title: Morphological changes in human melanoma cells following irradiation with thermal neutrons.
abstract: Morphological changes in two human melanoma cell lines, MM96 and MM418, following irradiation with thermal neutrons, were studied using light and electron microscopy. The results show that the response of human malignant melanoma cells to neutron irradiation is both cell line dependent and dose dependent, and that in any given cell line, some cells are more resistant to irradiation than others, thus demonstrating heterogeneity in respect to radiosensitivity. Cells repopulating MM96 flasks after irradiation were morphologically similar to the cells of origin whereas in MM418 flasks cells differentiated into five morphologically distinct subgroups and showed increased melanization. The results also show that radiation causes distinctive morphological patterns of damage although ultrastructural changes unique to the high LET particles released from boron 10 neutron capture are yet to be identified.
authors: Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, New South Wales, Australia.
authors: D H
authors: DH
authors: Barkla
authors: B J
authors: BJ
authors: Allen
authors: J K
authors: JK
authors: Brown
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Mountford
authors: Y
authors: Y
authors: Mishima
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Ichihashi
mesh_terms: D001896:Boron Compounds; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D006801:Humans; D008545:Melanoma / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D009502:Neutrons; D010649:Phenylalanine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives; D012878:Skin Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000473:pathology / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D001896:Boron Compounds; D010649:Phenylalanine; C033685:4-boronophenylalanine