Perdue S. Modification of non-conservative double-strand break (DSB) rejoining activity after the induction of cisplatin resistance in human tumour cells. Br J Cancer 1999; 79:843-9. [PMID: 10070879 PMCID: PMC2362674 DOI: 10.1038/sj.bjc.6690135] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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The induction of collateral radioresistance after the development of cisplatin resistance is a well-documented phenomenon; however, the exact processes that are responsible for the cisplatin-induced radioresistance remain to be elucidated. There was no obvious difference in the level of radiation-induced DNA double strand breaks (DSBs), in DSB rejoining rates, or the level of the catalytic subunit of the DNA-dependent protein kinase (DNA-PKcs) in the cisplatin- and radiation-sensitive 2780/WT and cisplatin-resistant 2780/CP cell lines. However, there was a significantly (P < 0.01) lower level of DSB misrejoining activity within nuclear protein extracts derived from the cisplatin- and radiation-sensitive 2780/WT and OAW42/WT tumour cell lines than in similar extracts from their cisplatin- (and radiation-) resistant 2780/CP and OAW42/CP counterparts. All of the DSB misrejoining events involved deletions of between 134 and 444 bp that arose through illegitimate recombination at short repetitive sequences, such as those that arise through non-homologous repair (NHR). These data further support the notion that the radiosensitivity of DSB repair proficient human tumour cell lines may be partly determined by the predisposition of these cell lines to activate non-conservative DSB rejoining pathways. Furthermore, our data suggest that the induction of acquired cisplatin resistance is associated with a two- to threefold decrease in the activity of a non-conservative DSB rejoining mechanism that appears to be a manifestation of NHR.
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- R A Britten
- Department of Oncology, University of Alberta, Cross Cancer Institute, Edmonton, Canada
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Marples B, Longhurst D, Eastham AM, West CM. The ratio of initial/residual DNA damage predicts intrinsic radiosensitivity in seven cervix carcinoma cell lines. Br J Cancer 1998; 77:1108-14. [PMID: 9569047 PMCID: PMC2150146 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023] Open
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The single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet) assay was used to measure radiation-produced DNA double-strand breaks (dsbs) in a series of seven cervical tumour cell lines (ME180, HT3, C33A, C41, SiHa, MS751 and CaSki). The proportion of DNA dsbs was measured immediately after radiation treatment (initial damage) and 16 h later after incubation at 37 degrees C (residual damage). Linear dose-response curves were seen for initial (slopes 0.23-0.66) and residual (slopes 0.16-0.87) DNA dsbs. Neither of the slopes of the linear regression analysis on the initial and on the residual DNA dsbs dose-response curves (range 0-80 Gy) correlated with SF2 (surviving fraction at 2 Gy) measured after high- (HDR) or low-dose-rate (LDR) irradiation. An association was evident between SF2 after HDR and LDR irradiation and the ratio of the absolute level of initial and residual damage after a single dose of 60 Gy. However, a significant correlation was found between HDR (r= -0.78, P = 0.04) and LDR (r = -0.86, P = 0.03) SF2 values and the ratio of the slopes of the initial and residual DNA dsbs dose-response curves (range 0.47-0.99), representing the fraction of DNA damage remaining. These results indicate that the neutral comet assay can be used to predict radiosensitivity of cervical tumour cell lines by assessing the ratio of initial and residual DNA dsbs.
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- B Marples
- Cancer Research Campaign Department of Experimental Radiation Oncology, Paterson Institute for Cancer Research, Christie Hospital (NHS) Trust, Manchester, UK
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Ramsay J, Birrell G, Baumann K, Bodero A, Parsons P, Lavin M. Radiosensitive melanoma cell line with mutation of the gene for ataxia telangiectasia. Br J Cancer 1998; 77:11-4. [PMID: 9459139 PMCID: PMC2151277 DOI: 10.1038/bjc.1998.2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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The human melanoma cell lines MM96L, A2058 and HT144 were examined for sensitivity to ionizing radiation and UVB radiation. HT144 demonstrated a significant increase in sensitivity to ionizing and UVB radiation compared with the MM96L and A2058 cells. Sensitivity to both agents was associated with susceptibility to apoptosis. Using a protein truncation assay, a mutation for the gene for ataxia telangiectasia (ATM) was identified in HT144 cells. This was confirmed to be a homozygous mutation by subsequent sequencing of the abnormal region. Protein truncation assay of the other two cell lines showed no abnormality. The results suggest that somatic mutation of the A-T gene may be important in determining tumour radiosensitivity.
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- J Ramsay
- Queensland Radium Institute - Mater Centre, South Brisbane, Australia
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Foray N, Arlett CF, Malaise EP. Radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks and the radiosensitivity of human cells: a closer look. Biochimie 1997; 79:567-75. [PMID: 9466694 DOI: 10.1016/s0300-9084(97)82005-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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A large number of reports suggest that DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) play a major role in the radiation-induced killing of mammalian cells. However, the arguments supporting the relationship between DSB and radiosensitivity are generally indirect. Furthermore, care must be taken to allow for the possible impact of the techniques and of the experimental protocols on the relationship between DSB and cell death. The recent data on DSB induction, repair and misrepair in human cell lines and their correlation with intrinsic radiosensitivity are reviewed.
