Radiosensitization in sarcoma cell lines with a p53 missense mutation correlates with prevention of irradiation G2/M arrest but not with induction of apoptosis
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- Published online on: September 1, 2001 https://doi.org/10.3892/or.8.5.1007
- Pages: 1007-1011
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Abstract
We analysed the effects of caffeine and taxol on the radiobiological behaviour of two human sarcoma cell lines (RD, SK-LMS-1) each with a p53 missense mutation. Treatment with 2 mM caffeine resulted in an inhibition of the irradiation induced G2/M arrest in both cell lines. This effect was coupled with a radiosensitization in cell line SK-LMS-1 after an irradiation with 6 Gy (enhancement factor of 5.0). However, the effect of radiosensitization was not correlated with an induction of apoptosis. Incubation with 20 nM taxol increased the irradiation induced apoptosis almost 3-fold in cell line SK-LMS-1, but not in cell line RD. However, taxol had no effect on the irradiation induced G2/M arrest or radiosensitivity in either cell line. The results support the hypothesis that the prevention of irradiation induced G2/M arrest but not the induction of apoptosis plays a critical role in determining radiosensitivity in sarcoma cell lines with p53 mutations.
