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标题：Further Application and Evaluation of Critical Cell Number and Modifying Factors in Radiocurability of Multicellular Spheroids.
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作者：KOH-ICHI SAKATA ; NORIO SUZUKI ; HIDEYUKI MAJIMA 等
期刊名称：Journal of Radiation Research
印刷版ISSN：0449-3060
电子版ISSN：1349-9157
出版年度：1995
卷号：36
期号：1
页码：17-30
DOI：10.1269/jrr.36.17
摘要：Relationship of cure and surviving clonogenic cell number after various doses of X-irradiation was examined in multicellular spheroids of LCT1 human lung adenocarcinoma cells, LCT2 human lung small cell carcinoma cells and FSA1233 mouse fibrosarcoma cells. Some of these spheroids were cured at such doses that considerable number of clonogenic cells still survived after irradiation. Radiocurability was analyzed by comparing total clonogenic cell number in spheroids, cellular radiosensitivity and critical cell number Nc, i.e., the minimum number of clonogenic cells required to produce regrowth. (Nc-1) cells were killed by post-radiation processes and the larger the critical cell number, the more radiocurable. The LCT2 spheroids had the largest critical cell number and were most radiocurable. To investigate underlying mechanisms, modifying effect of heavily irradiated (HIR) tumor cells on the clonogenicity, i.e., plating efficiency of unirradiated tumor cells was investigated. Plating efficiencies with HIR cells showed significant decrease in LCT2 cells, no change in LCT1 cells and increase in FSA1233 cells. The results indicated that in case of LCT2 spheroids some of viable cells, surrounded by dying or dead cells might have been killed with unknown toxic effect additional to direct irradiation effect. Thus, critical cell number analysis may be useful to quantify and to compare modifying effect of cellular/environmental factors in curing process of spheroids or tumors.
关键词：Muliticellular spheroids; Radiocurability; Lung cancer; Critical cell number; Heavily irradiated cells