Genomic instability and tumorigenic induction in immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells by heavy ions

Details Genomic instability and tumorigenic induction in immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells by heavy ions Genomic instability and tumorigenic induction in immortalized human bronchial epithelial cells by heavy ions

Nov 1998

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1998adspr..22.1699h&link_type=abstract

Advances in Space Research, Volume 22, Issue 12, p. 1699-1707.

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Carcinogenesis is postulated to be a progressive multistage process characterized by an increase in genomic instability and clonal selection with each mutational event endowing a selective growth advantage. Genomic instability as manifested by the amplification of specific gene fragments is common among tumor and transformed cells. In the present study, immortalized human bronchial (BEP2D) cells were irradiated with graded doses of either 1GeV/nucleon 56Fe ions or 150 keV/μm alpha particles. Transformed cells developed through a series of successive steps before becoming tumorigenic in nude mice. Tumorigenic cells showed neither ras mutations nor deletion in the p16 tumor suppressor gene. In contrast, they harbored mutations in the p53 gene and over-expressed cyclin D1. Genomic instability among transformed cells at various stage of the carcinogenic process was examined based on frequencies of PALA resistance. Incidence of genomic instability was highest among established tumor cell lines relative to transformed, non-tumorigenic and control cell lines. Treatment of BEP2D cells with a 4 mM dose of the aminothiol WR-1065 significantly reduced their neoplastic transforming response to 56Fe particles. This model provides an opportunity to study the cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in malignant transformation of human epithelial cells by heavy ions.

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