Accession Number:
AD0671943
Title:
DIFFERENTIAL LETHAL EFFECTS OF MIXED REACTOR RADIATIONS ON LOGARITHMIC-PHASE AND SYNCHRONIZED TETRAHYMENA PYRIFORMIS,
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NAVAL RADIOLOGICAL DEFENSE LAB SAN FRANCISCO CALIF
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Report Date:
1968-04-29
Pagination or Media Count:
18.0
Abstract:
Logarithmic-phase and heat-shock synchronized Tetrahymena pyriformis cells were subjected to mixed neutron-gamma radiations 2.71 from a Mark F Triga reactor. A median lethal dose LD5048 hours for logarithmic-phase cells was 70 krads 95 confidence interval 68 to 73. The LD5048 hours for heat-treated cells irradiated at 6 minutes after the end of the synchronizing treatment was 174 krads 95 confidence interval 170 - 178. The approximately 2.5-fold resistance of heat-treated cells relative to logarithmic-phase cells might be related to the fact that heat-treated cells at the end of the synchronizing treatment contain 2 - 4 times the amounts of DNA found in logarithmic-phase cells. However, since heat-treated cells also are 2 - 4 times larger and contain 2 - 4 times the amount of RNA, other factors cannot be excluded. The possibility that the resistance of synchronized cells results from being irradiated at a particularly insensitive stage in the cell cycle is discussed it is concluded that this explanation is unlikely. Author
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- Radiobiology