Application of alkaline sucrose gradient sedimentation to the study of DNA damage and its repair in mammalian cells treated with methylmethanesulfonate and 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide
Autor: | Ian G. Walker, R. Sridhar, Robert Pavlis, R.W. Yatscoff |
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Rok vydání: | 1978 |
Předmět: |
Lysis
Time Factors Density gradient DNA Repair DNA damage 4-Nitroquinoline 1-oxide Biology Toxicology chemistry.chemical_compound L Cells Centrifugation Density Gradient Animals Humans Centrifugation Cells Cultured Mesylates fungi Nitroquinolines General Medicine Sucrose gradient Sedimentation Methyl Methanesulfonate Molecular biology 4-Nitroquinoline-1-oxide chemistry DNA |
Zdroj: | Chemico-biological interactions. 23(1) |
ISSN: | 0009-2797 |
Popis: | KB cells and L cells were treated with methylmethanesulfonate (MMS) or 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4 NQO) and the resulting damage to DNA and its repair were examined by sedimentation in an alkaline sucrose gradient. The sedimentation profiles obtained were found to be the resultant of a complex interrelationship between drug dosage, duration of the lysis period and the repair capacity of the cells. A systematic study of these variables was made which led to a plausible and useful interpretation of the sedimentation profiles. Both drugs produce two kinds of DNA modifications which show up as a single-strand breaks but affect the sedimentation profile in characteristic ways. One of these modifications which is quite alkali-labile can be studied using a 30-min lysis period. The other modification is less alkali-labile and can be studied using a long lysis period. Both KB cells and L cells can repair the former type of damage but only KB cells can repair the latter type of damage. |
Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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