Cell Kinetics of Head and Neck Cancers1 - Clinical Cancer Research

2 downloads 0 Views 2MB Size Report
S. Coon. IV,. Abdul. Haleem,. Samuel. Taylor. IV,. James. Hutchinson,. William. Panje ..... Park,. IL). Both newly diagnosed. (16 patients) and locally recurrent. (10.
Vol.

1, 527-537,

Ma’s’ 1995

Cell

Kinetics

Valery

M.

of Head

Kotelnikov,2

Abdul

Haleem,

James

Hutchinson,

David

D. Caldarelli,

and

Clinical

John

Samuel

Harvey

and

S. Coon

Taylor

Neck

The

Luke’s

Medical

Center,

Chicago,

Illinois

initiation

for

selecting

lifenative

rate,

measured

cell

the

head

of labeled

poorly

[labeling 2.7%

poorly

index

and

(P

potential

(47.3

±

mm.

To

5.1-21.5

doubling

times

track

the

biopsy

was

fate

label,

demonstrated peated in the these

second cells

most

7-14

cell

death

may

proliferative between

had

rate

cells

of tumor

patients,

after On

be major

potential

2242

iododedid

to the dilu-

second

biopsy

resulting

from

re-

of cells

25%

suggesting

7 labeled

cells

to

Thus,

the

cell differentiation, cell

may

explain

doubling

times

loss

and from

the

the difference and

the actual

growth.

West

Harrison

cells

cells

(LI).

section

Street,

Suite

108,

at Rush

Chicago,

IL

Cancer 60612-

decade

studies The

This

problem

concerns

the

depends

on the

mathematical

validity

an alternative

methodology

tumor

cell

the actual

loss

volume

factor.

estimated

to have

but yet have In the study

labeling

been

of cells

(11,

3 The abbreviations oxyunidine; IdUrd, mous cell carcinoma; Drug Administration; time; T, cell cycle

(2,

3,

is not

17).

Begg

is the

(l8)

admixture

biopsy,

resulting

of tumor

in

BndUnd-

if an immunocells

to measure

in LI.

a tumor et

Bennett

tumors FCM LI is nearly in a biopsy section. The of

only

T

the

can

measurement

applied

(16,

be confirmed

in humans

doubling

not been described IdUnd

time time.

factor

by

17). using

85

and

The

directly

for

(19,

we used

and

BndUnd labeled

and

than

is due to neck

20).

experimental

studied

here of

head

above

is shorten

difference

93%

documented

mentioned

which

in human

between

visualization

16, one

be avoided

doubling

well

with

widely

methodology

method

studies

This be

was tumors

(18).

kinetic potential

tumor

method

first

accuracy

of T measurements

an in vivo

disaggregated

of human

of FCM

the

introduced

using of

BndUnd-labeled

instead

have on have

underestimate

tumor

can

kinetics

et a!. (12)

proportion

problem of

cell

this

recent

second

(20),

proportion

this

problems.

which

pathways

for a high

FCM

a!. (1 1) demonstrated that for diploid four times lower than LI measured

the cell

pertreatment

parameters

of the

is used

was

pro-

proliferative

during

methods

in the disaggnegated

biopsy

The

the

[3H]thymidine

in a variety

determination

nohistoehemical

Institute. be addressed,

last

by major

led to a calculated

migrated

foci.

two

detection

The

prethenapy

radiotherapy,

1 1). Begg

of its popularity

histochemical

that

iododeoxyuri-

to necrotic of tumor

This

Received 8/16/94; accepted 1/20/95. 1 Supported by funds from Rush Cancer 2 To whom requests for reprints should Institute, 3824.

in the

a

treatment

the

tumor

with

cycle

kinetics

indicated

inaccurate labeled

to

predicting

that

subsequent

the

cell

In spite

of nontumon

patients

Due

13-15).

mea-

patients

with

During

to study

neck

(10,

cell

BndUnd

cells.

as

h

(2,

nate prior

regrow

these

cells

for measuring

out

180

In general,

of

pointed

calcu-

and labeling

injection

optimal

90 and the

(6-9).

were

18.8-84.5

however,

tumor routes

time The

These

label,

Day and

LIs

patient trials

parameter

for

be responsible

DNA

a method

11,

an inverse and

clinical

during

rapidly

the

as a major

presented

of head

in vitro

of S-phase

applied

to

may

recent

of

accelerate

cells

studies

FCM3

tumor

and one the

incorporating

transition,

short

in

1.5).

biopsies.

undiluted

compartment. very

24.8%

after

pattern

In two

of tumors

of cell cycle

and

in four

days

the

labeled

dine/bromodeoxyuridine. arrest

cells, infusion.

biopsy

parts

LI

from

of labeled

had not divided

keratinized

The

between

between

divisions.

LIs of two

ranged

a “fragmented”

cell

±

in

cells

used

an

and

failures.

either

used

reported

and

been

may

negnowth

proportion

The

of G2 was

obtained

treatment

of the

after

duration

h (12.8

utilized

55.9%.

tumor,

S-phase

from

oxyundine/bromodeoxyundine tion

and

This

5).

of treatment

percentage

In one well-differentiated

6.7). The duration

not receive

0.135). 39.4

tumors

(1)

importance

has

neoplastie

Earlier

in well-differentiated and 23.8 ± 2.1%

mucoepidermoid

ranged

lated

SE)

were

29.1 %, respectively.

surements

repeat

(LI)]

(4,

evidence

these

be

plays

disease

of proliferative

regimens the

cancers the

S-phase

of two

may

to

of

a!.

knowledge

addition

the

sequential

The

lymphoepithelioma

lymphoma.

differentiated

in 26 squa-

received

studied.

±

SCCs SCCs

rate were

bromodeoxyuridine,

and

(mean

±

in a high-grade

a malignant

22 of which

and

differentiated

2.5%

proliferative

Patients

biopsied

differentiated

3.0%

cell cancer,

(SCCs).

was

cells 20.4

was

moderately was

neck

of iododeoxyuridine the tumor

SCCs

tumor

and

carcinomas

infusions which

of

et

results

radiotherapy In

neck

course

of

of radiotherapy

outcome.

mitting

with

preliminary

that

and

the

percentage

suggested

the

rate

mous

The

have

of head

Chauvel

between

survival. 3)

rate

in determining

of treatment.

relationship

ABSTRACT We

role

outcome

Griem,

Rush Cancer Institute [V. M. K., A. H., S. T., H. D. P.], Department of Pathology [i. S. C.], Department of Otolaryngology [J. S. C., i. H., W. P., D. D. C.], and Department of Radiation Oncology [K. G.],

patients

proliferative

important

D. Preisler

Rush-Presbyterian-St. 60612-3833

527

INTRODUCTION

IV,

Panje,

Katherine

Research

Cancers1

IV,

William

Cancer

SCCs

Cell

loss

tumors

in humans. the method

and cells,

subsequent a method

of in vivo immuwhich

used are: FCM, flow cytometry; BrdUrd, bromodeiododeoxyunidine; LI, labeling index; SCC, squaNCI, National Cancer Institute; FDA, Food and T, S-phase duration time; T,,, potential doubling time; T02, duration of G2.

