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. 2018 Aug 16;19(8):2420. doi: 10.3390/ijms19082420

Table 2.

Values of the parameters α and β and their ratio for radiotherapy alone and in combination with the different sensitizing agents.

Cell Line Sensitizing Agent α (Gy−1) β (Gy−2) α-EF * β-EF *
SiHa RT 0.21 ± 0.04 0.05 ± 0.01 1.00 ± 0.00 1.00 ± 0.21
SiHa RT + HT42 0.32 ± 0.07 0.07 ± 0.01 1.56 ± 0.45 1.38 ± 0.28
SiHa RT + PARP1-i 0.51 ± 0.05 0.02 ± 0.01 2.46 ± 0.51 0.45 ± 0.24
SiHa RT + HSP-i 0.22 ± 0.02 0.03 ± 0.00 1.07 ± 0.21 0.62 ± 0.13
SiHa RT + DNA-PKcs-i 1.00 ± 0.11 0.02 ± 0.03 4.85 ± 1.02 0.43 ± 0.64
SiHa RT + HT + PARP1-i 0.84 ± 0.12 ** 0.01 ± 0.03 4.06 ± 0.94 ** 0.25 ± 0.68
SiHa RT + HT + HSP-i 0.23 ± 0.03 0.06 ± 0.01 *** 1.12 ± 0.24 1.21 ± 0.22 ***
SiHa RT + HT + DNA-PKcs-i 1.60 ± 0.02 ** 0.07 ± 0.02 7.77 ± 1.40 ** 1.49 ± 0.48
HeLa RT 0.30 ± 0.04 0.04 ± 0.01 1.00 ± 0.18 1.00 ± 0.00
HeLa RT + HT42 0.38 ± 0.04 0.06 ± 0.01 1.27 ± 0.21 1.53 ± 0.39
HeLa RT + PARP1-i 0.56 ± 0.04 0.03 ± 0.01 1.88 ± 0.27 0.75 ± 0.27
HeLa RT + HSP-i 0.26 ± 0.02 0.02 ± 0.00 0.87 ± 0.12 0.44 ± 0.14
HeLa RT + DNA-PKcs-i 0.41 ± 0.07 0.06 ± 0.01 1.37 ± 0.29 1.67 ± 0.43
HeLa RT + HT + PARP1-i 1.03 ± 0.09 ** 0.04 ± 0.02 3.46 ± 0.53 ** 1.14 ± 0.60
HeLa RT + HT + HSP-i 0.41 ± 0.04 *** 0.07 ± 0.01 *** 1.37 ± 0.22 *** 1.97 ± 0.49 ***
HeLa RT + HT + DNA-PKcs-i 0.87 ± 0.06 ** 0.02 ± 0.01 2.91 ± 0.41 ** 0.56 ± 0.30

* EF = Enhancement Factor; ** significantly different from both duo modality treatments; *** significantly different from RT + HSP-i.