Abstract:
Objective To explore the radiosensitivity and DNA double-strand break repair of CD133+ U87 glioma stem cell.
Methods CD133+ and CD133- cells were isolated from glioma U87 cell lines by flow cytometry sorter system. After irradiated vertically by 4 Gy X-rays, the radiosensitivity of cells was determined by clonogenic assay. The radiation-induced DNA double-strand break repair of CD133+ and CD133- cells was determined by the neutral comet assay, and the expression of phosphorylated histone H2AX (γ-H2AX) and Rad51 foci were measured by immunofluorescence.
Results The clone forming rate of CD133+ cells was higher than CD133- cells (t=3.66, P < 0.01) with no radiation. The clone forming rate of CD133+ cells irradiated by 4 Gy X-rays has no significant changes compared to that of the non-irradiation cells(t=0.71, P > 0.05), but for CD133- cells, it decreased compared to non-irradiation cells(t=2.91, P < 0.05). The tailmoment between CD133+ cells and CD133- cells had no difference at 0.5 h after irradiation (t=1.44, P > 0.05); the tailmoment of CD133+ cells was lower than CD133- cells at 6 and 24 h after irradiation, respectively(t=5.31 and 8.09, P < 0.01). There was no significant difference in the expression of γ-H2AX foci between CD133+ and CD133- cells at 0.5 and 6 h after irradiation(t=0.12 and 0.99, P > 0.05), γ-H2AX foci of CD133+ cells was significantly decreased compared to CD133- cells at 24 h after irradiation(t=4.99, P < 0.01). For Rad 51 foci, there was no difference between CD133+ and CD133- cells at 0.5 h after irradiation(t=1.12, P > 0.05). The expression of Rad 51 foci of CD133- cells was decreased compared to that of CD133+ cells at 6 and 24 h after irradiation, respectively (t=22.88 and 12.43, P < 0.01). And the expression of Rad51 foci of CD133+ cells had no significant changes at 6-24 h after irradiation.
Conclusions Glioma stem cells is more radioresistive than glioma non-stem cells. The probable mechanism is that the DNA double-strand break repair capacity of glioma stem cells is more powerful than non-stem cells.