528

Cell Kinetics

of Head and Neck

Table

Cancers

Summary

I

of clinical

and histopathol

ogical

data of patients

give n IdUrd

and BrdUnd

for cell kin etics studies

Sample Histology

code

Moderate

Maxillary

High High

Neck Larynx

Low Moderate Low Moderate Moderate Moderate Low Low Low Moderate

Floor of Tonsil Larynx Larynx Larynx Floor of Floor of Larynx Base of Floor of Epiglottis

Moderate Moderate

Esophagus Base of tongue

II III

Low Low Moderate

Larynx Vocal cord Maxillary sinus

Recurrent II IV

Moderate Moderate

Tonsil Soft palate

IV IV

Moderate

Larynx

Recurrent

HN-5

Mucoepidermoid

HN- 1 1 HN-22 HN-35

Lymphoepithelioma Mucoepidermoid Lymphoma

High High

Base of tongue Nasopharyngeal

IV II

Low

Base of tongue

Recurrent

High

Pharynx

II

successfully

used

and solid

tumors

Hoshino

et a!. (22).

This

cycle

parameter

information

Moderate

to study

cell

technique

not

determinations,

regarding

proliferation

in our laboratory

the

(21) only

but

in human

received

in that of

and

provides

also

morphological

and gives

aspects

precise

over

valuable

end

of

tumor

to understand The

results

the routes of this

head and neck tumors integrity of the tumor proliferative

of cell

study

loss

confirm

from

that

a tumor.

a high

of these

IdUrd

proportion

of of the of the

tumors.

MATERIALS The

AND

IdUrdlBrdUrd

study

was

Board

of the Rush

BrdUrd

METHODS protocol

reviewed

were

and

University,

supplied

(H&N

approved

1 392)

by the

the NC!,

by the NC!.

utilized

Informed

the local Institutional Review Board, NC!, and tamed from every patient before the administration

Review and

required

by

FDA was of !dUrd

oband

BrdUrd.

sections

Both

IL)

newly

patients)

or West

diagnosed

patients

(16

were

clinical

and

histological

tumors

which

were

as having

a malignant

Suburban

eligible

patients) for

and study.

information

studied. neoplasm

study were diagnosed Luke’s Medical Cen-

Hospital locally Table

regarding

In all cases before

(Oak

patients study.

was

on Alcian

of

sections

IdUrd

only

stained

with

patients

the same

a second

the

No therapy

removed

were

patients

was given

in

the

used

biopsy.

In

to these

the

10 cases

of

obtained

for

received

Department

was

and a Two-

Pathology

immunohistochemical

biopsy

iv.

At the

3 h, dehydrated

coverslips

by

from

IdUrd

given

methacrylate.

Seven

followed

obtained

for

blue

When

was

surgically

in glycol

processing.

paraffin

day.

each

the infusions.

solution

embedded

placed

same

day,

between

the tumor

in Bouin’s

finally

infusion

methods. 7-14

patients

days

after

between

the

biopsies.

Immunochistochemical labeling

have

Park,

IL).

procedures

been

described

for

in detail

earlier

Single-labeling Procedure. rehydrated in distilled water with

binding mAb

3%

for 45 sites

3D9

H202 mm

for the

and

for 30 mm, 4 N HCI

then for

anti-!dUrdlBrdUrd

(a gift from

Dr. G. L. Mayers,

(10 the

lated

the patients

and

reagent enzyme

were

diagnosed patients

In short

double they

Elite

antimouse

!gG

(1 :200,

(a mixture of avidin-DH 1 :50). These reagents ABC

Kit

(Vector,

30

mm),

treated

specimens

They

are

are

with

then

Pronase

20 mm

to expose

antibodies.

The

Roswell

1 provides

Nineteen

and

(23).

The tissue for 10 mm.

rial Institute, Buffalo, NY; 1:200), which IdUrd and BrdUrd, is applied for 30 mm

recurrent

single

are as follows.

(1 mg/ml)

ten (Chicago,

the

interval

mm-thin

incubated Patients who participated in this in Rush-Presbyterian-St.

on

a 0.5-h

and

first

All patients and treated either

BndUrd

immunohistochemistry

IdUrd

consent

II IV II

in this

Institutional

and the FDA.

Recurrent

tongue mouth

with

methanol,

two

mouth mouth

and

fixed

the first one.

Recurrent IV II Recurrent IV III Recurrent

on the same

was

also

mouth

infused

of the last infusion

In four

Recurrent

were

30 mm

were

sinus

Recurrent Recurrent

immunohistochemical

grow rapidly and that maintenance tissue is essential to the analysis

characteristics

both

BndUrd

portion

and provides a unique opportunity to track the fate of tumor cells if serial biopsies are obtained. The latter may

help

Stage

SCC 5CC 5CC SCC 5CC SCC 5CC SCC SCC 5CC SCC 5CC 5CC SCC 5CC SCC SCC 5CC 5CC 5CC 5CC 5CC

leukemias

growth labeled

Localization

HN-4 HN-6 HN-7 HN-8 HN-l2 HN-l4 HN-15 HN- I 7 HN- 1 8 HN-19 HN-21 HN-25 HN-28 HN-29 HN-3 1 HN-32 HN-33 HN-34 HN-37 HN-39 HN-40 HN-47

has been

cell

Grade

Park

the mouse

Memo-

is specific for both followed by biotinyfollowed

by

the

ABC

solution, 1 :50, and biotinylated were supplied in the Veetastatin

Burlingame,

CA).

At

the

final

steps

Clinical

specimens

are

stained

nahydroehlonide

with

0.025%

in 0.003%

H202

nis’ hematoxylin

solution.

Paraffin

same

that

way

except

specimens

we

used

anti-BndUnd 3D9

were

used

As

we used

!dUnd

only.

antibody

There

with

was

are

40

labeling

several

rat

tumor

of

of the

cell

cycle,

which

according

anti-BndUnd

To we

apply

allows

to

procedure

(Sena

Labs,

Crawley

529

‘‘

‘ -,

.

with

.

-..-s

,

.

..

.t

.

-

‘:

.

5 #{149}‘

using

United

4

4,.

--

%

;.‘1’

..

.

.

-

.

-. %.

sections

above

:.

;g

“4’

‘‘:



‘#{149}

.

.

...

, 4’

.. -.

‘.:-

,

‘-1T”’i:’

.--‘

4

:

.

--.-

...1

;;

‘#{149}‘

S

:

.

.t

‘ .

S,..

,.--,I,

-

‘.

-“. ,



.

‘‘

%,“#{149}

-. ‘

-

. ‘

between

tumor

Down,

“ .

-.:#{149}.

immunohisto-

described

.

,

.

.

temporal

distinguish

In the first step,

to the

antibody

double

us

cells.

the

.

‘‘

-:.

-

#{149}.#{176}

S

-

.-

anti-BndUnd

calculate

.

.

#{234}S-

‘-..

anti-

labeled

.

:

-

-.

.

-

_

‘.‘-._

with

anti-BrdUnd

.s

.

::

Rat

labeled

.

I

14

instead

samples

no cross-reactivity

In

procedure.

cells

for

-

‘,.‘_.‘

in the

mm.

below)

demonstrate control

and BndUnd-labeled

stained

for

kit (see

Procedure.

staining

IdUnd-

treated

Han-

IdUrd.

of the

chemical

to

from

Double-labeling parameters

different

with

are lasts

nat ABC

a negative

sections

sections

Research

tet-

countenstained

application

a slightly

and

only.

body,

HCI

antibody

antibody

BrdUnd

the

3,3’-diaminobenzidine

and

Cancer

.

rat

King-

-

Fig.

