Time-temperature analysis of cell killing of BHK cells heated at temperatures in the range of 43.5°C to 57.0°C☆

Abstract Baby hamster kidney (BHK) cells were heated at temperatures in the range of 43.5°C to 57.0°C to determine the time-temperature relationship of cell killing. The cells were grown on 0.025 mm thick pieces of mylar to minimize warm-up times. After heating, the cells were plated for the colony formation assay. The endpoints of 1%, 10%, or 90% isosurvival, or the D 0 values of the survival curves were used to construct plots of the logarithm of the reciprocol of the exposure time versus the reciprocol of the absolute temperature. The data for each endpoint resulted in a straight line plot, indicating that the time-temperature relationship for cell killing remained constant from 43.5°C to 57.0°C; namely, a 1.8-fold increase in exposure time was required for a 1°C decrease in temperature in order to obtain isosurviival. Heated BHK cells were also examined using electron microscopy. The threshold level of altered morphology was the dissociation of polyribosomal structure and the formation of electron-dense granules within the mitochondria. The time-temperature relationship for the induction of this altered morphology was identical to that for the 90% isosurvival endpoint. Hence, the appearance of altered morphology appears to be related to cell killing.

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