title: Effect of pentoxifylline on radiation-induced G2-phase delay and radiosensitivity of human colon and cervical cancer cells.
abstract: Cells of three adherent cell lines with mutated p53 (WiDr and C33-A) and disrupted p53 (C4-I) were used to investigate the effect of pentoxifylline (PTX) on radiation-induced G2-phase block and its relationship to radiosensitivity. Postirradiation exposure to 0.25-1.0 mM PTX resulted in an increase in radiosensitivity in a concentration-dependent manner as determined by a clonogenic assay. The change in radiation sensitivity was quantified by calculating the enhancement ratio (ER) at a clinically relevant dose of 2 Gy; the ER for WiDr cells was 1.23+/-0.03 and 1.39+/-0.15 for 0.5 and 1.0 mM PTX, respectively. For C33-A cells, the ER ranged from 1.04+/-0.04 to 1.99+/-0.17 for 0.25-1.0 mM PTX, whereas for C4-I cells the values were 1.29+/-0.04 and 1.76+/-0.17 for 0.25 and 0.5 mM PTX. In asynchronous WiDr, C33-A and C4-I cells, flow cytometry analysis showed a dose-dependent accumulation of cells in G2/M phase which was detectable at 6 h and peaked at 12 h after irradiation. Such a G2/M-phase block was transient at a dose of 2 Gy and persisted at 48 or 72 h after a dose of 4 or 6 Gy. At 12 h after 2 Gy, PTX significantly reduced the radiation-induced G2/M-phase block in a dose-dependent manner. After the higher doses of 4 and 6 Gy, the dose-dependent G2-phase arrest was significantly alleviated at 24 h by treatment with PTX, and the kinetics of this alleviation depended on the radiation dose. The results demonstrate that human colon and cervical cancer cells characterized by a mutated or disrupted p53 (i.e. not transfected) are radiosensitized by PTX, which alleviates the postirradiation G2/M-phase block.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois, Lausanne, Switzerland.
authors.forename: Y X
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Weber-Johnson
authors.forename: L Q
authors.initials: LQ
authors.lastname: Sun
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Paschoud
authors.forename: R O
authors.initials: RO
authors.lastname: Mirimanoff
authors.forename: P A
authors.initials: PA
authors.lastname: Coucke
mesh_terms: D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003110:Colonic Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology; D005260:Female; D016195:G2 Phase / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D010431:Pentoxifylline / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002583:Uterine Cervical Neoplasms / Q000473:pathology
chemical_list: D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents; D010431:Pentoxifylline