I

SCC

-

-

.,.

Peripheral labeling (LI = 12.1%). x 200.

of

.

the

.‘

tumor

island

in well-differentiated

dom) diluted 1 :200 and a Veetastatin Elite rat ABC kit. 3D9 antibody (1:20) in PBS containing 0.5% Tween 20 and 1.5% normal

horse

followed

result,

then

three

labeled

types

with

nuclei),

Labeled

gold

Cells

Counting sections

of viable

and

labeled

normal

nuclei

Four

to six fields

As

with

BndUnd and

a

those

only

BndUnd

low,

studied

to calculate Necrotic are

ative

rate.

tissue,

from islands

cells of Cell

for

cycle.

the

nonlinear

It was

age

assumed

distribution

to be 0.8

(11,

acetone

and

20).

Frozen absolute

of Cytokeratin

sections

cold

are fixed

methanol.

LSAB

Kit

human

cytokenatin

The

(DAKO

staining

as

and

antibody the

in cold

is performed

Corporation) 10

K10

sequentially

using

monoclonal

mouse

(DAKO-CK1O,

chromogen.

DAKO

anti-

DE-K10)

The

with

countenstain

is ethyl

the

labeling

areas

predominantly

cells

are

values

of

tumor only

prolifen-

basal

the

central

layers

Time

(golden using

were (blue

used. Three nuclei) and

and golden/blue the

nuclei)

formula:

tumor

Nd0Ub,C

cells labeled labeled with of two

±

with IdUnd

=

NdOUb,C

±

the

BrdUrd

sum

BndUnd only, only, and T

injections.

T,

X

BrdUrd

LT/NIdUrd

(A)

of double-labeled NIdUrd

is the

5

the

interval

of the tumor

was

cells

and

number

of

cells

between

the

start

calculated

from

lost

their

did

not

-

X X TjLI

(B)

cells K10-positive

the

island.

to any of

apparent

high-grade

vessels

stroma

(Figs.

5 and

between

tumor

5).

within

islands

the

sample

Fig.

In the other in different correlation

cells

cells

In these which had

chaotic (Fig. were

4).

In

grouped

cells

of blood and

infiltrating

and

tumor

interstitial

different

degrees

of

HN-8, HN-18, and HN-29, there in the proportion of cells labeled this

In this

21 tumors, areas was between

the

which

panenehyma

demonstrated

8 illustrates

HN-6.

was

endothelial

tumor

6). Lymphoid

labeling (Fig. 7). In samples HN-5, HN-6, was considerable heterogeneity fields.

Labeled both

3).

pattern

labeled

for of

cells

labeling

of The

positive

SCCs

anatomical

tumors

(Fig.

common

the

nest 1).

regions

(Fig.

In high-grade

structure,

were

shows

all

few

blood

cells

strongly

tumors

S-phase

correlate

tissue

were

labeled

within

located the

(Fig.

contained

around

tumor

other

various

were

structures

islands

distributed

while

island

organ-specific

in adjacent

cells

islands

kenatinizing

In

be showing

labeled

of tumor

2).

to

contained

tumor

regions

SCCs

tumor

in Tumors

found

panenchyma

layers

(Fig.

vessels

labeled T

some

of these

scattered

were

tumor

of

K10

the

some

In

consisted

22.4-80%.

the equation:

in

in basal

island

eases

tissue

T

clusters

pants

Cells

cells

patterns.

island

were

sections IdUnd only

in

cytokenatin

interstitial

are counted.

is calculated

on

field.

and

the

pearls

evenly

in every

average

of DNA-synthesizing

DNA-synthesizing

tumor

cells of

kenatin

double-stained labeled with

T

and

Distribution

viable

representing

tumor

RESULTS

eyepiece

of labeled

assessment

and IdUndfBrdUnd The

cells)

proportions

with

of the

of labeled

are counted

viable

necrotic

X 10 square

maximum,

the

distribution

containing

tumor

Cycle

For these studies hundred to 500 cells are counted.

cells

without

In tumor

BndUnd

of the section

minimum,

determine

LI (percentage

a 10

intermediate

fields

of nonkeratinized

points

factor

the cell

Immunohistochemistry

(gold (nuclei

tissue,

The

The

(2000-5000

to

interstitial tissue.

tumor

excluded

Calculation

examined

using

fields

and

the

where

through

13-15,

sections

staining.

in the section:

IdUnd

first

assessed.

500-1000

high,

tissue

are

tumor

in selected From

with

The

final

X is a connection

diaminobenzidine

is determined

cells.

LI.

(both

where

of cells

blue).

non-neoplastie

is then

cells)

gnaticule

with

mAb

for

nuclei), with

and

stained

proportion

tumor

labeled

both

mouse

can be identified (blue

is

rabbit

Denmark).

substrate

This

with

green.

All areas,

only

those

with

blue

label.

sections

APAAP

Copenhagen, fast

of cells

IdUnd

and

stained

with

second

of the

and

Corporation,

treated

as the

treatment

immunoglobulin

DAKO

are

is applied

sequential

anti-mouse

from

serum

by

the

sort

specimen

however, practically L!s

of

variation

the

LI

ranged

in

the

from

the proportion of the same. Fig. 9

determined

in two

dif-

530

Cell Kinetics

of Head

and Neck

Cancers

.

Pt,

.

s

.‘,

W

Io_.#{216}. .

4v

...

....

..

-

;

.

:t.

.

.

,

1.

.

-a’

.-‘.

.

‘‘.&5c .4J

_1,

-: ‘gEL

,1’

:-

, ‘#{149}#{231}#{174}

imi!

.-

‘.

...

‘. .---

-

5’

-.

,.

‘e

-.4:.

-.‘

:.ue#{128}:

‘:,

.

Fig. 2 Cytokeratin K10 staining of well-differentiated tral pant of the tumor island is K10 positive, while layers are K10 negative. X 200.

5CC.

The

cen-

basal (proliferating)

Fig. (LI

Random

4

distribution x 200.

51.6%).

=

of labeled

.\,c “



P4::’;

I

:‘

..

-

,

-

s.’:,:4’#{149}’



;‘

.-‘ . .

;

“?

:



.:-

p

_j....

..

:..-:--

4W

#{149}it

.

A

)



.

:#{149}

/

along

ferent

areas

differentiated

the tumor

of the

same

embedded in plastic was originally sent embedded

5CC (LI

island.

-.

=

19.9%).

Labeled

cells are

tumor:

one

sample

of the

while the other of Pathology

tumor

5

SCCs

ately

differentiated

higher,

Average as well as minimum for tumors labeled with both IdUrd

and maximum and BrdUrd

values of LIs are summarized

the BndUrd

effectively

On average was

DNA synthesis during the IdUrd infusion or before the BrdUnd infusion. Those labeled entered S-phase either during the interval on infusion.

an infusion minimal,

Hence,

time

the difference 23.6

SE, P = 0.66), indicating first label the LI increases

LIldUrd

of 90 mm

± 3.6%

between versus

that during by only

BrdUrd

±

was

rate

high,

of morphologically

20.4

SCCs

± 2.7%

One

well-differenti-

(range,

had similar

21.6

± 3.3%

the succeeding 2%.

39.4%

and

14.5-27.6).

