title: Effect of ex vivo hyperthermia on radiation-induced micronuclei in lymphocytes of cancer patients before and during radiotherapy.
abstract: To investigate the effect of ex vivo hyperthermia (HT) and 137Cs-irradiation on micronucleus (MN) production in cytokinesis-blocked lymphocytes, we obtained the peripheral blood samples from the same cancer patients (n=6) before and during fractionated partial-body radiotherapy (xRT). The whole blood cultures were heated at 43.5 degrees C for 60 min, followed by 137Cs irradiation (0-4 Gy). The control cultures from the same patients were incubated at 37 degreesC after being exposed to radiation. The lymphocytes were then stimulated with PHA. Cytochalasin B was applied at 44 h, and lymphocytes were harvested at 72 h. MN frequency was determined on Giemsa-stained slides. We found that in patients before xRT, HT (43.5 degrees C) significantly increased the MN yield (mean+/-SEM) in unirradiated lymphocytes from 15.6+/-2.8 (37 degrees C) to 39.7+/-10.9. Further, in patients either before or during xRT, when the lymphocytes were treated with HT (43.5 degrees C) and combined with ex vivo irradiation, the MN yield (Y) could be estimated by a linear equation Y=C+alphaD. Our findings indicate that as measured by the MN production in cytokinesis-blocked lymphocytes, HT alone at 43.5 degrees C++ induced DNA damage. Moreover, it enhanced the radiation-induced cytogenetic damage. Therefore, the application of HT may impair the T-cell function in cancer patients who are receiving radiotherapy. 1998 Elsevier Science B.V.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation Oncology, Leo W. Jenkins Cancer Center, East Carolina University School of Medicine, Greenville, NC 27858, USA. llee@brody.med.ecu.edu
authors.forename: T K
authors.initials: TK
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: O'Brien
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Christie
authors.forename: A L
authors.initials: AL
authors.lastname: Wiley
authors.forename: U L
authors.initials: UL
authors.lastname: Karlsson
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D002455:Cell Division; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006358:Hot Temperature; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000276:immunology / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured