FIGURE 1.
NBCCS fibroblasts are specifically more sensitive to ionizing radiation and UVA-induced cytotoxicity. Long-term survival curves determined by clonogenic assays. Cells were plated at low density (20 cells/cm2) and the second day they were exposed to growing dose of (A) ionizing radiation (γ Rays), (B) UVA radiation, (C) UVB radiation or (D) bleomycin and cultured for 2 weeks. Cells were then fixed with ethanol, stained with crystal violet in order to count the number of colonies. Results are expressed as mean percentage of survival fraction ± SD of colonies of 3 independent experiments (n = 3) and triplicate measurements. μ GM01552 significantly (p < 0.05) different from the normal cells (GM00730) stressed at the same dose. $ GM02098 significantly (p < 0.05) different from the normal cells (GM00730) stressed at the same dose. $ GM03300 significantly (p < 0.05) different from the normal cells (GM00730) stressed at the same dose.