LIs of 23.8

of a malignant late with either

Moder-

± 2.1%

average

tumors

the

(range,

appeared

grade (3.0% and differentiated tumors,

significant

and relapsed In 10 samples

(mean

±

cells

of the interstitial

1 h after

the

was

detected.

The

± SE, 4.1

difference (25.2

±

a high tissue, LI

of

± 1.3%).

LI of 22

was

LIs

2.5%, to

and

correlate

39.4% for well-differrespectively). The LI

lymphoma was 24.8%. LI values clinical stage or site of the tumors.

2.2%)

(mean

The

lymphoepithelioma

mucoepidermoid

with the morphological entiated and poorly

and 30-mm

respectively.

55.9%,

was 23.2 ± 2.0%. The LI of a high-grade

statistically

represents

of label. the 90-mm

SCCs

in two

in Table 2. Data for LIs of cells labeled with IdUnd or BrdUrd only are also in Table 2. Cells labeled with IdUrd only represent

during

proliferative

ated

a small blood vessel.

16.2-35.1). There is no significant difference between these LIs (P = 0.135). The LIs of two poorly differentiated SCCs were

in paraffin.

cells which ended during the interval with BrdUnd only

:-

I

A group oflabeled cell nuclei around cell is also labeled. X 200.

The

was

specimen and was

LIs

label

Fig.

endothelial

in our laboratory to the Department

L..:&_

)

‘t

X 100.

.

‘:I

t t.

:

:

..

I

Moderately

::

..

‘ ..

Fig. 3 scattered

(

,.

1a

#{149}.I



tumor

#{149}

.-‘.:

‘.5 ‘I..

hI

:#{149}

.

in an anaplastie

..

: ,,

cells

)j-” ‘V:J

.

‘,

.

a

,.



.

between

did not comeThere was no

primary

(24.4

5.2%) 5CC LIs (P = 0.31). level of infiltration by mononuclear which these

separates cells

ranged

tumor from

cell islands, 0-13.2%

±

Clinical

:I’.w1.iP



. -

.

9

,

..

.

:

If.

.

\‘1 ,,

.,

.

t4’



!

#{149}

#{149}‘s

Fig.

6

Labeled

tumor.

endothelial

cells

in the

stromal

compartment

of

the

X 400.

Duration

of S-Phase

and Potential

Doubling

labeling

cannot

3. i’s durations

be done).

ranged

from

12.1 h (mean doubling times

± SE, ranged

43.2

±

h (mean

between detected

The

data

are presented

h, with

5.1-21.5

in Table

a median

value

of

12.8 ± 1.5). The calculated potential from 18.8-84.5 h, with a median of

SE,

47.2

± 6.7).

There

was

no

99.6%

of the

HN-15

and HN-33

0 LI was

13 after

first

biopsy.

BrdUrd,

duration

of G2 (TG2)is

longer

tumors

between

the

of IdUrd

three patients formed 85-100

(not mm

approximately

3 h after

the start

label

In these

biopsies

(IdUmd).

beled

with

these

tumors

IdUrd

90 mm infusion

(the and

time the

interval

biopsy).

In

included in Table 3) the biopsy was penafter the infusion of BrdUrd; in other words, of the infusion some

but not BrdUrd.

must

be less

than

of the first

mitotic

Hence,

figures

TG2 in some

Tumor

the

infusion

were

of IdUrd

of four tumors, and

BrdUrd,

taken

the

following

of Label

Most

onstrated

of

the

a fragmented

from

Resulting

labeled

nuclei

infusions In the

after

pattern,

indicating

that

biopsy

the

nuclei

was

Day

0 biopsy

after

being cells

(Table

indistinguishable which initially with

from

suggests labeled

the appearance

that these or underwent

fragmented

label

4) the LI in the first

(Fig.

biopsy

Of the labeled cells, label and in 26.5%

patient

L12 was

HN-25,

higher

In patient

to have

the

pearls

were

of Cell

Nuclei

in Necrotic

(Patient

HN-12),

present.

In

unlabeled

contained

the

nuclei

necrotic

were

noted

Nontumor

area,

labeled

(Fig.

12).

Cells.

Dividem-

four

second

biopsies.

Labeled

fragmented

mononuclear

leukocytes

were

has been

recognized

in than

HN-12

Tumor the most in general In their cycle

cell

growth

kinetics

important determinants (24) and of head and comprehensive

parameters

for

review 198

SCCs

of curability neck tumors Sasaki based

et a!. (6) mainly

as one

of human in particular on the

but

of cell

kinetics

in 5CC

in Table

5.

of

tumors (25).

reported

cell

measure-

in humans (12, we summarize

(21.7%),

in all

DISCUSSION

a new generation of cell kinetics studies To facilitate the discussion of our results,

Lii

cells

present

in the second biopsy the label was undiluted. In than

and

la-

73.5%

(39.4%)

In the

of necrosis

FCM. Later, nucleotides

and 29.1%

corn-

Foci. areas

ment of [3H]thymidine LI in vitro and duction of BrdUrd and other halogenated

25.9%

di-

(Fig.

labeled

in the

was

second biopsy. had fragmented

lOb).

divisions

not

patient

polyrnorphonuclear

had not divided

fewer

two

appeared

of one

labeled

of the label

cells

cells

in the other

1 lb).

(Fig.

cell

in the

biopsy

and

initially

IdUnd/

while

Debris

biopsy

pyknotic

beled cells had undergone one on more divisions between the first and second biopsies (Fig. 10). In contrast, in some cells the whole nucleus remained stained. The pattern of the label in these

the

nuclei

were

all cells

second

Labeled

Cell

second

of

all of the

pearls

phenomena

Repeated

in the

infusion

on in the

of Label from the Basal Layer of the Tumor to Its Central Cornifying Structures (Pearls). Two

Labeled

Dilution

19.4%

almost

cycle,

of cells

Day

HN-33,

versus

the

studied,

one division 25%

9.3%

after

tumors

In patient

BrdUrd

observed.

sions.

weeks

2

of the at least

12.9%.

the LI was

of patients HN-15,

of

cells

days

9 LI was

biopsy In patient

Migration

Island

of

7-14

first

second label.

vided.

second biopsy

Day

approximately

1 la).

in the Absence

the

through

in the

HN-33) contained pearl-like immediately after IdUrd/

Treatment In the second

P, tumor

of the tumors (Patients HN-25 and structures. In the biopsy obtained

3 h.

Cells

and

in two

pressed

Fate of Proliferating

(5).

la-

DNA

were

cells

had fragmented

the infusion,

Within

correlation

labeled

19.9%

Day

passed

than

stroma

i. a tumor

the proportion of cells with undiluted label (23.8%) was essentially the same as that in patient HN-12. In contrast, 93.8 and

the LI and T1,,, values. Labeled mitotic figures were not in any specimen. This suggests that the minimum beginning

r

Time

In 12 patients with SCC, full cell cycle parameters were calculated (in others either only IdUrd was infused or viable tumor tissue was present only in paraffin sections in which double

:i

cells within

7

t,’l

‘V

:1VVV..-

c_%

Labeled mononuclear parenchyma. x 400. Fig.

4ri

W#{225} ‘:r

-t

.

:

,

.

th’

.

1SIp.

a1 W

‘S. r

0

;;

*

‘(S.

!t.#{149}

.,.

,

.

/

:‘r

.;

531

N

--.

S

,:-

Research

. n---

_

.

:

#{149}%

-

#{149}

;.je4 ‘.1’

-

I

-.

