Differential responses to radiation and hyperthermia of cloned cell lines derived from a single human melanoma xenograft
One uncloned and five cloned cell lines were derived from a single human melanoma xenograft. Cells from passages 7-12 were exposed to either radiation or hyperthermia (42.5/sup 0/C, pH = 7.4) under aerobic conditions and the colony forming ability of the cells was assayed in soft agar. The five cloned lines showed individual and characteristic responses to radiation as well as to hyperthermia. The variation in the response to radiation was mainly reflected in the size of the shoulders of the survival curves rather than in the D/sub 0/-values. The variation in the response to hyperthermia was mainly reflected in the terminal slopes of the survival curves. The survival curve of cells from the uncloned line, both when exposed to radiation and hyperthermia, was positioned in the midst of those of the cloned lines. The response of the cloned lines to radiation did not correlate with the response to hyperthermia, indicating that tumor cell subpopulations which are resistant to radiation may respond well to hyperthermia.
- Research Organization:
- The Norwegian Radium Hospital, Oslo
- OSTI ID:
- 6864862
- Journal Information:
- Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States), Vol. 10:6
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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