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The effects of intraoperative radiotherapy on tumor cells were elucidated by immunohistochemical examination of changes in the level of proliferating cell nuclear antigen. In addition, the terminal deoxynucleotidyl transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end labeling method was used to examine the level of apoptosis in mouse MM46 tumor cells after a single high dose of irradiation (30 Gy, 6 MeV). A significant decrease in the number of tumor cells compared to controls was observed on the 3rd, 7th, and 14th days following irradiation, but not on the 1st day. Consistent with these results, the proliferating cell nuclear antigen labeling index of irradiated cells decreased significantly on the 3rd, 7th, and 14th days following irradiation, but not on the 1st day. By comparison, the regrowth area on day 14 only showed no difference compared to the control group. The apoptotic index increased on the 7th and 14th day after irradiation, but at a lower rate than the observed decrease in the level of proliferating cell nuclear antigen. We speculate that the major mechanism of single high-dose radiation effect is inhibition of DNA synthesis.
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Kobayashi, M., Okamoto, K., Namikawa, T. et al. The change of proliferating cell nuclear antigen and apoptosis of the MM46 mammary cancer cells of the mouse after single high-dose irradiation. Med Mol Morphol 38, 181–188 (2005). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00795-005-0291-6
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