Radiation-induced DNA damage and repair evaluated with 'comet assay' in human ovarian carcinoma cell lines with different radiosensitivities.
Radiation-induced DNA damage and kinetics of DNA repair was evaluated in three human ovarian carcinoma cell lines (i.e. CH-1, A-2780 and SKOV-3) with different sensitivities to ionizing radiation and radiation-induced apoptosis with the aid of single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE, the comet assay). A good correlation was found between the initial level of DNA breaks and radiation induced apoptosis in CH-1 and SKOV-3 cell lines. While the radiation-sensitive CH-1 cell line manifested the highest level of initial DNA breakage and a significant delay in DNA break rejoining, the inverse correlation was found in the radiation-resistant cell line SKOV-3. Intermediate initial level of breaks was induced in the A-2780 cell line characterized by the intermediate sensitivity to X-ray radiation in comparison to CH-1 and SKOV-3 cells, however, the kinetics of DNA repair was comparable with radiation-resistant cell line SKOV-3. Our data suggest that the comet assay could be a promising tool for prediction of intrinsic cell radiosensitivity. This method might be considered as a supplementary technique to the more reliable but time consuming clonogenic assay.
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Cancer Research Institute, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic. exonbaco@savba.sk
Hunáková
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Chorváth
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Boljesíková
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Chorváth
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Sedlák
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Gábelová
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D017209:Apoptosis; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000528:radiation effects; D004396:Coloring Agents / Q000494:pharmacology; D020552:Comet Assay / Q000379:methods*; D004247:DNA / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005260:Female; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D010051:Ovarian Neoplasms / Q000532:radiotherapy*; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts / Q000494:pharmacology; D013844:Thiazoles / Q000494:pharmacology; D013997:Time Factors; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured; D014965:X-Rays
D004396:Coloring Agents; D013778:Tetrazolium Salts; D013844:Thiazoles; D004247:DNA; C022616:thiazolyl blue