Isolation and initial characterization of thermoresistant RIF tumor cell strains
Heat-resistant cell strains were obtained from RIF-1 mouse tumor cells by repeated heatings of cells derived from survivors of previous heating cycles (60 min; 45/sup 0/C). Twenty thermally resistant (TR) strains were derived from single cells that had survived 11 heating and regrowth cycles. These were then analyzed for appropriate characteristics in vitro and in vivo. In vitro we looked for: marked heat resistance; high plating efficiency; growth rate similar to that of RIF-1 cells; and no obvious morphological abnormalities. In syngeneic hosts, we looked for: ability of the cells to form tumors whose growth rates were similar to that of RIF-1 tumors; high cellular heat resistance; good plating efficiency of tumor-derived cells; and low immunogenicity. Five strains having these desired characteristics were analyzed for survival kinetics. The heat-resistant phenotype was found to be stable in vitro, although partial reversion in vivo was seen occasionally. The break in the Arrhenius plot was found to occur at 45/sup 0/C in TR strains versus 43/sup 0/C in RIF-1. All TR strains and the RIF-1 line developed similar levels of thermotolerance (as defined by slope ratios) when given isosurvival heat exposures. X-ray responses of TR and RIF-1 cells were indistinguishable both with respect to survival and to heat-induced radiosensitization. While the number of live cells required to give tumor takes in 50% of the recipients for TR strains was appreciably higher than that for RIF-1 cells, radiation-killed cells from none of the strains were able to immunize efficiently against subsequent challenges by live cells.
- Research Organization:
- Stanford Univ. School of Medicine, CA (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 7130715
- Journal Information:
- Cancer Res.; (United States), Vol. 48:7
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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