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  • Title: The effect on depigmentation after multifractionated irradiation of mouse resting hair follicles.
    Author: Vegesna V, Withers HR, Taylor JM.
    Journal: Radiat Res; 1987 Sep; 111(3):464-73. PubMed ID: 3659281.
    Abstract:
    The function of melanocytes, i.e., pigmentation, was studied after doses of radiation given in one to eight fractions ranging from 0.9 to 4.0 Gy by quantifying depigmentation of particular (zig-zag) hairs in resting phase in the mouse. Considerable variability in response was noted, perhaps related to variations in growth status of the hair follicle. The slope of the single-dose survival curve is described by a D0 value of 1.47 Gy over a dose range 5 to 10 Gy. A weighted, nonlinear regression analysis of the multifraction data gave estimates of alpha/beta of 6.5 Gy for the linear quadratic model. The same analysis suggests that there are about four clonogenic melanocytes per hair follicle. There was a fluctuating pattern of recovery in the early hours after exposure to a dose of 4.0 Gy but no evidence of melanocyte regeneration up to 4 days. However, a characteristic of the data was its variability, suggesting that the radiation response of melanocytes over the dose range 0.9 to 10 Gy may be very variable, reflecting, perhaps, variability in the kinetic status of the melanocyte.
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