DNA damage-centered signaling pathways are effectively activated during low dose-rate Auger radioimmunotherapy

Hypersensitivity to non-internalizing 125I-mAbs is not due to lack of detection of DNA damage after low absorbed dose-rates. However, DNA double strand breaks accumulate in cells exposed both to internalizing and non-internalizing 125I-mAbs and lead to micronuclei formation. These results suggest impairment in DNA double strand breaks repair after low absorbed doses of 125I-mAbs.