‘$

‘e

‘I.’t

-1

-

,

-.

.:

w

Cancer

the introstimulated 26, 27). the data

532

Cell Kinetics

of Head and Neck

Cancers

80

70 60 50 40 -J

30 20 10 0 3

5

7

9

11

13

15

17

field

represents

19

21

23

Field# Fig.

8

Variation

of LIs in adjacent

microscopic

fields

in high-grade

SCC

HN-6.

Each

Table

40

Sample code 30

0

LI minimum

LI maximum

20.2 55.9 16.2 15.7 27.7 26.4 22.5 29.4 35.1 18.7 27.6 24.6 14.5 16.2 26.6 26.6 19.4 16.9

19.2 19.2 13.7 6.5 25.2 17.3 14.8 22.5 28.2 9.2 22.6 20.8 12.6 7.1 19.9 18.8 17.8 16.5

22.1 80 17.2 32.2 30.6 29.5 26.2 34.1 55.2 27.6 33.1 28.3 16.4 40.2 30.5 33.3 21.2 17.5

32.8 14.1 18.4 32.3 29.1 2.5 3

22 10.7 7.1 27.2 16.7 0.6

42 19.6 25.4 58 41.4 4.8

24.8

23.7

26

HN-12

20

HN-14

a.

HN-lS”

1

HN-17’ HN-18 HN-l9 HN-21 HN-25 HN-28 HN-29 HN-31

10 p=0.004

0

HN-32’

0

10

30

20

40

Paraffin Fig. 9 Correlation tumor. One fragment one in paraffin.

between LIs counted in different areas of the same of tumor was embedded in plastic and the other

HN-33 HN-346 HN-37’ HN-39’ HN-40’ HN47C

HN-5 HNllC HN-22 HN35b

Proportion tion

of S-phase

other

cells

studies

occurring

hand,

wide

In this

varying

study

of these (LI

discriminate cells are

tumors

is why

the

that

cells

in S-phase

varies

range,

0-13.2%).

It

is only

application

other

tissue

cells,

of

of all FCM

head

S-phase

that

among

evident

results

and

that

neck

in an

other

LI or BrdUrd

only)

n.d.’ 51.6

15.5 nd. 25.9 22.4 19.9 29.4 33.5 16.7 25 21.7 13.2 15.2 24.5 26.6 nd. nd. 32.8 14.1 18.4 32.3 23.8 2.5 2.5 nd.

nd. , not done. I) The tumor was removed 3-3.5 h after the infusion (samples are not included in calculations of 1 and C Tumors labeled with IdUrd only. a

of BndUnd

cells

nonmalignant

these cells and tumor cells The proportion of tetnaploid 4%

the

not only

but

widely is

in most

a naturally On

of

and

frac-

(IdUrd

observations.

proportion

tumor

that to

in 5CC.

for our

stromal

of mononuclear

between tetnaploid.

ploidy)

the of

due

rates

The

than

partly

reasons

we found

proportions

studied

be

of proliferative

admixture

(LIs).

is higher

may

underestimates

the

Cells

study

This

be technical

FCM of

5).

range

may

First,

cells.

in our

(Table

there

because

age

of DNA-synthesizing

cells.

+ BrdUrd)

LI average

HN-4 HN-6 HN-7 HN-8

.

tumor

LIs in head and ne ek tumors

2

LI (IdUrd

.

r=0.85,

300-500

SCCs

inevitable

the

contains

timation

percent-

sions

cannot

which

unless (and

tumor higher

14).

That

undenes-

LI

5),

are

disaggregated

the use of in vitro than

may

in which

S-phase

when

data cells

tumor

cell

suspen-

(1 1, 18).

lower

This

to the

values

studied

Second,

the tumors FCM

(18).

of are

be

the

those case

S fractions

of

other

only

2.6%

labeling

obtained in Hemmer’s

were

groups, (Table

5).

the

in LI estimates

in vivo

studies

(7,

study

as well

(Table

lower

in comparison

(7)

significantly

with

results

from

median

Conversely,

10,

percentage

of

LIs reported

by

Clinical

Table

Cell kinetics

3

Patient

parameters

in patients neck

with SCC of head and

T

code

12.2

18.8

HN-7 HN-12 HN-14 HN-18

5.1 14.8 17.3 21.5

26.3 45.7 61.8 51.3

8.5

40.7

9.9 6.2 10.7 15.8 11.9 20.5

31.7 22.9 64.8 83.2 38.8 84.5

12.8 1.5

47.2 6.7

HN-19 HN-21 HN-25 HN-28 HN-29 HN-31 HN-33

Mean SEM

.d

.

.

T

.--. .-..

,,

.

,

which

used

in vivo

significantly higher. LI values may S-phase

cells

labeling

be affected

to the DNA

procedures

(10,

by the duration

label

in

.

.

-..

/

of

case

LIs

of

BrdUrd)

cells

is on

with

stained

with

average

mAb

2.0%

BrdUnd-specific

3D9

higher

antibody

(for

both

that

of cells

than

nucleotides

the

tumor

specimen

previous 4-6

studies

(2, 3, 1 1, 13,

16) biopsies

BndUrd injection. Many this period of time, producing

during resulting

in an overestimation

Wilson

et a!. (13)

tions

to obtain

between

more

the labeling

imen

therefore

realistic

and

when

divide cells cells. correc-

there

is a lag

of the spec-

heterogeneity

within

individual

cell kinetics may be another potential when we compared LIs of different embedded

in plastic

ment (Fig.

of Pathology), 9). Similarly,

cant

differences

different

Cell Cycle series (Table

source regions

laboratory)

and

with

respect

to

of error. However, of the same tumor in paraffin

the

from

cell

kinetic

the same

Parameters.

parameters

tumor. The duration

measured

in

methodology.

of the S-phase LIs

(Table

in 5CC

of the

An indirect

head

and

approach

neck

using

to approximate

a constant

of S-phase

counts mm

postinfusional (28).

a, Day 0 in one cell

the duration

availability

obtained

by

and

by Begg et a!. (2) T measurements

by

us

of

other

the average 10.8

=

This

h (see

is very

double-labeling

shorten S-phase duration (see, for example, Ref.

tumors

close

to

methodology 1 1; Table 5). using different

in SCC 18). The

in companduration of

(21-23).

is an excellent

reported

methodology

by

of Begg than

correlation

authors

et a!.

(12),

used

the Ti,,,, in our

study

(about

discrepancy

in biopsy sections as compared (see above). Nevertheless, both neck

actual were

by these

be explained

tumor assumed

11,

obtained

who

sured FCM

versus

of T. values 15)

This

may

reported

3,

is shorter

and

those

(2,

days)

(20).

cells,

21.6/2.0

and Bennett et a!. (Ref. made by other authors

solid

there

and

the head

every Given

SCCs reported here is also shorter than the T. by the same double-labeling method in human leu-

and While

us using

90-mm

words,

the S-phase.

by tumor

1 h X

and Methods”).

results

in

be

30- and

In other

enters

transition

would

1 in “Materials

S-phase determined

between

is 2.0%.

cell population

the

in our

double-labeling

difference

rate of cell cycle

duration

short 4 This time is slightly longer if one the drug which in humans is 10-20

is to use the difference 2). This

2% of the tumor

kemias of S-phase

range between 5.1 and 21.5 h, with a median of 12.1 h 5). This is the first attempt to assess the duration of

S-phase

11;1.

