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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1995-12-7
pubmed:abstractText
We have studied the radiation responses of a human mammary epithelial cell line, H184B5 F5-1 M/10. This cell line was derived from primary mammary cells after treatment with chemicals and heavy ions. The F5-1 M/10 cells are immortal, density-inhibited in growth, and non-tumorigenic in athymic nude mice and represent an in vitro model of the human epithelium for radiation studies. Because epithelial cells are the target of alpha-particles emitted from radon daughters, we concentrated our studies on the efficiency of alpha-particles. Confluent cultures of M/10 cells were exposed to accelerated alpha-particles [beam energy incident at the cell monolayer = 3.85 MeV, incident linear energy transfer (LET) in cell = 109 keV/microns] and, for comparison, to 80 kVp x-rays. The following endpoints were studied: (1) survival, (2) chromosome aberrations at the first postirradiation mitosis, and (3) chromosome alterations at later passages following irradiation. The survival curve was exponential for alpha-particles (D0 = 0.73 +/- 0.04 Gy), while a shoulder was observed for x-rays (alpha/beta = 2.9 Gy; D0 = 2.5 Gy, extrapolation number 1.6). The relative biological effectiveness (RBE) of high-LET alpha-particles for human epithelial cell killing was 3.3 at 37% survival. Dose-response curves for the induction of chromosome aberrations were linear for alpha-particles and linearquadratic for x-rays. The RBE for the induction of chromosome aberrations varied with the type of aberration scored and was high (about 5) for chromosome breaks and low (about 2) for chromosome exchanges.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
pubmed:keyword
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0301-634X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
34
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
195-204
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Alpha Particles, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Breast, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Cell Division, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Cell Line, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Cell Survival, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Chromosome Aberrations, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Chromosome Deletion, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Epithelial Cells, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Epithelium, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Female, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Fibroblasts, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Kinetics, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Lymphocytes, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Metaphase, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Mice, Nude, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Mitosis, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Time Factors, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Transplantation, Heterologous, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-Tumor Cells, Cultured, pubmed-meshheading:7480636-X-Rays
pubmed:year
1995
pubmed:articleTitle
Effects of alpha-particles on survival and chromosomal aberrations in human mammary epithelial cells.
pubmed:affiliation
Dipartimento di Scienze Fisiche, Università di Napoli Federico II, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't