title: [Study on the effect of grape seed proanthocyanidins on increasing the radiosensitivity for X-ray].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the effect of Grape Seed Proanthocyanidins (GSPs) on enhancing the radiosensitivity of human hepatic carcinoma cell line HepG2, human cervical cancer cell line Hela and human leukemia cell line K562 for X-ray in vitro.
  
  
  METHODS
  The killing effect of GSPs combined with X-ray on cells was evaluated by SRB and clone formation assay.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The GSPs had obvious cytotoxicity on three cell lines in a dose-dependent and time-dependent manners. However, inhibition rate of different cell line were quite different, the strongest one was human leukemia K562 cells and the others were weak. The sensitization ranges calculated by univariate analysis were 6.25-12.5 microg/mL for human leukemia K562 cells. Sensitization enhancement ratio was 1.94 using curve fitting method for K562 cells.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  GSPs can obviously enhance the radiosensitivity of cancer cells in vitro. The mechanism of sensitization effect may be related to the effects of GSPs on oxygen balance and cell cycle.
authors: Stomaological hospital, Lanzhou university, Lanzhou 730000, China. panxj@lzu.edu.cn
authors: Xiao-jing
authors: XJ
authors: Pan
authors: Min
authors: M
authors: Wang
authors: Xue-xi
authors: XX
authors: Wang
authors: Bin
authors: B
authors: Liu
authors: Hong
authors: H
authors: Zhang
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D049109:Cell Proliferation / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000528:radiation effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D056604:Grape Seed Extract / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006367:HeLa Cells; D056945:Hep G2 Cells; D006801:Humans; D020014:K562 Cells; D044945:Proanthocyanidins / Q000494:pharmacology*; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D012639:Seeds / Q000737:chemistry; D027843:Vitis / Q000737:chemistry*; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D056604:Grape Seed Extract; C511402:Grape Seed Proanthocyanidins; D044945:Proanthocyanidins; D011838:Radiation-Sensitizing Agents