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Puntieri F, Andrioli NB, Nieves M. Association between Genomic Instability and Evolutionary Chromosomal Rearrangements in Neotropical Primates. Genome Biol Evol 2018; 10:1647-1656. [PMID: 29905781 PMCID: PMC6366543 DOI: 10.1093/gbe/evy119] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/12/2018] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
During the last decades, the mammalian genome has been proposed to have regions prone to
breakage and reorganization concentrated in certain chromosomal bands that seem to
correspond to evolutionary breakpoints. These bands are likely to be involved in
chromosome fragility or instability. In Primates, some biomarkers of genetic damage may be
associated with various degrees of genomic instability. Here, we investigated the
usefulness of Sister Chromatid Exchange as a biomarker of potential sites of frequent
chromosome breakage and rearrangement in Alouatta caraya, Ateles
chamek, Ateles paniscus, and Cebus cay. These Neotropical
species have particular genomic and chromosomal features allowing the analysis of genomic
instability for comparative purposes. We determined the frequency of spontaneous induction
of Sister Chromatid Exchanges and assessed the relationship between these and structural
rearrangements implicated in the evolution of the primates of interest. Overall,
A. caraya and C. cay presented a low proportion of
statistically significant unstable bands, suggesting fairly stable genomes and the
existence of some kind of protection against endogenous damage. In contrast,
Ateles showed a highly significant proportion of unstable bands; these
were mainly found in the rearranged regions, which is consistent with the numerous genomic
reorganizations that might have occurred during the evolution of this genus.
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- Fiona Puntieri
- GIBE (Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria Pab. 2, 4° piso, Labs. 43-46, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- GIBE (Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria Pab. 2, 4° piso, Labs. 43-46, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- GIBE (Grupo de Investigación en Biología Evolutiva), Departamento de Ecología, Genética y Evolución, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Ciudad Universitaria Pab. 2, 4° piso, Labs. 43-46, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina.,Instituto de Ecología, Genética y Evolución de Buenos Aires, CONICET-Universidad de Buenos Aires, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Kaya FF, Topaktaş M. Genotoxic effects of potassium bromate on human peripheral lymphocytes in vitro. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2007; 626:48-52. [PMID: 17118698 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.08.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2006] [Revised: 06/26/2006] [Accepted: 08/05/2006] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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The aim of this study was to investigate the genotoxic effects of potassium bromate, which is used as a bleaching agent in flour, on human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro by sister chromatid exchange (SCE), chromosomal aberrations (CA) and micronucleus (MN) tests, and also to determine whether it has any genotoxic potential for humans. Cells were treated with 400, 450, 500, 550 microg/ml concentrations of potassium bromate for 24 and 48 h. The SCE frequencies showed an increase after both treatment periods, however, the differences between the treated cells and the control groups were found to be statistically significant only for the 48-h treatment. In addition, potassium bromate statistically significantly induced CA after the 24-h and 48-h treatment periods. Strikingly, potassium bromate induced CA as much as the positive control, mitomycin-C (MMC). Furthermore, potassium bromate decreased both the cell proliferation index (PI) and the mitotic index (MI). Although micronucleus formation was induced by potassium bromate during the 24-h treatment period in a dose-dependent manner, only the doses 500 and 550 microg/ml yielded statistically significant results. In contrast, MN formation was significantly induced at all doses during the 48-h treatment period. These in vitro results provide important evidence about genotoxicity of potassium bromate on a human cell culture system.
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- Fatma Funda Kaya
- Cukurova University, Natural and Applied Science Institute, Department of Biology, 01330 Adana, Turkey
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Sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) is the process whereby, during DNA replication, two sister chromatids break and rejoin with one another, physically exchanging regions of the parental strands in the duplicated chromosomes. This process is considered to be conservative and error-free, since no information is generally altered during reciprocal interchange by homologous recombination. Upon the advent of non-radiolabel detection methods for SCE, such events were used as genetic indicators for potential genotoxins/mutagens in laboratory toxicology tests, since, as we now know, most forms of DNA damage induce chromatid exchange upon replication fork collapse. Much of our present understanding of the mechanisms of SCE stems from studies involving nonhuman vertebrate cell lines that are defective in processes of DNA repair and/or recombination. In this article, we present a historical perspective of studies spearheaded by Dr. Anthony V. Carrano and colleagues focusing on SCE as a genetic outcome, and the role of the single-strand break DNA repair protein XRCC1 in suppressing SCE. A more general overview of the cellular processes and key protein "effectors" that regulate the manifestation of SCE is also presented.
