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Neoplasma Vol.62, No.5, p.770-776, 2015

Title: 53BP1 foci as a marker of tumor cell radiosensitivity
Author: E. MARKOVA,, S. VASILYEV, I. BELYAEV

Abstract: Predicting tumor radiosensitivity has yet to be routinely integrated into radiotherapy. We analyzed the possibility to assess radiosensitivity of tumor cells based on endogenous and radiation-induced 53BP1 foci which are molecular markers of DNA double strand breaks (DSB). In eleven tumor cell lines of different origin, radiosensitivity was assessed by surviving cell fraction following irradiation with 2 Gy (SF2). 53BP1 foci were measured at 4 and 12 h post-irradiation by confocal laser microscopy and dedicated software. The correlation of 53BP1 foci and their post-irradiation kinetics with SF2 was assessed using Spearman rank test. The SF2 correlated with both excess of radiation-induced 53BP1 foci per cell at 4 h after irradiation and decay in number of 53BP1 foci from 4 to 12 h post-irradiation. The fraction of cells with multiple endogenous 53BP1 foci also correlated with SF2 of tumor cells. We conclude that the radiosensitivity of tumor cells can be predicted by kinetics of formation and decay of 53BP1 foci after irradiation. For the first time we report that the fraction of cells with multiple endogenous 53BP1 foci can be used as a marker of tumor cell radiosensitivity.

Keywords: 53BP1, DNA double strand breaks, tumor cells, clonogenic survival, radiosensitivity
Published online: 03-Aug-2015
Year: 2015, Volume: 62, Issue: 5 Page From: 770, Page To: 776
doi:10.4149/neo_2015_092


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