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Nutritionally induced quiescence of 9L gliosarcoma cells: correlation of cell cycle kinetics and radioresistance

Thesis/Dissertation ·
OSTI ID:6999537
Experiments were performed to compare the X-ray response of unfed plateau phase 9L gliosarcoma cells with exponentially growing, and synchronized 9L cells in the G/sub 1/ phase of the cell cycle. An insight may be gained as to why unfed plateau-phase 9L brain tumor cells are radioresistant. The onset of quiescence in the plateau phase as the 9L cultures age was the result of nutrient deprivation and not a cell contact effect. The quiescent population had a >90% G/sub 1/ DNA content. When the cultures were plated immediately after X-irradiation the quiescent cells were more radioresistant than the exponentially growing cells. The radioresistance was characterized by a larger shoulder on the survival curve of the quiescent cells, which indicated that more repair had occurred in the quiescent cells.
Research Organization:
California Univ., Berkeley (USA)
OSTI ID:
6999537
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English