title: [Effect of etoposide on a human pancreatic cancer cell line exposed to high dose X-ray irradiation].
abstract: Effects of etoposide on the cell deaths of a human pancreatic cancer cell line by exposure to high-dose X-ray irradiation were examined. Both high dose X-ray irradiation and etoposide killed the pancreatic cancer cells by apoptosis. With 30 gray irradiation, simultaneous treatment of etoposide did not alter the percentage of cell deaths; however, 24-hr prior treatment of etoposide killed a significantly larger percentage of the cells, accompanying the accumulation to the S phase of the cell cycle. The results indicate that apoptosis of human pancreatic cancer cell line induced by high dose X-ray irradiation can be enhanced by prior treatment with etoposide.
authors.affiliation: Dept. of Surgery 1, Kyushu University, Faculty of Medicine.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mizumoto
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Tanaka
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Aramaki
mesh_terms: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D017209:Apoptosis; D005047:Etoposide / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D006801:Humans; D010190:Pancreatic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000528:radiation effects
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D005047:Etoposide