Repair of Cell Killing and Neoplastic Transformation at Reduced Dose Rates of 60Co γ-Rays
Repair of Cell Killing and Neoplastic Transformation at Reduced Dose Rates of 60Co γ-Rays
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降低 60Co γ 射线剂量率修复细胞杀伤和肿瘤转化
DOI:
10.2307/3577505
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发表时间:
1980
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影响因子:
11.2
通讯作者:
M. M. Elkind
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作者:
A. Han;C. Hill;M. M. Elkind
Using the C3H/10T½ mouse embryo-derived cell line, we measured the survival and incidence of neoplastic transformation following exposures of the cells to 60Co γ-rays at an acute (100 rads/min) and at reduced (2.5, 0.5, and 0.1 rad/min) dose rates. Typical of what is generally observed with mammalian cells, at reduced dose rates, the survival of 10T½ cells increases as the dose rate is decreased due to the repair of sublethal damage during irradiation. The induction curve following acute exposures of 60Co γ-rays is similar to that previously reported for 50-kV X-rays; the frequency initially rises rapidly, reaching a plateau of about 3 × 10-3 transformants/survivor. The transformation induction curves for the reduced dose rates, while similar in shape to that for the high dose rate, exhibit a strong dependence on dose rate. All of the induction frequencies for reduced dose rates lie below those for 100 rads/min. In the low-dose region ( i.e. , 0 to 150 rads), our results are most extensive at 100 and at 0.1 rad/min. While each set of data in the low-dose region is fitted quite well by a linear dose dependence, the slope of the regression line at 0.1 rad/min is about one-half of that at 100 rads/min. We conclude that subeffective transformation damage, as well as sublethal damage, is repaired during low-dose-rate irradiation.