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- N Foray
- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie (URA-CNRS 1967) PR1-Institut Gustave-Roussy, Villejuif, France
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Schmidt-Ullrich RK, Johnson CR. Role of radiotherapy and hyperthermia in the management of malignant melanoma. SEMINARS IN SURGICAL ONCOLOGY 1996; 12:407-15. [PMID: 8914205 DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1098-2388(199611/12)12:6<407::aid-ssu6>3.0.co;2-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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The overall response rates of malignant melanoma (MM) to ionizing radiation are similar to those of other malignant neoplasms. This is based on recent radiobiological data on MM cell lines and radiobiological analyses of large clinical experiences, using a spectrum of fractionation schedules on diverse MM lesions. In contrast to other carcinomas, MM exhibits an unusual spectrum of radiobiological responses characteristic for early- and late-response tissues implying that there is a wide range of sensitivities to radiation fraction sizes. This is confirmed by clinical response and tumor control data from prospective trials in which different fractionation schedules produced control rates between 40 and > 90%. These experiences suggest that primary MM lesions as well as skin and lymph node metastases may be more responsive to larger fraction sizes than parenchymal metastases. The same holds true when irradiation is used as an adjuvant for locoregional treatment of the primary MM and draining lymphatics. Total doses for maximum tumor control rates remain to be established for the different fractionation schemes of proven effectiveness. Hyperthermia in combination with regionally applied cytotoxic agents or irradiation has produced encouraging enhancements in MM cytotoxicity. However, due to contradicting results, these data need to be validated by additional clinical investigation.
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- R K Schmidt-Ullrich
- Department of Radiation Oncology, Medical College of Virginia/VCU, Richmond 23298-0058, USA
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Virsik-Peuckert P, Rave-Fränk M, Schmidberger H. Further studies on the possible relationship between radiation-induced reciprocal translocations and intrinsic radiosensitivity of human tumor cells. Radiother Oncol 1996; 40:111-9. [PMID: 8884964 DOI: 10.1016/0167-8140(96)01761-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The aim of the present study was to estimate yields of radiation-induced translocations in surviving cells of several human tumor cell lines and in normal diploid human fibroblasts, and to compare these yields with corresponding intrinsic radiosensitivities determined by standard colony-formation assay. MATERIAL AND METHODS The yields of radiation-induced reciprocal translocations were investigated by fluorescence in situ hybridization. Chromosomes no. 1 and no. 4 were 'painted' with fluorescent hybridization probes for whole chromosomes. Translocation yields and cell survival were determined for different doses up to 6 Gy of 200 kV X-rays. RESULTS We observed a higher frequency of reciprocal translocations in the radiosensitive cells MCF-7 and MDA-MB-436 than in the radioresistant cells CaSki, WiDr, A549 and normal skin fibroblasts. For primary squamous cell carcinoma cells, ZMK-1, an intermediate radiosensitivity and an intermediate translocation yield were observed. The dose-dependence of translocation yields involving chromosomes no. 1 or no. 4 varied in different cell lines: it was linear or linear with a plateau at higher doses. CONCLUSIONS A comparison of the data obtained with chromosomes no. 1 and no. 4 in the investigated cell types, indicates that intrinsic radiosensitivity of different tumor cells observed at the survival level, is correlated with different translocation yields, respectively. This correlation was observed for all cell types investigated, independent of the number of copies of the painted chromosome per cell or the radiation dose. However, for low doses (under 1 Gy), the yields of translocations determined for the individual chromosomes seem to be too low for a discrimination between radioresistant or radiosensitive cells.
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- P Virsik-Peuckert
- Institut für Medizinische Physik und Biophysik, Universität Göttingen, Germany
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Foray N, Arlett CF, Malaise EP. Dose-rate effect on induction and repair rate of radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks in a normal and an ataxia telangiectasia human fibroblast cell line. Biochimie 1995; 77:900-5. [PMID: 8824771 DOI: 10.1016/0300-9084(95)90010-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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Using pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PGFE), we measured DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) in a normal human fibroblast and in a cell line derived from a patient suffering from ataxia telangiectasia (AT), a syndrome associated with a hypersensitivity to ionizing radiation. Initial DSB levels assessed after irradiation at 4 degrees C are similar in both cell lines. The DSB repair rate was measured after 30 Gy delivered at 4 degrees C and followed by an incubation at 37 degrees C for 24 h. In AT cells, the DSB repair rate is faster between 0.5 and 9 h and slower between 9 and 24 h. In addition, the DSB levels were measured after irradiation at 37 degrees C at 0.01 Gy min-1 (5-40 Gy). The shape of the curves was curvilinear and a plateau was reached at 10 Gy in the control. After an irradiation at 37 degrees C, DSB levels were significantly higher in AT cells than in the normal fibroblast cells. A model was developed assuming that DSB induction is independent of temperature and that DSB repair rate is independent of dose-rate and dose. This model was used to predict the 37 degrees C DSB data on the basis of the 4 degrees C data. Experimental data and predictions are in agreement, thus validating the above assumptions. It is suggested that, even for extreme situations such as 30 Gy delivered at 4 degrees C or 30 Gy delivered at 37 degrees C at 0.01 Gy min-1, DSB induction and repair are identical. Our results could be interpreted assuming an heterogeneity of DSB. A small fraction of DSB is slowly repaired. This fraction is lower in control than in AT cells. By protracting repair time, the 37 degrees C low-dose rate experiments permit a cleaner distinction between AT and control cells.
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- N Foray
- Laboratoire de Radiobiologie Cellulaire, Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France
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