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. 1990 Aug;62(2):195–200. doi: 10.1038/bjc.1990.259

Intermittent blood flow in the KHT sarcoma--flow cytometry studies using Hoechst 33342.

A I Minchinton 1, R E Durand 1, D J Chaplin 1
PMCID: PMC1971840  PMID: 2386734

Abstract

The administration of the fluorescent DNA stain, Hoechst 33342, to mice bearing the KHT sarcoma, combined with flow cytometry, can be used to select cells according to their proximity to functional vasculature. Different protocols of administration of Hoechst 33342 were used in order to differentiate between the presence of temporary and chronically hypoxic cells. The results show a large difference in radiosensitivity between cells close to, and distant from, functional vasculature. However, this pattern of radiosensitivity is observed only when the staining period with Hoechst 33342 is short and coincides with the period of irradiation. When the radiation treatment is temporally divorced from the staining period then the radiosensitivity and staining intensity are not related. This result can be interpreted as indicating that hypoxic cells exist within this tumour as a result of fluctuations in tumour blood flow.

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