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ArticleRadiation and environmental biophysics2019

Impact of dimethyl sulfoxide on irradiation-related DNA double-strand-break induction, -repair and cell survival.

Felix Zwicker, Henrik Hauswald, Jürgen Debus, Peter E Huber, Klaus-Josef Weber

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Article in Radiation and environmental biophysics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 8 papers.

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8 citing papers in PubMed, 14 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Felix ZwickerClinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) E055, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany. f.zwicker@dkfz.de.ORCID 0000-0002-4925-0663
Henrik HauswaldDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
Jürgen DebusClinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) E055, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Peter E HuberClinical Cooperation Unit Molecular Radiation Oncology, German Cancer Research Center (DKFZ) E055, Im Neuenheimer Feld 280, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany.
Klaus-Josef WeberDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany.
German Cancer Research Center · DEHeidelberg University · DE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO) is an effective radical scavenger and, when added to cells, reduces the initial number of radiation-induced DNA double-strand breaks (DSB). The aim of this study was to investigate modification by DMSO of both DSB induction and DSB repair by means of pulsed-field gel electrophoresis (PFGE) as well as gamma-H2AX immunofluorescence staining. WiDr cells (human colon carcinoma provided by DKFZ) were incubated with 2% DMSO for 2 h (or mock-treated) prior to irradiation with varying X-ray doses and subsequent incubation for repair. Sample processing for PFGE analysis or counting of γ-H2AX foci was performed according to standard protocols. Effects on apoptosis induction and cell survival were investigated additionally by standard protocols. DMSO reduced DSB yield after 20-80 Gy measured by PFGE. A qualitatively similar result was found after low-dose irradiation (1 Gy) using γ-H2AX immunofluorescence staining. During incubation for repair, both DNA fragment rejoining (PFGE) as well as γ-H2AX foci removal occurred at a reduced rate when cells had been pre-treated with DMSO. But this effect was clearly more pronounced for the PFGE-analyzed double-strand breakage, particularly at early repair times. WiDr cells treated with DMSO (2%) showed a significantly increased clonogenic survival after irradiation doses above 8 Gy. Apoptosis rates were not changed by DMSO. The radio-protective effect of DMSO, well known from other PFGE studies, could be confirmed for the formation of γ-H2AX foci. DSB generated in the presence of DMSO were less rapidly repaired. DMSO showed radio-protective effects on clonogenic survival but not on apoptosis.

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Dose-Response Relationship, RadiationApoptosisCell Line, TumorCell SurvivalDimethyl SulfoxideDNADNA Breaks, Double-StrandedDNA DamageDNA RepairElectrophoresis, Gel, Pulsed-FieldFree Radical ScavengersHumansRadiation-Protective AgentsDimethyl SulfoxideDNAFree Radical ScavengersRadiation-Protective AgentsApoptosisCell survivalDimethyl sulfoxideDMSODNA-DSB inductionDNA-DSB repairPFGERadiationγ-H2AX

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