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Chloroquine improves survival and hematopoietic recovery after lethal low-dose-rate radiation.

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Lim, Y; Hedayati, M; Merchant, AA; Zhang, Y; Yu, H-HM; Kastan, MB; Matsui, W; Deweese, TL
Published in: Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys
November 1, 2012

PURPOSE: We have previously shown that the antimalarial agent chloroquine can abrogate the lethal cellular effects of low-dose-rate (LDR) radiation in vitro, most likely by activating the ataxia-telangiectasia mutated (ATM) protein. Here, we demonstrate that chloroquine treatment also protects against lethal doses of LDR radiation in vivo. METHODS AND MATERIALS: C57BL/6 mice were irradiated with a total of 12.8 Gy delivered at 9.4 cGy/hour. ATM null mice from the same background were used to determine the influence of ATM. Chloroquine was administered by two intraperitoneal injections of 59.4 μg per 17 g of body weight, 24 hours and 4 hours before irradiation. Bone marrow cells isolated from tibia, fibula, and vertebral bones were transplanted into lethally irradiated CD45 congenic recipient mice by retroorbital injection. Chimerism was assessed by flow cytometry. In vitro methylcellulose colony-forming assay of whole bone marrow cells and fluorescence activated cell sorting analysis of lineage depleted cells were used to assess the effect of chloroquine on progenitor cells. RESULTS: Mice pretreated with chloroquine before radiation exhibited a significantly higher survival rate than did mice treated with radiation alone (80% vs. 31%, p = 0.0026). Chloroquine administration before radiation did not affect the survival of ATM null mice (p = 0.86). Chloroquine also had a significant effect on the early engraftment of bone marrow cells from the irradiated donor mice 6 weeks after transplantation (4.2% vs. 0.4%, p = 0.015). CONCLUSION: Chloroquine administration before radiation had a significant effect on the survival of normal but not ATM null mice, strongly suggesting that the in vivo effect, like the in vitro effect, is also ATM dependent. Chloroquine improved the early engraftment of bone marrow cells from LDR-irradiated mice, presumably by protecting the progenitor cells from radiation injury. Chloroquine thus could serve as a very useful drug for protection against the harmful effects of LDR radiation.

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Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys

DOI

EISSN

1879-355X

Publication Date

November 1, 2012

Volume

84

Issue

3

Start / End Page

800 / 806

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • Survival Rate
  • Radiation-Protective Agents
  • Radiation Injuries, Experimental
  • Radiation Chimera
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Male
 

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Lim, Y., Hedayati, M., Merchant, A. A., Zhang, Y., Yu, H.-H., Kastan, M. B., … Deweese, T. L. (2012). Chloroquine improves survival and hematopoietic recovery after lethal low-dose-rate radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, 84(3), 800–806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.026
Lim, Yiting, Mohammad Hedayati, Akil A. Merchant, Yonggang Zhang, Hsiang-Hsuan M. Yu, Michael B. Kastan, William Matsui, and Theodore L. Deweese. “Chloroquine improves survival and hematopoietic recovery after lethal low-dose-rate radiation.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 84, no. 3 (November 1, 2012): 800–806. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.026.
Lim Y, Hedayati M, Merchant AA, Zhang Y, Yu H-HM, Kastan MB, et al. Chloroquine improves survival and hematopoietic recovery after lethal low-dose-rate radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Nov 1;84(3):800–6.
Lim, Yiting, et al. “Chloroquine improves survival and hematopoietic recovery after lethal low-dose-rate radiation.Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys, vol. 84, no. 3, Nov. 2012, pp. 800–06. Pubmed, doi:10.1016/j.ijrobp.2012.01.026.
Lim Y, Hedayati M, Merchant AA, Zhang Y, Yu H-HM, Kastan MB, Matsui W, Deweese TL. Chloroquine improves survival and hematopoietic recovery after lethal low-dose-rate radiation. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys. 2012 Nov 1;84(3):800–806.
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Published In

Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys

DOI

EISSN

1879-355X

Publication Date

November 1, 2012

Volume

84

Issue

3

Start / End Page

800 / 806

Location

United States

Related Subject Headings

  • Tumor Suppressor Proteins
  • Survival Rate
  • Radiation-Protective Agents
  • Radiation Injuries, Experimental
  • Radiation Chimera
  • Protein Serine-Threonine Kinases
  • Oncology & Carcinogenesis
  • Mice, Inbred C57BL
  • Mice
  • Male