Abstract:
:One of the major goals of cancer research is to identify and understand the causes of cellular proliferation. The role of cell death, or lack thereof, in carcinogenesis, tumour growth, metastatic spread and response to treatment has been largely overlooked even though the morphology of apoptosis (programmed cell death) was clearly described over 20 years ago, and its importance in cancer speculated on at that time. Over the last 5 years, however, an explosion of research has focused on delineating the molecular components of the apoptotic pathways and examining the role of apoptosis in a tumour's growth and response to treatment. This review highlights the aspects of apoptosis most relevant to radiation oncologists and radiobiologists. The apoptotic pathways will be described, with attention to the stimuli that initiate apoptosis, the oncogenes and tumour suppressor genes that mediate apoptosis, and the effector enzymes (proteases and endonucleases) responsible for the execution of apoptosis. In addition, we review the effect of classically described radiobiology cell survival parameters-cell cycle stage, dose rate, linear energy transfer, oxygen, total dose, and fractionation-on radiation induced apoptosis.
journal_name
Int J Radiat Bioljournal_title
International journal of radiation biologyauthors
Blank KR,Rudoltz MS,Kao GD,Muschel RJ,McKenna WGdoi
10.1080/095530097143789subject
Has Abstractpub_date
1997-05-01 00:00:00pages
455-66issue
5eissn
0955-3002issn
1362-3095journal_volume
71pub_type
杂志文章,评审abstract::DNA neutral (pH 9.6) filter elution was used to measure radiation-induced DNA double-strand break (dsb) frequencies in eight human squamous cell carcinoma cell lines with radiosensitivities (D0) ranging from 1.07 to 2.66 Gy and D values ranging from 1.46 to 4.08 Gy. The elution profiles of unirradiated samples from mo...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553009114551211
更新日期:1991-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2014-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553009214551861
更新日期:1992-07-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To investigate whether mobile phone radiation might affect snail nociception, employing radiofrequency (RF) electromagnetic fields (EMF) which, to our knowledge, have hitherto not been studied in a snail model. Exposure to extremely low frequency (ELF) magnetic fields has however been shown to significantly aff...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/09553002.2012.644257
更新日期:2012-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553009314552131
更新日期:1993-06-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553002.2021.1851060
更新日期:2020-12-03 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:The low dose (<1 Gy) survival curve of mammalian cells is characterized by a region of hypersensitivity (HRS) followed by increased resistance (IRR). Above 1 Gy, the survival response can be described with a smooth downward-bending curve. Indirect evidence has indicated that the IRR response might reflect an in...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/095530000138646
更新日期:2000-03-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:2009-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/095530096144969
更新日期:1996-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:A model that identifies radiation-induced genetic instability as the earliest cellular event in the multi-step sequence leading to radiation-induced cancer was previously proposed. In this paper ongoing experiments are discussed which are designed to test this model and its predictions in mouse mammary epitheli...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/095530098141023
更新日期:1998-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To examine the protective effects of histamine on intestinal damage produced by gamma-radiation. MATERIALS AND METHODS:56 mice were divided into 4 groups. Histamine and Histamine-10 Gy groups received a daily subcutaneous histamine injection (0.1 mg/kg) starting 20 hours before irradiation and continued until ...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553000701570238
更新日期:2007-10-01 00:00:00
abstract::Chromosomes are located within the interphase nucleus in regions called domains. Using fluorescence in situ hybridization with whole chromosome paints, a pain of homologous chromosomes can be visualized as two discrete domains and their relative spatial location determined. This study examines the effects of an ionizi...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/095530097143293
更新日期:1997-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/09553002.2014.868612
更新日期:2014-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::Studies of protein phosphorylation in the second cell cycle of mouse embryos were assessed by [32P]-incorporation and one- and two-dimensional electrophoresis. Unirradiated and X-irradiated embryos were compared. X-irradiation in the G2 phase led to a block in this cell cycle phase. The phosphorylation of proteins wit...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553009114552351
更新日期:1991-09-01 00:00:00
abstract::We have measured clonal survival following gamma-irradiation of unstimulated (G0) T-lymphocytes from 35 donors, of 11 T-lymphocyte cell lines, of six lymphoblastoid cell lines, and of nine primary fibroblast strains for which we have G0 T-lymphocyte material from the same donor. Amongst the G0 lymphocytes we have resu...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553008814552331
更新日期:1988-12-01 00:00:00
