A flow cytometry assay that measures cellular sensitivity to DNA-damaging agents, customized for clinical routine laboratories

Clinical Biochemistry
Sherin T MathewOla Hammarsten

Abstract

The clonogenic assay examines cell sensitivity to toxic agents and has been shown to correlate with normal tissue sensitivity to radiotherapy in cancer patients. The clonogenic assay is not clinically applicable due to its intra-individual variability and the time frame of the protocol. We aimed to develop a clinically applicable assay that correlated with the clonogenic assay. We have developed a faster and less labor-intensive cell division assay (CD assay) using flow cytometry and incorporation of a fluorescent thymidine analogue. The CD assay was calibrated to the clonogenic assay and optimized for peripheral blood lymphocytes. Following ionizing radiation of primary human skin fibroblasts, the four-day CD assay gave similar results as the 14-day clonogenic survival assay. In lymphocytes isolated from patient blood samples, the CD assay was able to detect increased radiosensitivity in ataxia telangiectasia patients and increased radiosensitivity after in vitro treatment with DNA-PK and ATM inhibitors. The CD assay found a variation in the intrinsic radiosensitivity of lymphocytes isolated from healthy control samples. The CD assay was able to measure the anti-proliferation effect of different chemotherapeutic drugs in lymph...Continue Reading

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Aug 29, 2020·Cytometry. Part B, Clinical Cytometry·Ola HammarstenPegah Johansson
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