Bystander signal production and response are independent processes which are cell line dependent.
OBJECTIVE
Radiation-induced bystander effects are now an established phenomenon seen in numerous models; however it is not known whether the magnitude of the bystander effect is determined by the signal produced by the irradiated cells or the response of the exposed cells. The aim of this investigation is to determine the importance of the bystander signal versus the bystander response in three different cell line models.


METHODS
A matrix design experiment using cell lines, HPV-G, CHO-K1 and E89 (glucose 6-phosphate dehydrogenase (G6DP) null) was set up to produce irradiated cell conditioned medium (ICCM), which was used to treat all cell lines.


RESULTS
For HPV-G and CHO-K1 lines, the response to autologous ICCM was significantly different to that when treated with ICCM generated from another line. These lines displayed no response to E89 ICCM, nor did E89 cells show a significant response to any ICCM, suggesting that G6DP plays a key role in the bystander effect.


CONCLUSIONS
These data suggest, for these cell lines at least, that in the case of cell lines capable of responding to the bystander signal, it is the signal produced by the irradiated cell that determines the magnitude of the bystander effect.
Vines
Alice M
AM
Radiation and Environmental Science Centre, Focas Institute, Dublin Institute of Technology, Dublin, Ireland. alice.vines@gmail.com
Lyng
Fiona M
FM
McClean
Brendan
B
Seymour
Colin
C
Mothersill
Carmel E
CE
D000818:Animals; D024201:Bystander Effect / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*; D016466:CHO Cells; D002460:Cell Line / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase / Q000378:metabolism / Q000528:radiation effects*; D006801:Humans; D008954:Models, Biological; D011836:Radiation Tolerance; D015398:Signal Transduction / Q000502:physiology / Q000528:radiation effects*
D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D005954:Glucosephosphate Dehydrogenase