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Radiation Protection Dosimetry Advance Access published online on October 14, 2009
Radiation Protection Dosimetry, doi:10.1093/rpd/ncp201
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THE RBE OF 3.4 MeV {alpha}-PARTICLES AND 0.565 MeV NEUTRONS RELATIVE TO 60Co {gamma}-RAYS FOR NEOPLASTIC TRANSFORMATION OF HUMAN HYBRID CELLS AND THE IMPACT OF CULTURE CONDITIONS

M. Frankenberg-Schwager1, S. Spieren2, E. Pralle2, U. Giesen3,*, H. J. Brede3, M. Thiemig3 and D. Frankenberg3

1 Abteilung Nuklearmedizin im Zentrum Radiologie, Universität Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
2 Abteilung Klinische Strahlenbiologie und Klinische Strahlenphysik im Zentrum Radiologie, Universität Göttingen, Von-Siebold-Str. 3, 37075 Göttingen, Germany
3 Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Bundesallee 100, 38116 Braunschweig, Germany

* Corresponding author: Ulrich.Giesen{at}ptb.de

Received May 15, 2009, amended August 28, 2009, accepted September 2, 2009

The neoplastic transformation of human hybrid CGL1 cells is affected by perturbations from external influences such as serum batch and concentration, the number of medium changes during the 21-day expression period and cell seeding density. Nevertheless, for doses up to 1.5 Gy, published transformation frequencies for low linear energy transfer (LET) radiations ({gamma}-rays, MeV electrons or photons) are in good agreement, whereas for higher doses larger variations are reported. The 60Co {gamma}-ray data here for doses up to 1.5 Gy, using a low-yield serum batch and only one medium change, are in agreement with published frequencies of neoplastic transformation of human hybrid cells. For 3.4 MeV {alpha}-particles (LET = 124 keV/µm) and 0.565 MeV monoenergetic neutrons relative to low doses of 60Co {gamma}-rays, a maximum relative biological effectiveness (RBEM) of 2.8 ± 0.2 and 1.5 ± 0.2, respectively, was calculated. Surprisingly, at higher doses of 60Co {gamma}-rays lower frequencies of neoplastic transformation were observed. This non-monotonic dose relationship for neoplastic transformation by 60Co {gamma}-rays is likely due to the lack of a G2/M arrest observed at low doses resulting in higher transformation frequencies per dose, whereas the lower frequencies per dose observed for higher doses are likely related to the induction of a G2/M arrest.


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