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Original Article

Heterogeneity in Radiosensitization by Heat of Cloned Cell Lines Derived from a Single Human Melanoma Xenograft

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Pages 93-102 | Received 11 Aug 1985, Accepted 11 Dec 1985, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Summary

Heterogeneity in radiosensitization by heat was studied using one uncloned and five cloned cell lines isolated from a single tumour of a human melanoma xenograft. Cells from passages 7–12 in vitro were given heat treatments of 42·5°C (45 min), 43·5°C (45 min) or 44·5°C (45 min) immediately after exposure to graded doses of radiation. The survival curves after irradiation alone had similar D0 values but differed in the size of the shoulder. The heterogeneity in heat radiosensitization was reflected in differences in decrease of the D0 values. The thermal enhancement ratios, calculated from the D0 values, were in the ranges 1·2 ± 0·2–1·7 ± 0·2 (42·5°C), 1·4 ± 0·3–2·4 ± 0·4 (43·5°C) and 2·3 ± 0·4–3·4 ± 0·4 (44·5°C). Moreover, at 43·5°C the heterogeneity was also reflected in different modifications of the shape of the survival curves. Two lines showed survival curves with a significant shoulder and a relatively low D0 value whereas two other lines had lost the shoulder almost completely but showed relatively high D0 values. All lines showed survival curves with a broad shoulder after heating at 42·5°C, whereas none of the lines showed survival curves with a significant shoulder after heating at 44·5°C.

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