-

X 400.

methods suggested ison to other tumors

(Depart-

we found that LIs were highly correlated Wilson et a!. (13) also did not find signifiin

samples

(our

tumors

:

,

of the label after repeated cell divisions. label; b, Day 7 biopsy: fragmented label,

the label is undiluted.

Equation

for study. The

Fig. 10 Dilution biopsy: undiluted

hour

special

acquisition

,

.

at least

of S-phase

to make

LI values

of the tumor

taken

initially labeled cells two labeled daughter

of the proportion

proposed

,

:,

/‘

b

immediately

were

.

--:

be because of the movement of labeled cells from S and later because of the division of labeled cells. In

h after



,

1.

-

,-.

after the administration of a DNA label. The longer the interval between the end of the infusion and the biopsy, the less accurate the LI will into G2-M

I

#{149}1-.

and

observations

obtain

/‘

stained

These

to

2).

IdUrd

demonstrate that prolonged infusions of halogenated may seriously affect the results of LI determinations. It is important

(Table

‘‘.

P

1;

(_

(‘.)

was

0.5 h4 when one of the halogenated nucleotides was injected and 1.5 h when both IdUrd and BndUrd were administered. In fact, the

,

1 1, 19) are

in our

-

- --..-.

a

of exposure

which

vivo,

.

10#{149}

/! groups

533

..::.4

-



Research

/

.

T1,,,

HN-6

Cancer

authors

by higher

doubling

(4-5

LI values

the 2

days). mea-

to the values obtained by methods demonstrate very times

to be 1-6

which months

for 5CC and

longer

of

534

Cell

Kinetics

of Head

and

Table

Neck

Cancers

Labeling

4

patterns

in serial

samples

from

Tr,,

Sample

Histology

HN-12 HN-l5 HN-25 HN-33

SCC,M

ldUrd/BrdUrd

Infusions

SCC,M SCC,M SCC,W

IdUrd/BrdUrd IdUrd/BrdUrd IdUrd/BrdUrd

patients

who

(h)

did

not receive

therapy

between

two

biopsies Cells with fragmented/ unfragmentedl label (%)

Days between biopsies

LII

LI2

45.7

25.9

22.9 84.5

19.9 21.7 19.4

29.1 12.9 39.4 9.3

73.5/26.5 93.8/6.2 76.8/23.8 99.6/0.4

7 9 9 13

V

.: 4.

,.

a

,4.’



#{149}

4

.

.

F

%

-.-

.

#

‘‘N:-

S

#{149},‘/‘44 .-..

.

q

./.*)

:‘

1’

.

a

S.

‘I.

:.,.L.



.‘

.

/L ,:

.

,.z.

.

-k

I

,,‘ -

‘T

1

:.,:

tween

and

T

b

was

should

go through

SCCs

45.7

human (19)

5CC. reported

did not find after

the

the average labeled

in biopsies

the

infusion,

and

3 h.

Fate above,

the labeled

there

actual

of

the

the minimum

of tumor

figures

TG,

Tumor doubling

Bneseiani

but

tumors

Cells.

between time.

in

et a!.

the T, The

we

obtained

90 mm

detected

labeled

3e h after

in these

of G2

as 8.1 h. Since

in samples infusion,

difference

volume

method,

approximately

Proliferating

is a large

duration

to be as long

IdUnd

removed

the

mitoses

TG,

mitotie

beginning

mitoses

the

Using

concerning

in

difference

the

start

is between

As

of 1.5

discordance

for here

difference

25%

that

the initial

infusion

of

only

these

DNA DNA

provide

tumor

of cells

from

appeared remained

of egress

kenatinizing

undiluted

of a tumor

that

is via

SCCs

direct

experimental

20).

(Fig.

studies

deto

time.

(Table

One pool.

4) approxi-

stopped

proliferating

suggested 7-9 these

cells

1 la).

Our

contribute

by the fact days

after

the

cells

did

not

differentiation.

proliferating

island

and neck

(19,

the proliferating

was

indicating

head

doubling

HN-33

This

To

of a

93% The

to have

synthesis.

of the

period.

concept

which

and

IdUnd/BndUnd,

the

in human

85 and

and

volume

9-day

introduced factor

HN-12

label

a

phenomena

T)

in the volume

the in

calculations.

three

of the cells

a tripling

the

(20)

theoretical

between

on the margin

on

samples

demonstrate

undergo mitosis. A second mode differentiated

cells

with

This

in serial

in tumors

completing

labeled

to be between

is the egress

after

the

9-fold

Steel

For mately

of the

week

based

phenomenon example,

time

In wellwere

One

located

week

later

labeled cells had migrated into the pearls (Fig. 1 lb). The phenomenon of migration of cells from undifferentiated regions of

mentioned

of a tumor

scnibed

if one

cycle

increase

estimated

performed

is evident

cell

The

in a single

cell loss factor.

was

time

4).

divisions

Similarly,

this

evidence the

three

should

doubling

(Table

h. Hence,

HN-25

studies

tumor

HN-12

tumor

spontaneous

Fig. 11 Migration of the label to cornified pearls. a, Day 0 biopsy: labeled cells are limited to the periphery of the tumor island; b, Day 7 biopsy: peripheral cells are unlabeled, the pearl contains compressed remnants of labeled cell nuclei. X 400.

actual

tumor

explain

reports

focus of necrosis X 400.

I’

-

tumor

few

.,t

#{149}.

of the tumor.

are



4

#{149} #{149} ,.

--

12 Labeled fragments of cell nuclei in the 9 biopsy. V, viable tumor tissue; N, necrosis.

considers

There

,

..

o4’-’

-

.t,t(

v

.

..---.

Fig. Day

-

,

*:;. 4%,

.

#{149}



4

5,

-

,

.

and

a tumor

be-

beaning

to pearl

structures

transplantable

5CC

was (29).

previously

reported

in rats

Clinical

Table No. of patients

Cell

ki neties

[3H]thymidine in labeled mitoses [3H]thymidine in [3H]thymidine in Static cytometry [3H]thymidine in

16

data)

of SCC S-phase mean

Methods

5

198 (pooled 88 37

5

vivo, curve

an d neck

%,

vivo

vitro vitro

Research

T,

h,

mean,

(range)

2.5 (2.1-3.6)

23.5 (18-34)

1.9

16.1

Reference 19 10 6 32

11.2

1

(2.3-22.4) 40.4 (primary) 24.5 (metastatie) 17.2 2.6

FCM

68 33

FCM BrdUrd

1 68

Xenograft in nude mice BrdUrd in vivo, FCM

82

BrdUrd

FCM

535

(literature)

TJT,#{216}, days, mean, (range)

17.5 (11-36) 17.0 (2.0-30.0) 12.1 ± 3.9 18.0 (2-48)

28

in vitro,

of head

cells, (range)

Cancer

9 8 7

(0-23.2)

123

in

vivo,

FCM,

22

IdUrd and biopsy

in

8.0 (1.2-30.0)

6.2 (1.2-40.9) 5.7

13.7 (7.3-37.5) 9.9

15

5.2 (2.1-15.0) 2.0

9.3 (6.4-18.0) 12.8

3

(0.8-3.5)

(5.1-21.5)

6.8 (FCM)

vivo,

23.7

(7.4-S

1 .6)

13.

