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Delayed Apoptotic Responses Associated with Radiation-induced Neoplastic Transformation of Human Hybrid Cells¹

Radiation and Cancer Biology Laboratory, Department of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, Indiana 46202 [M. S. M., K. L. H., D. L. F., L. A. D., T. M. T., B. M. M.], and Department of Radiation Oncology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106-4942 [J. J. P., D. A. B.]

HeLa X human skin fibroblast hybrid cells have been developed into a model for radiation-induced neoplastic transformation of human cells. Previous studies indicate that the appearance of neoplastically transformed foci in this system is delayed for several population doublings after irradiation and appears to involve the loss of putative tumor suppressor loci on fibroblast chromosomes 11 and 14. We now show that after treatment with 7 Gy of X-rays, transformed foci initiation correlates with delayed apoptosis initiated in the progeny of the irradiated cells after 10–12 cell divisions and with reduced plating efficiency (delayed death). The cells develop classic apoptotic morphology, positive terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated nick end labeling and phosphatidylserine (annexin V) staining, and cleavage of poly(ADP-ribose) polymerase. In addition, a delayed induction of the p53 protein and the proapoptotic Bax protein is evident over a week after radiation exposure. We propose that a delayed build-up of mitosis-dependent genomic DNA damage or a loss of genetic material over time (10–12 cell divisions postirradiation) has two relevant outcomes: (a) cell death due to the delayed induction of a p53-dependent apoptosis; and (b) neoplastic transformation of a minor subset of survivors that has lost fibroblast chromosomes 11 and 14 (tumor suppressor loci for this system) and has either evaded apoptosis or not acquired enough genetic damage to induce apoptosis. It is postulated that both phenomena result from X-ray-induced, translesion-mediated genomic instability.

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