Biochemical alterations and tissue viability in AT-1 prostate tumor tissue after in vitro cryodestruction
 
Yazarlar (7)
Kp Roberts
Dj Smith
A Kazem
Pv Pazhayannur
Jc Hulbert
Jc Bischof
Makale Türü Özgün Makale (ESCI dergilerinde yayınlanan tam makale)
Dergi Adı CRYO-LETTERS
Dergi ISSN 0143-2044 Wos Dergi Scopus Dergi
Makale Dili İngilizce Basım Tarihi 07-1997
Cilt / Sayı / Sayfa 18 / 4 / 241–250 DOI
Özet
This study tested the effect of freezing with, cryosurgically-achievable freezing rates and end-point temperatures on plasma membrane integrity, protein synthetic activity, and cell survival in cryotreated rat AT-1 prostate tumor tissue. Freezing damage to the cell membranes, as assessed by protein leakage from the tissue, was approximately equal at all freeze rates. Protein synthetic activity, measured by the incorporation of radioactive methionine into secreted and total cellular protein, was lost in all treatments except the most moderate (5 degrees C/min --> -20 degrees C and 10 degrees C/min --> -40 degrees C). Loss of chromatin from the nucleus by predominantly necrotic pathways was evident in all tissue but the preservation of intact DNA was correlated with cell survival at 5 degrees C/min --> -20 degrees C and control. Histologic examination of the tissue after in vitro cryotreatment was consistent with extensive tissue destruction in samples cooled by LN2 immersion, at 50 degrees C/min --> -90 degrees C or 35 degrees C/min --> -75 degrees C, marginal survival in samples cooled at 10 degrees C/min --> -40 degrees C, and the highest survival in samples cooled at 5 degrees C/min --> -20 degrees C compared to control. These results show that freezing results in biochemical damage that reflects loss of cell viability, and that for the freezing rates and endpoint temperatures tested cell damage is maximal at freeze rates greater than 10 degrees C/min to endpoint temperatures below -40 degrees C. Evidence suggests that of the freezing parameters tested, an end-point temperature < -40 degrees C is the determining factor in tissue destruction.
Anahtar Kelimeler
cryosurgery | viability | prostate cancer | protein synthesis | freeze injury
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Atıf Sayıları
WoS 13

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