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CHAPTER 3<br />

RESULTS<br />

3.4 Radiation induced bystander signaling in mammalian cells.<br />

Radiation induced bystander effect has generated a lot of interest in recent times wherein the<br />

effect of irradiating the target cell on the surrounding unirradiated bystander cells have been<br />

studied. Having established that the response of the signaling factors varied with dose, dose<br />

fractionation, time, microenvironment and radiation quality (LET), it was of interest to<br />

investigate this emerging phenomenon. An attempt has been made to investigate the underlying<br />

mechanism involved and also to determine what component of the signaling system could be<br />

altered by bystander effect and contribution of the bystander effect in the survival of the<br />

neighbouring cells. To understand bystander signaling a number of studies have been made<br />

between the same cell lines. However, not much is known whether bystander effect is extendable<br />

to dissimilar cells, particularly those cells that communicate with each other under physiological<br />

situations. The present study describes the bystander effects of radiation between similar cells<br />

and dissimilar cells in vitro. Gap junction independent signaling mechanism was looked into<br />

using human A549 cells where they were exposed to 2Gy of 60 Co γ irradiation, the medium<br />

isolated and added to fresh cells. Bystander signaling was also studied between U937 cells<br />

(human monocyte) and Lung carcinoma A549 cells. Before designing the experiment there were<br />

two aspects that had to be taken care of, one was the likelihood that the replacement of the<br />

medium itself caused transient expression of certain signaling factors and second that the<br />

components of the medium, which include proteins like growth factors, etc. which are<br />

unavoidably exposed to radiation, contribute to the changes in the bystander cell. The<br />

experimental design, therefore, consisted of the following sets: (a) control unirradiated cells, (b)<br />

γ irradiated cells, (c) A549 cells receiving medium from unirradiated A549 cells or U937 cells or<br />

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