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- David M Wilson
- Laboratory of Molecular Gerontology, National Institute on Aging, NIH, 5600 Nathan Shock Drive, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
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Morales-Ramírez P, Cruz-Vallejo V, Rodríguez-Reyes R. Differences in sensitivity of murine spermatogonia and somatic cells in vivo to sister-chromatid exchange induction by nitrosoureas. Mutat Res 2001; 478:185-90. [PMID: 11406183 DOI: 10.1016/s0027-5107(01)00150-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Previously published data indicate that spermatogonia (SPG) are less sensitive to a sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) induction for different mutagens. In an earlier study, we have observed that bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) substituted murine SPG are less sensitive to SCE induction by gamma ray in cells, than bone marrow (BM) and salivary gland (SG) cells in vivo. This was interpreted to mean that SPG are more efficient in DNA repair or are less prone to SCE induction. That the lower induction of SCE could be due to a reduced accessibility of mutagens to the SPG by virtue of a physiological barrier, was discarded by using gamma radiation. The aim of the present study was to establish whether or not there are differences in SCE induction by nitrosoureas among SPG, SG and BM cells with BrdU substituted or unsubstituted DNA. It was observed that SCE induction by methylnitrosourea (MNU) or by ethylnitrosourea (ENU) in SPG was, respectively, five and two times lower than in SG, and ten and three times lower than in BM. In SPG after BrdU incorporation, there was no increase in efficiency of SCE induction; in fact, there was even a slight decrease by exposure to MNU or ENU. BM and SG cells showed an increased efficiency in SCE induction after BrdU incorporation. This implies that SPG are also less sensitive to SCE induction by nitrosoureas, which cause a different kind of damage from previously assayed mutagens.
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- P Morales-Ramírez
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, AP18-1027, México, D.F., Mexico.
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Morales-Ramírez P, Mendiola-Cruz MT, Vallarino-Kelly T, Rodríguez-Reyes R. Comparison of sister chromatid exchange induction in murine germinal and somatic cells by gamma radiation exposure in vivo. ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS 1994; 24:89-95. [PMID: 7925331 DOI: 10.1002/em.2850240203] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) induction by gamma rays was determined in spermatogonia irradiated before or after BrdU incorporation. Furthermore, the comparison of responses obtained in spermatogonia, bone marrow and salivary gland cells was carried out in the cells irradiated after BrdU incorporation, a condition which permits a higher SCE induction. Results indicate that gamma ray exposure of spermatogonia could induce a significant increase in SCE frequency with doses as low as 0.27 Gy, either before or after BrdU incorporation. However, the increase caused by radiation exposure after BrdU incorporation in spermatogonia was nearly three times lower than that obtained in both bone marrow and salivary gland cells. These data suggest that spermatogonia are either more efficient in repairing the gamma ray-induced lesions involved in SCE production or that these cells are less prone to the induction of such lesions.
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- P Morales-Ramírez
- Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Lomas Barrilaco, México, D.F., Mexico
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Harlequin banding (HB) was standardised on Indian muntjac chromosomes by superimposing harlequin staining or sister-chromatid differentiation and G-banding after incorporation of bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) or cholorodeoxyuridine (CldU), and after treatment with BrdU plus mitomycin C (MMC). SCEs were localized on these chromosomes with the aid of the G-band map. There were more SCEs in G-bands than in R-bands in BrdU-incorporated chromosomes. CldU-incorporated chromosomes, however, did not show a preferential localization of SCEs in either G- or R-bands. When BrdU + MMC-induced SCEs were localized in harlequin-banded chromosomes, there was a significantly greater number of SCEs in R-bands; and there was a concomitant reduction in the frequency of SCEs in G-bands, as compared to the SCEs observed in this region after BrdU incorporation alone. Centromeric regions of chromosomes 1 and X had preferred sites for occurrence of SCEs in BrdU-incorporated chromosomes, the preferred sites being more in G-bands after BrdU and CldU incorporation and in R-bands after treatment of BrdU-incorporated chromosomes with MMC. Thus the formation of SCEs is not restricted by structure per se as defined by euchromatin or heterochromatin, but depends on the site of lesion production, type of lesion and repair pathway followed.
