The radiosensitivity of uveal melanoma cells and the cell survival curve.
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
; 233(2): 85-9, 1995 Feb.
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BACKGROUND: No study of the radiosensitivity of uveal melanoma cells and their survival curve has been published. The purpose of this study was to investigate the sensitivity to different single radiation doses of SP6.5, a human uveal melanoma cell line. METHODS: Cells were irradiated with cobalt-60 at doses from 0 to 1200 cGy. Radiosensitivity was measured by three methods: soft-agar bilayer assay, tritiated thymidine incorporation, and bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) incorporation. RESULTS: The soft-agar bilayer assay, by assessing the colony-forming units, showed that the D1 value was 470 cGy, the Dq value was 400 cGy, and the n value exceeded 10, thus indicating a broad, shoulder and relative radioresistance. The doubling time as estimated by [3H]thymidine incorporation was unaffected at doses below 600 cGy, another indication of radioresistance. BrdU incorporation revealed no significant increase between 0 and 1000 cGy, indicating that the cell cycle was not interrupted. CONCLUSION: Cell survival, doubling time, and cell phases are parameters of growth kinetics, and the results suggest that SP6.5 is radioresistant and virtually unaffected by single radiation doses lower than 600 cGy. Our data parallel published data for cutaneous melanomas.
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01-internacional
Base de datos:
MEDLINE
Asunto principal:
Tolerancia a Radiación
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Neoplasias de la Úvea
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Melanoma
Límite:
Aged
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Female
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Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Graefes Arch Clin Exp Ophthalmol
Año:
1995
Tipo del documento:
Article
País de afiliación:
Canadá
Pais de publicación:
Alemania