All

of these

It is

important

have

0

long loss

cell

cycle

and

provide

7-14

One

of labeled days after

whose label had the same 0), these cells presumably diluted nuclei nified

cells that were present in the the infusion of IdUrdfBrdUrd.

second I, cells

intensity as the label in the first biopsy (Day did not divide (arrested in G2); II, cells with

is time

(fragmented) label, which divided one or more times; III, labeled of necrotic cells; IV, labeled compressed nuclei within the conpearls. IUdR, iododeoxyunidine; BrdU, bromodeoxyurdine.

BndUnd to

interval

infusion

this

method

significant (12,

of

the

second found become elsewhere

mode

biopsy

is via

of the patient

in necrotic necrotic indicate

that the number toxic therapy.5

of egress foci, (Fig. that of these

cell

HN-12

indicating

For example,

death.

many that

labeled the

labeled

nuclei cells

in the

were had

originally

12). Additional studies to be published some tumors contain apoptotie cells and cells

increases

markedly

during

cyto-

only

single-

and

the

between

cells

would and

of

point

leave

label

of the infusion

during

the

(true period

16). to

to

and

with

BrdUnd

during

is a modifi-

the

interval).

the

circulating

which

were

+ cells

labeled

after

of time labeled

during

1 h

of the infusion

label.

which

only,

is 1 h (30

being

in S-phase

mm),

both

period

S-phase

For with

IdUnd

which Once

leaving

tech-

(30).

with

infusions,

a

G2-M

(including

labeled

two

(30

to

Quastlen

of the duration

LI)

permit

move

of cells

the

According

double-labeling

of cells of

of Begg

h) between

in our study

Cells,

30-mm

infusions

enough

proportion

independent

infusion

and

BrdUrd.

BrdUrd

cells

S-phase

all cells

T,1

of

clarification.

13,

long

used

ofthe

plus

availability

would

list

Proliferation

(4-6

(12,

be

labeled

the proportion

the

and

biopsy

the

points

be the same

this

to

and

require

interval

cells).

infusion

IdUrd,

the

the methodology

by Wimber

use

which

Cell

[‘4CJ-thymidine

the cells

the starting

infusion

5 Mundle, A. Raza, V. Kotelnikov, N. Wood, I. Coon, J. Hutchinson, W. Panje, D. Caldarelli, S. Taylor, K. Gniem, S. Shott, and H. Preisler,

and

IdUnd

must

double-labeled

mm of IdUnd with

we

add

IdUrd

which

using

the method and

for

Disturbances

between

of

BndUrd-labeled

described

of

IdUnd are

interval

[3H]-

study

of

the

Studies

of

in our

issues

the tumor

In contrast,

16).

cation

nique

the

fraction

(20).

Aspects

a prolonged

and

in Fig.

differentiation

responsible

pool

Infusions

between

recommend

and

tumor.

Vivo

of the tumor.

calculation A third

in

study

graphically

death

for the difference

the

are two methodological

et a!. (12) types 7-14

of

Methodological Using

and biopsy Fig. 13 Four biopsy obtained

basis

time

This

mechanisms

demonstrated

a further

Some

cell

proliferative

transition

Studies

that as

a tumor’s

11

are presented

stress

recognized

from

doubling

There

phenomena to

been

cell

actual

Day

33 2

1 1.2 (4.8-33.2)

IUdR/BrdU Day

17-19

4.7 (1.4-16.9)

14.9 (biopsy) 9.2 (2.1-28.0)

FCM

BrdUrd

3.1

12.7 (2.4-30.5)

FCM

BrdUrd in vivo, biopsy BrdUrd in s’ivo,

31

22-25

enter which

The

second

at the

starting

the cell cycle the

tumor

S

manuscript

in preparation.

is excised.

To

provide

important

that

zT

better

not

precision

be longer

for

than

the

T calculation,

the duration

of 02

it is (30).

536

Cell Kinetics

of Head

According

to the

between use

a T

The

longer

we

than

with

cells.

In this way

several

high,

exclusion This

which

demonstrated

layers

will

the tumor

results

cancers

treatment

are

the

struc-

of

cy-

In normal

epithelium

K10 (31).

from

cells

13.

from

Lewis,

animals

(29).

tumors

after

By definition

the potential

The

of the in vivo valuable

cell

to assess

labeled

the

rethese

doubling

opinion

tumors

data

described

time

that

that

require

above

also

IdUrd/BrdUrd

double-labeling

kinetics

allows

data, cells

cells

within

in serial

of

head

intensive suggest

that

the tumor,

be

biopsies.

We

thank

Erzsebet

Horvath

and

Jennifer

Hartman

for

skillful

A.,

N.,

using

Wilson,

J., Vallicioni, factor 1989.

2.

A., Hofland,

Bartelink,

Begg,

G. Predictive and

neck

Semin.

I., Van

patients:

Radiat.

results from 2: 22-25,

Oncol.,

Corvo, R., Gianetti, Barba, S., Manganino, 3.

Glabekke,

value of potential

M.,

doubling

I., Santini, in head

H., and

time for radiotherapy

the EORTC 1992.

W., Sanguineti, G., Bacigalupo,

Cooperative

Trott,

K., and Kummermehn,

enation rates to choose between accelerated tionation? Radiother. Oncol., 3: 1-9, 1985.

6. Sasaki, T., Sato, Y., and Sakka, solid tumors. A statistical analysis 71: 520-529, 1980. 7. Hemmer. carcinomas

is known

about

fractionation

Kancher,

H. A method

and

the potential

doubling

to time

1985.

S., Saunders,

M., Des

of

cell

Roehens,

kinetics

incorporation

N., Dunphy,

and

in

C.,

human

flow

cytom-

E., Kanchen,

H., and Pfragnen,

R.

and mouse tumors assessed by bromodein vitro and in vivo and flow cytometny. Cy-

and staining 6: 641-647, 1985.

by in vivo

bromodeoxyunidine 65: 698-702, 1992.

16. Ritten, M. A., Fowlen,

incorporation

and

I. F., Kim, Y., Lindstnom,

Begg,

A. C. Critical

appraisal

F., Paoluzi,

kinetics

and

of in situ

in human

growth

Res., 34: 2405-2415,

flow

cytom-

M. I., and Kinsella, of methods Radiat. Oncol.

Honiot,

21.

A.,

Bokhani,

i., Yousuf,

S., Baker, cancers.

J.

22.

Maeiejewski, B. The hazard of during radiation therapy. Aeta

Yanik,

in man.

C.

Cancer

T., Ito,

N., Mehdi,

B. Cell cycle

of three

Lab. Med.,

Oxford:

A., Shibuya,

G., Yousuf,

N., Miller,

M.,

C., Khan,

studies

in human

in three

M., Prados,

Swendlow,

Press,

Mazewski,

kinetic

DNA-specific labels 873-879, 1991.

115:

S., Asai,

A.,

Clarendon

decades.

M. D., Dodson,

of human brain and iodode-

S., Lampkin,

B., and

24.

Tubiana, M. Repopulation in human tumors. A biological for fractionation in radiotherapy. Aeta Oneol., 27: 83-88,

back1988.

ground

radiation different 26.

cell

3:

Raza A. ln vivo determination of cell cycle kinetics of non-Hodgkin lymphomas using iododeoxyunidine and bnomodeoxyunidine. J Histochem. Cytochem., 40: 723-728, 1992.