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- A J Rachel
- Cytogenetics Laboratory, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India
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Morales-Ramírez P, Rodríguez-Reyes R, Vallarino-Kelly T. Fate of DNA lesions that elicit sister-chromatid exchanges. Mutat Res 1990; 232:77-88. [PMID: 2117709 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(90)90113-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Using 3-way differential staining (TWD) of sister chromatids, the fate of DNA lesions involved in sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) formation was determined in murine bone marrow cells in vivo, after treatment with either mitomycin C (MMC) or cyclophosphamide (CP). Both MMC (2.6 mg/kg b.w.) and CP (7 mg/kg b.w.) induced an SCE frequency near the expected in the 2 subsequent cell divisions, but the frequency of SCE occurring at the same locus in successive cell divisions was substantially lower than expected. The results are compared with previous data obtained after exposure to gamma-rays. A model of SCE induction is proposed.
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- P Morales-Ramírez
- Departamento de Radiobiología, Instituto Nacional de Investigaciones Nucleares, Mexico D.F., Mexico
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Dimitrov B. Relationship between sister-chromatid exchanges and heterochromatin or DNA replication in chromosomes of Crepis capillaris. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1987. [DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(87)90008-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Yongshan Y, Ficin S. Sister chromatid exchange points in the heterochromatin and euchromatin regions of Chinese hedgehog chromosomes. TAG. THEORETICAL AND APPLIED GENETICS. THEORETISCHE UND ANGEWANDTE GENETIK 1987; 73:469-475. [PMID: 24241012 DOI: 10.1007/bf00262518] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/10/1986] [Accepted: 09/17/1986] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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The Chinese hedgehog has a diploid chromosome number of 48 in which there are eleven pairs of telo- or subtelocentric autosomes, twelve pairs of meta- or submetacentric autosomes, a metacentric X chromosome and a telocentric Y chromosome. The heterochromatin is almost completely distributed in five large distal segments of chromosomes nos. 9 to 12 and no. 18. There is no positive C-band in the centromeres of the chromosomes except for the X chromosome which has a small, weakly stained C-band in the centromere. In Chinese hedgehog cells 52.1% of SCEs are found at the junction between the euchromatin and the heterochromatin, 39.5% in the heterochromatin and 8.4% in the auchromatin. The SCE number per unit C-band is double the SCE number per unit euchromatin. The SCE rate in the heterochromatin or euchromatin regions is not proportional to their chromosome length and can be quite different between different pairs of the chromosomes. Our results indicate that there is a non-uniform distribution of the SCEs in the Chinese hedgehog cells.
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- Y Yongshan
- Institute of Genetics, Academia Sinica, Beijing, China
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The paper presents a new model of chromosome structure based on the assumption that multiple circular subunits of DNA exist. The essential difference with previously described models is the circular DNA unit forms a central chromosome axis. Chromosome configurations during various phases of the cell cycle depend on the various conformations of this central integrating unit. The described model can be generalized for all haploid set of eukaryotic nucleus. Some aspects of the chromosome structure and their functions have been discussed.
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Sharp P, Hayman D. The distribution of SCEs within and between the genomes of an interspecific hybrid. Chromosoma 1981; 84:231-42. [PMID: 7327045 DOI: 10.1007/bf00399134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The distribution of sister chromatid exchanges has been examined in the chromosomes of a hybrid male wallaby (Macropus rufogriseus female x Wallabia bicolor male), and in the X chromosomes of M. parryi and M. rufus. Comparisons were made of SCE frequency between the two genomes of the hybrid, only one of which has an appreciable amount of constitutive heterochromatin, and between he euchromatic and heterochromatic regions of the M. rufogriseus genome. The frequency of SCEs is closely correlated with the DNA content of the individual chromosomes. The distribution of the SCEs between the euchromatin and heterochromatin in the M. rufogriseus genome showed a deficiency of SCEs observed in the heterochromatin compared with the euchromatin. - A substantial excess of SCEs occurred at the nucleolar organiser region of the M. rufogriseus X chromosome. This excess was absent from the nucleolar organiser region of the X chromosome of the two other macropodine species studied and is accounted for by the presence of an adjacent euchromatin-heterochromatin junction.
