S. Fukushima et al., INDUCTION OF P53 PROTEIN BY CARBON-ION AND PROTON-BEAM IRRADIATION IN2 CLOSE HUMAN LYMPHOBLASTOID CELL-LINES WITH DIFFERENT P53 STATUS, Oncology Reports, 4(3), 1997, pp. 481-484
In this study, we compared the kinetics of the postirradiation p53 pro
tein expression for carbon ion beam (290 MeV/n, LET 75 keV/mu m) and p
roton beam (65 MeV) with that of (13)7Cs-gamma ray. We used two human
lymphoblastoid cell lines derived from the same donor with different p
53 status. Wild-type p53 protein increased after irradiation and it wa
s dose-dependent. Meanwhile, the mutated p53 protein level did not sho
w any increase with irradiation. With the three forms of radiation, th
ere was no significant difference as regards the p53 protein kinetics.