Abstract
The response to X-radiation and to bleomycin has been measured at a number of times during the life of monolayer cultures of EMT6 mouse tumour cells. Little change in radiation sensitivity was seen at any time and no loss of the shoulder to the survival curve occurred. Cultures in early plateau phase (where a considerable amount of cell proliferation is balanced by cell loss) showed a reduced sensitivity to bleomycin when compared with cells in exponential growth. However, after a longer period in plateau phase, when proliferation had virtually ceased, the sensitivity became greater than that of exponetial phase cells. These findings are discussed wirh reference to the conflicting results of other workers.
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Twentyman, P., Bleehen, N. Changes in sensitivity to radiation and to bleomycin occurring during the life history of monolayer cultures of a mouse tumour cell line. Br J Cancer 31, 68074 (1975). https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1975.8
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/bjc.1975.8