Abstract
Background: In order to clarify the relationship between delayed reproductive death and radiation-induced genomic instability, the colony-forming efficiency of surviving, irradiated human squamous carcinoma cells and centromere positive as well as centromere negative micronuclei in surviving progeny were examined. Materials and methods: Colony-forming ability and micronucleus (MN) frequency in binucleated cells 24h after the addition of cytochalasin B during 2 weeks of post-irradiation growth were determined in a squamous cell carcinoma cell line (SCL-II) of human origin. In addition, centromeres in micronuclei were detected using FISH. Results: In the human epithelial cell line used for these experiments, delayed reproductive death was pronounced and persisted for at least 2 weeks after irradiation. Although there is evidence for an increased rate of centromere positive micronuclei, but not of centromere negative micronuclei, arising during the first week of post-irradiation proliferation, this decreases later while the rate of delayed reproductive death remains elevated. Conclusion: In the studied cell line, the observed delayed reproductive death is not closely related to the investigated criteria of radiation-induced genomic instability. This casts doubt on the common assumption that delayed reproductive death is a direct manifestation of radiation-induced genomic instability.
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