Skip to main content
U.S. Department of Energy
Office of Scientific and Technical Information

Interactions of radiation and 5-fluorouracil, cyclophosphamide or methotrexate in intestinal crypt cells

Journal Article · · Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States)
The interactions of radiation and 5-fluorouracil (5-FU), cyclophosphamide (CTX), or methotrexate (MTX) in mouse jejunal crypt cells were studied using the microcolony survival assay. 5-FU given from 48 hr before to 24 hr after irradiation resulted in an almost constant, increased cell kill except at injection 6 hr after irradiation, which resulted in a more pronounced effect. CTX enhanced the radiation effect only when given simultaneously with or up to 3 hr after irradiation. The effect of MTX, extremely dependent on the sequence and interval between drug administration and irradiation, was most prominent when administered 1 hr before irradiation. At this drug-radiation interval, the D/sub 0/ surprisingly increased by a factor of 2.4, whereas MTX 15 min before irradiation displaced the survival curve to the left without changing the D/sub 0/. The influence of MTX on the radiation response disappeared when the drug was given either 96 hr before or 3 hr after irradiation.
Research Organization:
Inst. of Cancer Research, Aarhus, Denmark
OSTI ID:
6964094
Journal Information:
Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States), Journal Name: Int. J. Radiat. Oncol., Biol. Phys.; (United States) Vol. 12:1; ISSN IOBPD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English