Gel electrophoresis of individual cells to quantify hypoxic fraction in human breast cancers |
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Authors: | PL Olive RE Durand J Le Riche IA Olivotto SM Jackson |
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Affiliation: | British Columbia Cancer Research Center, Vancouver, Canada. |
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Abstract: | A new gel electrophoresis method has been used to quantify hypoxic fraction in human tumors. Radiation-induced DNA damage was measured in individual tumor cells, where the radiobiologically hypoxic cells were observed as a subpopulation showing a 3-fold reduction in DNA strand breaks. Patients receiving palliative radiotherapy for breast cancers were given a single dose of 5-10 Gy, and a fine needle aspiration biopsy was taken immediately after irradiation. Hypoxic cells were detected in seven of eight tumors. In four tumors, bivariate analyses of DNA content versus DNA damage to individual cells allowed distinction between the response of diploid normal cells and aneuploid tumor cells. These early results indicate that "comet assay" shows considerable promise for resolving the extent and significance of hypoxia in human tumors. |
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