title: Correlation between cell survival, micronuclei-induction, and LDH activity in V79 cells treated with teniposide (VM-26) before exposure to different doses of gamma radiation.
abstract: The influence of teniposide (VM-26) treatment was studied on the radiation-induced alterations in cell survival, micronuclei (MN) formation and lactate dehydrogenase (LDH) release in V79 cells. Treatment of V79 cells with 10 nM teniposide before exposure to different doses of gamma radiation resulted in a significant decline in the cell survival when compared with the PBS + irradiation group. The decline in cell survival was dose related. The cell proliferation indices also declined in a dose-dependent manner in both PBS + irradiation and VM-26 + irradiation groups. The decline was higher in the VM-26 + irradiation group in comparison with the PBS + irradiation group. In contrast, the frequency of micronuclei increased in a dose-related manner in both PBS + irradiation and VM-26 + irradiation groups. However, the frequency of micronuclei was significantly greater in the latter group when compared with the former group at all the post-irradiation time periods studied. The LDH contents increased in a dose-dependent manner in both PBS + irradiation and VM-26 + irradiation groups at all the post-irradiation time periods evaluated. This elevation in LDH contents was significantly greater in the VM-26 + irradiation group in comparison with the PBS + irradiation group.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiobiology, Kasturba Medical College, Manipal, India.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Adiga
authors.forename: G C
authors.initials: GC
authors.lastname: Jagetia
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D003114:Colony-Forming Units Assay; D006224:Cricetinae; D005720:Gamma Rays; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism*; D048629:Micronuclei, Chromosome-Defective / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects*; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D013713:Teniposide / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D000972:Antineoplastic Agents, Phytogenic; D013713:Teniposide; D007770:L-Lactate Dehydrogenase