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Kanda N. Selective differential staining of sister chromatids of the facultative heterochromatic X chromosome in the female mouse. Chromosoma 1981; 84:257-63. [PMID: 7327046 DOI: 10.1007/bf00399136] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Selective differential staining of sister chromatids for the facultative heterochromatic X chromosome in the female mouse has been achieved by the combination of two differential staining techniques; one for the heterochromatic X chromosome and the other for sister chromatids. Thermal hypotonic treatment moderately destroyed the chromosome structure except for the heterochromatic X in BrdU labelled metaphase cells, resulting in the selective sister chromatid differentiation of this X with Giemsa stain. This technique enables us to know the exact frequency of th spontaneous sister chromatid exchanges in the heterochromatic X without using 3H-TdR labelling for detecting the late DNA replication. The results indicate that the sister chromatid exchange frequency of the heterochromatic X chromosome is not affected by its late DNA replication during S phase, or by the genetic inactivation and the resulting heterochromatinization.
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Latt SA, Allen J, Bloom SE, Carrano A, Falke E, Kram D, Schneider E, Schreck R, Tice R, Whitfield B, Wolff S. Sister-chromatid exchanges: a report of the GENE-TOX program. Mutat Res 1981; 87:17-62. [PMID: 6173747 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1110(81)90003-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 292] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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The effects of a number of chemicals on sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies in in vivo and in vitro systems are reviewed. Standardized protocols for future SCE testing in important systems, as well as for evaluation of test results, are presented. Data reported thus far suggest that SCE analysis may prove useful, especially at a secondary level, as a test of mutagenic carcinogens. Strengths and limitations of SCE analysis are summarized as a guide for future evaluation and use of this procedure.
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Gupta P, Sharma T. Non-random distribution of aberrations and identification with C- and G-bandings of the position of breakage points on Muntjac chromosomes induced by mitomycin c, bromodeoxyuridine and hydroxylamine. Mutat Res 1981; 81:63-74. [PMID: 7254222 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(81)90088-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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The analysis of chromosomes from muntjac after treatment of its lymphocyte cultures with 3 chemical mutagens having different base-pair affinities and modes of action, namely mitomycin C (MC), 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BUdR) and hydroxylamine hydrochloride (HA), with G- and C-band staining displayed non-random distribution of chemically specific damage points on them. The randomness of the involvement of each site on the chromosomes were examined by assuming an expected value calculated on the basis of its relative mitotic length. The observation revealed that a large fraction of MC-induced aberrations was preferentially located in the C-band positive constitutive heterochromatin, especially in the long "neck-like" centromeric region of the X-chromosome. On the chromosomal arms, the light G-bands were involved in aberrations either in proportion to or higher than that expected. When the cells were treated with BUdR, the dark G-bands on all the chromosomes of the complement were the preferred sites, displaying statistically significant higher numbers of aberrations. A single "hot-spot" for induced damage on 1 mid-q was also recorded. HA induced a very high frequency of damage in the secondary constriction regions of the chromosome pairs 1, X and Y2, and the frequency was slightly lower than this in the centromeres of 1, 2 and X chromosomes. The observation of specific distribution of damage points induced by the 3 chemicals lead to the suggestion that, though the effect of a chemical on chromosome segments depends on several factors, each being partially responsible for the end result, it is perhaps primarily depended by the chemical's base-pair affinity and mode of action.
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Gupta P, Sharma T. Preferential effect of mitomycin C on constitutive heterochromatin of the Indian muntjac, Muntiacus muntjak. Mutat Res 1980; 72:335-9. [PMID: 7442698 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(80)90049-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Raff P, Sugahara T. Sister-chromatid exchanges and cytotoxicity in cultured Indian muntjac cells treated with alkylating agents. Mutat Res 1980; 78:51-8. [PMID: 7383048 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(80)90025-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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6 monofunctional alkylating mutagens/carcinogens -- 4 N-nitroso and 2 methanesulfonate compounds -- differed in their efficiency for inducing sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) when normalized on cytotoxicity. SCE induction occurred only at highly cytotoxic doses. Ethylating agents were, on a molar basis, generally less potent inducers of SCEs, and they were also less cytotoxic than the corresponding methylating agents. The observed differential action spectrum of the 6 alkylating agents is discussed in the light of recent ideas on the interaction between alkylating mutagens with DNA and the role of specific DNA lesions in the formation of SCEs.