25. Peters,

M. Cell population kinetics of human in various histological types. Gann,

Oncol.,

C., and Casale,

carcinomas

B. A., Davis, R., and Wilson, C. B. Cell kinetic analysis tumors by in situ double labeling with bromodeoxyuridine oxyunidine. Int. i. Cancer, 50: 1-5, 1992. 23.

tumor prolifor hypenfrac-

Development

Hoshino,

measurements

Radiat.

M., Nervi, cell

of Tumors.

V., and Lampkin,

Pathol.

kinetic

1974.

of head 22851.

cell Semin.

R., Benassi,

Kinetics

Raza,

tumors.

of squamous

Growth

J. In vitro bnomodeoxyunidine labeling of squamous of the oral cavity. Eur. J. Cancer, 26: 1 13-1 15, 1990.

D., and

of human

G.

radiotherapy: control. Int.

C.,

prolif-

1988.

20. Steel, 1977.

neck

G., Geido, E., Oneechia, R., A., and Vitale, V. Potential

i. What

5. Withers, H. R., Taylor, J. M., and accelerated tumor elonogen nepopulation Oneol., 27: 131-146, 1988.

trial

Martindale,

i. Tumor

T. J. Single biopsy, tumor kinetic analyses: a comparison and an extension to shorten sampling intervals. Int. i. Biol. Phys., 23: 811-820, 1992.

Arch.

doubling time in head and neck tumors treated by primary preliminary evidence for prognostic significance in local Radiat. Oncol. Biol. Phys., 27: 1165-1172, 1993. 4.

I., and and

of

in vitro

15. Foster, G., Cooke, T., Cooke, L., Stanton, P., Bowie, G., and Stell P. Tumor growth rates in squamous carcinoma of the head and neck

Cell

A., Gioanni,

index and

1979. M.,

M., and Laing,

Measurement

423-431,

G., McNally,

index

145-152,

bnomodeoxyunidine 58:

E. Labeling

6: 620-626,

M.

in vivo

12:

synthesis

and

Br. J. Cancer,

of the head

of in vivo

S., Saunders,

Shnieve,

Cytometry,

Bennett

Van of

histological and flow cytometnical analin squamous cell carcinoma in the head 870-878, 1992.

N., Dishe,

19. Bresciani, REFERENCES P., Coudry,

Sung.,

J. V., analysis

carcinoma

Malaise,

Kinet.,

of DNA

sample.

cell

Comparison

G., McNally,

The labeling

18.

F. The labeling index: a prognostic Radiothen. Oneol., 14: 231-237,

i., and

A., Leslie,

as response predictors 144-151, 1993.

1. Chauvel,

malignant

17. White, R. A., Terry, H. N. A., Meistnich, M. L., and Calkins, D. P. Improved method for computing potential doubling time from flow cytometne data. Cytometry, 11: 314-317, 1990.

assistance.

Demand, carcinoma.

and Maxillofac.

1989.

G., Disehe,

McNally,

etry. Br. J. Cancer,

of the distriand may

a single

etny. 14.

A.,

Wilson,

squamous

Tissue

Wilson,

the duration

tumors

benign

J. Oral

M. S., Ondonez, cytometnie DNA

228-291,

carcinomas.

Cell

M.,

Begg,

measured

technique

study

cell

B., O’Hallonan,

oxyunidine tometny,

and

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS technical

12.

differentiation

cells

158:

N., Richard,

methods.

measure

of differentiating Additionally,

metastatic

I. Sung.,

squamous

labeling

of

region.

L., Didolkar, C. M. Flow

enation assessed by combined ysis: implications for therapy and neck. Br. J. Cancer, 65:

undergo-

expression

human

Robinson,

studies

are

Am.

1 1. Bennett,

to the

support

of DNA-synthesizing

used

of

induce

fast-growing

schedules.

provides bution

cells

cannot

when

to

Moore, V. and Suter,

10. Chavaudna, of

analysis

maxillofacial

1989.

and concurrent

neck.

cytometnic

and

and

of labeled

keratinized

Flow

oral

primary

are limited

(20).

of 5CC

study

B.

tumor

cells

consist

the tumor

of this

R. of the

In our

is determined.

The

the use

levels

cells

not be counted

Chen,

tumors

J. A., R. A.,

estimate

addition

also

of keratinocyte

in experimental

should

neck

stage

8.

9. Kim, Wesep,

of

cells.

of cytokeratin

labeled island.

K10-positive

transplantation

In

in which

high

of the tumor

structures

is

the

viable

frequency

ranges.

in tumors

be lost from

kenatinized

T02

principle

an accurate

results

formation),

of an early

low

the the

(exhibiting

marginal

which

representing

we excluded by

that

10 and pearl

words,

labeled

as

areas,

kenatinization

cells

well

is supported

is a marker

to enumerate fields and

tokenatin

In other

is the

to provide

of necrotic

tunes.

question

intermediate, as

SCCs,

not recommend

47: 596-606,

we are able

values

in some

1.5 h. fields

selected

mean

above

we would

methodological

areas

ing

provided

of microscopic

studies

Cancers

3 h. Therefore,

second

selection

Neck

data

1.5 and

of

the

and

Raza,

L., Mg, treatment strategies. A,

Preisler,

K., and Thames, of head and Acta Oneol., H.

D.,

enumeration of S-phase cells Engl. i. Med., 310: 991-993,

H. Accelerated

neck 27:

cancer. 185-194,

Mayens, by

means

1984.

G.

fractionation

A critical 1988. L.,

and

of monoclonal

in the

comparison

Bankert,

of

R. Rapid

antibodies.

N.

Clinical

27. Hoshino, Rupp, S. Cell bromodeoxyunidine. 28.

Kniss,

T., Nagashima, T., Murovic, J., Levin, kinetics studies of in situ human Cytometry, 6: 627-632, 1985.

J. P., Maruyama,

Y., Tung,

L. The fate of 5-bromodeoxyunidine, dodeoxycytidine

in man.

Pierce, G. B., benign cells. Cancer 29.

Cancer

L. A., Bond,

E., Levin, V., and brain tumors with

31.

S. B., and

32. Tytor, carcinomas Res. Pract.,

5-bromodeoxycytidine, Res.,

23:

260-268,

and Wallace, C. Differentiation Res., 31: 127-134, 1971.

30. Wimben, D. E., and Quastlen, H. A ‘4C- and labeling technique in the study of cell proliferation tips. Exp. Cell Res., 30: 8-22, 1963.

Revesez,

and 5-jo-

1963.

of

malignant

3H-thymidine in Tradescantia

to double root

O’Guin,

W. M., Galvin,

keratin expression and differentiation.

33. son,

S., Schnemer, distinct pathways Top. Dcv. Biol.,

A., and

Sun,

T-T.

of epithelial 22: 97-125,

Research

Patterns

537

of

development 1987.

M., Franzen, G., and Oloffson, J. DNA pattern in oral cavity in relation to clinical stage and histological grading. Pathol. 182: 202-206, 1987.

Zatterstrom, U., S., Wennerberg,

[3H]Tdn tential 1992.

define Curn.

Cancer

incorporation doubling

time

Johansson,

M.,

Kallen,

A.,

Baldetorp,

B.,

Oreds-

J., and Killanden D. Comparison of BrdUrd and to estimate cell proliferation, cell loss, and poin tumor

xenografts.

Cytometry,

13:

872-879,