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  • Title: Effects of inhibitors of DNA strand break repair on HeLa cell radiosensitivity.
    Author: Ward JF, Joner EI, Blakely WF.
    Journal: Cancer Res; 1984 Jan; 44(1):59-63. PubMed ID: 6690061.
    Abstract:
    The effects of three drugs (hydroxyurea, 1-beta-arabinofuranosylcytosine, and diamide) known to inhibit DNA synthesis on the repair of ionizing radiation-induced DNA single-strand breaks measured by alkaline elution and on cellular radiosensitivity were examined. Inhibition of repair was observed at 10(-2) M hydroxyurea, 10(-4) M 1-beta-D-arabinofuranosylcytosine, and 5 X 10(-5) M diamide, levels causing only 10% cell kill. While the mechanisms by which the drugs inhibit DNA synthesis differ, they are equally effective at inhibiting repair; without drug, cells, after a dose of 10 grays, repair 35% of DNA strand breaks in 3 min and a further 35% in 1 hr; with drug, only 10% is repaired in 3 min, and the deficiency in repair amount remains, even after 60 min. The effect of similar drug treatment on radiation-induced cell killing shows that radiosensitivity is increased; the major effect is reduction in D0 from 1.3 grays to approximately 0.8 grays with smaller effects on Dq. The data are consistent with the hypothesis that radiation produces potential double-strand breaks in DNA which, if not rapidly repaired, are converted into lethal actual double-strand breaks.
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