Radiation-induced DNA-damage and gene expression profiles in human lung cancer cells with different radiosensitivity.
BACKGROUND
Measurements of DNA double strand breaks and their subsequent repair after in vitro irradiation has been suggested to be an alternative way of monitoring radiotherapeutic response.


METHODS
In the present study, the DNA repair kinetics (using a neutral version of the Comet assay) up to 45 min after a single dose of 2 Gy was studied as well as the gene expression profiles, before and 45 min after the irradiation, in two human lung cancer cell lines with different radiosensitivity (U-1285 and U-1810).


RESULTS
Immediately after the irradiation, both cell lines responded with increased levels of DNA damage. However, the induced damage was slightly higher in U-1810 (known to be radioresistant) than in U-1285 (known to be radiosensitive), and the latter cell line also seemed to have a slightly more efficient DNA-repair. The two different lung cancer cell lines were highly heterogeneous in gene expression, both before and after the irradiation, and there was no obvious relationship between the Comet data and the microarray data.


CONCLUSIONS
Given the fact that U-1810 has been classified as radioresistant and U-1285 as radiosensitive in clonogenic assays, the results of the present study indicate that radiation-induced DNA double strand breaks and DNA-repair efficiency are poor indicators of the intrinsic radiosensitivity of human lung cancer cells irradiated with a single dose in vitro.
Department of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Division of Toxicology, Box 594, BMC, Uppsala University, SE-751 24 Uppsala, Sweden.
Björn
B
Hellman
David
D
Brodin
Maria
M
Andersson
Karin
K
Dahlman-Wright
Ulf
U
Isacsson
Daniel
D
Brattstrom
Michael
M
Bergqvist
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor / Q000378:metabolism*; D018287:Carcinoma, Large Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D018288:Carcinoma, Small Cell / Q000235:genetics / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D020552:Comet Assay; D004249:DNA Damage; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005720:Gamma Rays; D015870:Gene Expression / Q000528:radiation effects*; D020869:Gene Expression Profiling; D006801:Humans; D008175:Lung Neoplasms / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism / Q000473:pathology; D020411:Oligonucleotide Array Sequence Analysis; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
D014408:Biomarkers, Tumor; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm