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Mladenova V, Mladenov E, Iliakis G. Novel Biological Approaches for Testing the Contributions of Single DSBs and DSB Clusters to the Biological Effects of High LET Radiation. Front Oncol 2016; 6:163. [PMID: 27446809 PMCID: PMC4923065 DOI: 10.3389/fonc.2016.00163] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2016] [Accepted: 06/15/2016] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The adverse biological effects of ionizing radiation (IR) are commonly attributed to the generation of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs). IR-induced DSBs are generated by clusters of ionizations, bear damaged terminal nucleotides, and frequently comprise base damages and single-strand breaks in the vicinity generating a unique DNA damage-clustering effect that increases DSB "complexity." The number of ionizations in clusters of different radiation modalities increases with increasing linear energy transfer (LET), and is thought to determine the long-known LET-dependence of the relative biological effectiveness (RBE). Multiple ionizations may also lead to the formation of DSB clusters, comprising two or more DSBs that destabilize chromatin further and compromise overall processing. DSB complexity and DSB-cluster formation are increasingly considered in the development of mathematical models of radiation action, which are then "tested" by fitting available experimental data. Despite a plethora of such mathematical models the ultimate goal, i.e., the "a priori" prediction of the radiation effect, has not yet been achieved. The difficulty partly arises from unsurmountable difficulties in testing the fundamental assumptions of such mathematical models in defined biological model systems capable of providing conclusive answers. Recently, revolutionary advances in methods allowing the generation of enzymatic DSBs at random or in well-defined locations in the genome, generate unique testing opportunities for several key assumptions frequently fed into mathematical modeling - including the role of DSB clusters in the overall effect. Here, we review the problematic of DSB-cluster formation in radiation action and present novel biological technologies that promise to revolutionize the way we address the biological consequences of such lesions. We describe new ways of exploiting the I-SceI endonuclease to generate DSB-clusters at random locations in the genome and describe the possible utility of Zn-finger nucleases and of TALENs in generating DSBs at defined genomic locations. Finally, we describe ways to harness the revolution of CRISPR/Cas9 technology to advance our understanding of the biological effects of DSBs. Collectively, these approaches promise to improve the focus of mathematical modeling of radiation action by providing testing opportunities for key assumptions on the underlying biology. They are also likely to further strengthen interactions between experimental radiation biologists and mathematical modelers.
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- Veronika Mladenova
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School , Essen , Germany
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- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School , Essen , Germany
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- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School , Essen , Germany
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Schipler A, Iliakis G. DNA double-strand-break complexity levels and their possible contributions to the probability for error-prone processing and repair pathway choice. Nucleic Acids Res 2013; 41:7589-605. [PMID: 23804754 PMCID: PMC3763544 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkt556] [Citation(s) in RCA: 203] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023] Open
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Although the DNA double-strand break (DSB) is defined as a rupture in the double-stranded DNA molecule that can occur without chemical modification in any of the constituent building blocks, it is recognized that this form is restricted to enzyme-induced DSBs. DSBs generated by physical or chemical agents can include at the break site a spectrum of base alterations (lesions). The nature and number of such chemical alterations define the complexity of the DSB and are considered putative determinants for repair pathway choice and the probability that errors will occur during this processing. As the pathways engaged in DSB processing show distinct and frequently inherent propensities for errors, pathway choice also defines the error-levels cells opt to accept. Here, we present a classification of DSBs on the basis of increasing complexity and discuss how complexity may affect processing, as well as how it may cause lethal or carcinogenic processing errors. By critically analyzing the characteristics of DSB repair pathways, we suggest that all repair pathways can in principle remove lesions clustering at the DSB but are likely to fail when they encounter clusters of DSBs that cause a local form of chromothripsis. In the same framework, we also analyze the rational of DSB repair pathway choice.
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- Agnes Schipler
- Institute of Medical Radiation Biology, University of Duisburg-Essen Medical School, 45122 Essen, Germany
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Obe G, Johannes C, Ritter S. The number and not the molecular structure of DNA double-strand breaks is more important for the formation of chromosomal aberrations: A hypothesis. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2010; 701:3-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2010] [Accepted: 05/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Martínez-López W, Marotta E, Di Tomaso M, Méndez-Acuña L, Palitti F. Distribution of UVC-induced chromosome aberrations along the X chromosome of TCR deficient and proficient Chinese hamster cell lines. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2010; 701:98-102. [DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2010.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2010] [Accepted: 02/10/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Di Tomaso MV, Martínez-López W, Folle GA, Palitti F. Modulation of chromosome damage localization by DNA replication timing. Int J Radiat Biol 2009; 82:877-86. [PMID: 17178628 DOI: 10.1080/09553000600973335] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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PURPOSE Non-random occurrence of induced chromosome breakpoints (BP) has been repeatedly reported. DNA synthesis and chromatin remodeling may influence chromosome BP localization. The CHO9 X chromosome exhibits an early replicating short euchromatic arm (Xpe) and a late replicating long heterochromatic arm (Xqh). We investigated the role played by DNA replication and related chromatin remodeling processes on BP distribution in eu/heterochromatin using the CHO9 X chromosome as a model. MATERIALS AND METHODS BP induced by etoposide, a topoisomerase II inhibitor, as well as by the S-dependent clastogens ultraviolet-C light (UV-C) and methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) were mapped to CHO9 X chromosome arms. The base analogue 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdUrd) was pulse-added immediately after UV-C irradiation or during etoposide and MMS treatments (40 min) to identify cells in early S-phase (Xpe labeled) or late S-phase (Xqh labeled) after indirect BrdUrd immunodetection in metaphase spreads using primary anti-BrdUrd and secondary fluorochrome-tagged antibodies. RESULTS During early S-phase, BP induced by etoposide and MMS mapped preferentially to Xpe while BP produced by UV-C localized randomly. BP induced by all agents during late S-phase clustered in Xqh. CONCLUSIONS Results obtained suggest that replication time of eu/heterochromatin as well as chromatin remodeling may determine BP localization on the CHO9 X chromosome.
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- M V Di Tomaso
- Department of Genetic Toxicology and Chromosome Pathology, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay.
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Ahuja YR, Vijayalakshmi V, Polasa K. Stem cell test: A practical tool in toxicogenomics. Toxicology 2007; 231:1-10. [PMID: 17208344 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2006.11.060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2006] [Revised: 11/15/2006] [Accepted: 11/15/2006] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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During early embryonic development, at blastocyst stage, the embryo has an outer coat of cells and an inner cell mass (ICM). ICM is the reservoir of embryonic stem (ES) cells, which are pluripotent, i.e., have the potential to differentiate into all cell types of the body. Cell lines have been developed from ES cells. In addition, there are embryonic germ (EG) cell lines developed from progenitor germ cells, and embryonic carcinoma (EC) cell lines developed from teratomas. These cell lines are being used for the study of basic and applied aspects in medical therapeutics, and disease management. Another potential of these cell lines is in the field of environmental mutagenesis. In addition to ES cells, there are adult stem cells in and around different organs and tissues of the body. It is now possible to grow pure populations of specific cell types from these adult stem cells. Treating specific cell types with chemical or physical agents and measuring their response offers a shortcut to test the toxicity in various organ systems in the adult organism. For example, to evaluate the genotoxicity of a chemical (e.g., drug or pesticide) or a physical agent (e.g., ionizing radiation or non-ionizing electromagnetic radiation) during embryonic development, a large number of animals are being used. As an alternative, use of stem cell lines would be a feasible proposition. Using stem cell lines, efforts are being made to standardize the protocols, which will not only be useful in testing the toxicity of a chemical or a physical agent, but also in the field of drug development, environmental mutagenesis, biomonitoring and other studies.
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- Y R Ahuja
- Department of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Vasavi Medical & Research Centre, 6-1-91 Khairatabad, Hyderabad 500004, India.
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Schubert I, Pecinka A, Meister A, Schubert V, Klatte M, Jovtchev G. DNA damage processing and aberration formation in plants. Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 104:104-8. [PMID: 15162022 DOI: 10.1159/000077473] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2003] [Accepted: 11/27/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Various types of DNA damage, induced by endo- and exogenous genotoxic impacts, may become processed into structural chromosome changes such as sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and chromosomal aberrations. Chromosomal aberrations occur preferentially within heterochromatic regions composed mainly of repetitive sequences. Most of the preclastogenic damage is correctly repaired by different repair mechanisms. For instance, after N-methyl-N-nitrosourea treatment one SCE is formed per >40,000 and one chromatid-type aberration per approximately 25 million primarily induced O6-methylguanine residues in Vicia faba. Double-strand breaks (DSBs) apparently represent the critical lesions for the generation of chromosome structural changes by erroneous reciprocal recombination repair. Usually two DSBs have to interact in cis or trans to form a chromosomal aberration. Indirect evidence is at hand for plants indicating that chromatid-type aberrations mediated by S phase-dependent mutagens are generated by post-replication (mis)repair of DSBs resulting from (rare) interference of repair and replication processes at the sites of lesions, mainly within repetitive sequences of heterochromatic regions. The proportion of DSBs yielding structural changes via misrepair has still to be established when DSBs, induced at predetermined positions, can be quantified and related to the number of SCEs and chromosomal aberrations that appear at these loci after DSB induction. Recording the degree of association of homologous chromosome territories (by chromosome painting) and of punctual homologous pairing frequency along these territories during and after mutagen treatment of wild-type versus hyperrecombination mutants of Arabidopsis thaliana, it will be elucidated as to what extent the interphase arrangement of chromosome territories becomes modified by critical lesions and contributes to homologous reciprocal recombination. This paper reviews the state of the art with respect to DNA damage processing in the course of aberration formation and the interphase arrangement of homologous chromosome territories as a structural prerequisite for homologous rearrangements in plants.
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- I Schubert
- Institut für Pflanzengenetik und Kulturpflanzenforschung (IPK), Gatersleben, Germany.