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Lin MS. Sister chromatid exchanges in human cells and Chinese hamster cells. Evidence that the rate of sister chromatid exchanges is a function of ploidy. Exp Cell Res 1980; 127:179-83. [PMID: 7379862 DOI: 10.1016/0014-4827(80)90424-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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Kimura S, Yamazaki K, Kato Y. Kinetics of DNA replication in the Indian muntjac chromosomes as studied by quantitative autoradiography. Chromosoma 1980; 77:309-23. [PMID: 7371457 DOI: 10.1007/bf00286056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/24/2023]
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DNA replication patterns of individual chromosomes and their various euchromatic and heterochromatic regions were analyzed by means of quantitative autoradiography. The cultured cells of the skin fibroblast of a male Indian muntjac were pulse labeled with 3H-thymidine and chromosome samples were prepared for the next 32 h at 1--2 h intervals. A typical late replication pattern widely observed in heterochromatin was not found in the muntjac chromosomes. The following points make the DNA replication of the muntjac chromosomes characteristics: (1) Heterochromatin replicated its DNA in a shorter period with a higher rate than euchromatin. (2) Two small euchromatic regions adjacent to centromeric heterochromatin behaved differently from other portions of euchromatin, possessing shorter Ts, higher DNA synthetic rates and starting much later and ending earlier their DNA replication. (3) Segmental replication patterns were observed in the chromosomes 2 and 3 during the entire S phase. (4) Both homologues of the chromosome 3 showed a synchronous DNA replication pattern throughout the S phase except in the distal portion of the long arms during the mid-S phase.
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Latt SA, Schreck RR, Loveday KS, Dougherty CP, Shuler CF. Sister chromatid exchanges. ADVANCES IN HUMAN GENETICS 1980; 10:267-331. [PMID: 6156589 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-4615-8288-5_4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Ved Brat S, Verma RS, Dosik H. Anthramycin-induced sister-chromatid exchange and caffeine potentiation in the chromosomes of Indian muntjac. Mutat Res 1979; 63:325-34. [PMID: 522873 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(79)90063-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Cell-cycle kinetics, sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) and chromosome aberrations have been studied from the skin fibroblasts of the Indian muntjac after treatment with 100 micrograms/ml of caffeine and 0.05 microgram/ml of anthramycin. The cultures were incubated for a period which was sufficient for the completion of two consecutive cell cycles and both the drugs appeared to produce a slight inhibitory effect. When anthramycin-treated cells were however post-treated with caffeine, the cells did not proceed beyond one cycle and exhibited a mitotic block. The SCE frequency in the control and the experiments with caffeine and anthramycin was 8.63, 18.32 and 34.88 per cell respectively. The SCEs were randomly distributed amongst all chromosomes unlike a non-random distribution within the X chromosomes. Caffeine and anthramycin produced only 0.5% and 3.1 cells with chromosome aberrations respectively. Potentiation of chromosome aberrations was observed when the anthramycin-treated cells were post-treated with caffeine. Caffeine potentiation presumably results from an inhibition of the cells to cycle and a failure to repair the effect of the mutagen on DNA.
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Kato H. Preferential occurrence of sister chromatid exchanges at heterochromatin-euchromatin junctions in the wallaby and hamster chromosomes. Chromosoma 1979; 74:307-16. [PMID: 510085 DOI: 10.1007/bf01190745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Chromosomes of two mammalian species, the white-throated wallaby and the rat-like hamster, possessed large amounts of constitutive heterochromatin which is detectable as C bands. By making use of this character the frequency of sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) was determined for the C band and the euchromatic regions of the chromosome. In both species, the distribution of SCEs in the euchromatin of chromosomes was found to be proportional to its metaphase length, while the number of SCEs localized in the C band regions was clearly fewer than expected on the basis of the relative length of those regions at metaphase. Many SCE's were, however, detected at the junctions between the euchromatin and the C band heterochromatin. All of these findings were consistent with previous observations on the Indian muntjac and the kangaroo rat chromosomes.
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Kongsuwan K, Smyth DR. DNA loss during C-banding of chromosomes of Lilium longiflorum. Chromosoma 1978. [DOI: 10.1007/bf00330372] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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