abstract::The effect of a siderophore analogue 3,4,3-LIHOPO has been investigated in rat after intramuscular injection of 238Pu, 239Pu and 241Am simulating puncture wounds. Various treatment regimens were used to remove the radioactivity from its injection site and to reduce its retention in body tissues. The local deposits cou...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/095530096145382
更新日期:1996-07-01 00:00:00
abstract::The existence of a correlation between experimental probabilities of cell inactivation by charged particles and calculated probabilities for K-vacancy production in heavy atoms (C, N, O, P) of the DNA of cell nuclei is established. Both phenomena display a similar dependence upon the linear energy transfer (LET) of in...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553009414550601
更新日期:1994-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To study by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) the involvement of Chinese hamster chromosomes 3, 4, 8, and 9, and their separate chromosome arms in X-ray-induced aberrations. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Male embryonic primary cells of Chinese hamster were used and metaphases were collected and scored at 20 h ...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/095530099139700
更新日期:1999-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/09553000903419965
更新日期:2010-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:
更新日期:1994-12-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To investigate within the framework of a multilaboratory study the suitability of FISH chromosome painting to measure so-called stable translocations in peripheral lymphocytes of Mayak nuclear-industrial workers (from the Southern Urals) and their use for retrospective biodosimetry. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Chrom...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
doi:10.1080/09553000010018693
更新日期:2001-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::It is well established from clinical, epidemiological and laboratory studies that specific human germ line mutation can predispose to spontaneously arising cancer. Some of the responsible genes have been characterized at the molecular level and evidence is rapidly accumulating on mechanistic aspects of the problem. A ...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1080/09553009414551761
更新日期:1994-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To obtain compounds that will effectively reduce the fixation of uranium in its main target organs: bone and kidney. There is an urgent need for a chelating agent that is suitable and available for human use. MATERIALS AND METHODS:The efficacy of ethane-1-hydroxy-1,1-bisphosphonate (EHBP), already in use as a ...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/095530099139331
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
abstract::Ionizing radiation induces both quantitative and qualitative changes in the lymphoid cells of both man and experimental animals, including inhibition of antibody responses. However, the cellular basis of this immunological lesion is not clear. In the present study, groups of mice were exposed to 2.0 Gy gamma-rays or s...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553009514550531
更新日期:1995-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To examine whether the levels of micronuclei induction, as a marker for genomic instability in the progeny of X-irradiated cells, correlates with DNA repair function. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Two repair deficient cell lines (X-ray repair cross-complementing 1 [XRCC1] deficient cell line [EM9] and X-ray repair cro...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/09553002.2013.752596
更新日期:2013-04-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To determine whether chromosomal instability is induced in human diploid fibroblasts by ionizing radiation and to investigate the effects of radiation quality by comparing X-rays, neutrons and alpha-particles. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Cells from two human diploid fibroblast lines, HF12 and HF19, were irradiated a...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/095530098142518
更新日期:1998-02-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:Conditionally Replicative Adenovirus (CRAd) has been previously demonstrated to augment the activity of radiation, resulting in synergy of cell kill. However, previous models combining radiation with CRAd have not focused on the methods of radiation delivery. MATERIALS AND METHODS:We model the combination of a...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.3109/09553000903419338
更新日期:2010-03-01 00:00:00
abstract::The relationship between ionizing radiation-induced cell killing and DNA damage measured by the micronucleus and apoptosis assays was determined in three established cell lines (L929, HL-60, and Chang). Irradiation experiments revealed a dose-dependent increase of micronucleated cells until a certain dose was reached....
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/09553009514550371
更新日期:1995-03-01 00:00:00
abstract:PURPOSE:To investigate the role of tumour versus non-tumour factors in the specific response to serotonin (5-HT) of tumour-feeding arterioles (TFA). MATERIALS AND METHODS:Using mouse models of intra-vital microscopy, the response to topical administration of 5-HT was studied in arterioles feeding tumours: fibrosarcoma...
journal_title:International journal of radiation biology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1080/095530098141519
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00