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Martínez-López W, Folle GA, Cassina G, Méndez-Acuña L, Di-Tomaso MV, Obe G, Palitti F. Distribution of breakpoints induced by etoposide and X-rays along the CHO X chromosome. Cytogenet Genome Res 2004; 104:182-7. [PMID: 15162035 DOI: 10.1159/000077486] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2003] [Accepted: 12/16/2003] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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SORB (selected observed residual breakpoints) induced by ionizing radiation or endonucleases are often non-randomly distributed in mammalian chromosomes. However, the role played by chromatin structure in the localization of chromosome SORB is not well understood. Anti-topoisomerase drugs such as etoposide are potent clastogens and unlike endonucleases or ionizing radiation, induce DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) by an indirect mechanism. Topoisomerase II (Topo II) is a main component of the nuclear matrix and the chromosome scaffold. Since etoposide leads to DSB by influencing the activity of Topo II, this compound may be a useful tool to study the influence of the chromatin organization on the distribution of induced SORB in mammalian chromosomes. In the present work, we compared the distribution of SORB induced during S-phase by etoposide or X-rays in the short euchromatic and long heterochromatic arms of the CHO9 X chromosome. The S-phase stage (early, mid or late) at which CHO9 cells were exposed to etoposide or X-rays was marked by incorporation of BrdU during treatments and later determined by immunolabeling of metaphase chromosomes with an anti-BrdU FITC-coupled antibody. The majority of treated cells were in late S-phase during treatment either with etoposide or X-rays. SORB induced by etoposide mapped preferentially to Xq but random localization was observed for SORB produced by X-rays. Possible explanations for the uneven distribution of etoposide-induced breakpoints along Xq are discussed.
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- Máximo E. Drets
- Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Uruguay
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The implications of recent results using FISH chromosome painting and soft X-ray exposures for the mechanisms of chromosome aberration formation are discussed. It is concluded that the evidence in favour of exchange aberrations arising from one radiation induced chromosome break has increased to the point where a 'change in paradigm' from the older breakage-reunion hypothesis needs to be taken seriously into account. A potential role for recombinational repair of DNA double strand breaks, as known in yeast, in the formation of aberrations in mammalian cells is presented and the relationship between DNA repair studies and radiation cytology is emphasized.
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- K H Chadwick
- DG XII.F.6, European Commission, 200, rue de la Loi, 1049 Brussels, Belgium
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Ultrasound permeabilizes Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells for the endonucleases AluI and benzon nuclease which leads to the induction of chromosomal aberrations by these enzymes. A few aberrant cells were observed when trypsinized cells or adherent cells were exposed to the enzymes in the absence of ultrasound. Our data show that sonication can be used to introduce endonucleases into CHO cells. We further demonstrate that few cells can internalize endonucleases without previous permeabilization.
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- C Johannes
- University of Essen, Department of Genetics, Germany
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Folle GA, Obe G. Intrachromosomal localization of breakpoints induced by the restriction endonucleases AluI and BamHI in Chinese hamster ovary cells treated in S phase of the cell cycle. Int J Radiat Biol 1996; 69:447-57. [PMID: 8627127 DOI: 10.1080/095530096145742] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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The restriction endonucleases (REs) AluI and BamHI were electroporated into Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells during S phase of the cell cycle and breakpoints in G-banded metaphases were mapped to Giemsa-light or -dark bands or to band junctions. The majority of AluI- and BamHI-induced breakpoints were located in Giemsa-light bands. Both REs induced similar distributions of breakpoint clusters. The localization pattern of S phase-induced breakpoints in CHO cells is similar to the pattern of G1-induced breakpoints reported earlier. These data show that breakpoint localization for both REs is independent of the cell cycle stage (G1 or S) in which aberrations are induced and give further support to the hypothesis that nuclease hypersensitive regions (NHRs) associated with active genes play an important role in the distribution of breakpoints.
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- G A Folle
- División de Citogenética Humana y Microscopía Cuantitativa, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Obe G, Eke P, Johannes C. Exposure of CHO cells to AluI: comparison of chromosomal aberrations and cell survival. Mutat Res 1995; 326:171-4. [PMID: 7529881 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)00169-6] [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: 01/25/2023]
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were exposed to various doses of the restriction endonuclease AluI in the presence of 2.2 M glycerol. Some of the cells were cultured for analysis of chromosomal aberrations and some for analysis of colony-forming ability. Cell killing is mainly mediated by chromosomal aberrations.
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- G Obe
- University GH Essen, Department of Genetics, Germany
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Ahuja YR, Obe G. Are rogue cells an indicator of cancer risk due to the action of bacterial restriction endonucleases? Mutat Res 1994; 310:103-12. [PMID: 7523873 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)90013-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [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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Cytogenetic surveys in normal individuals have occasionally shown the occurrence of cells with multiple chromosome-type aberrations in some of the subjects. These cells, which are rare, have been termed as rogue cells. Rogue cells, which have been observed worldwide, have a mysterious nature. It has been suggested that they may give rise to cancer. Various mechanisms have been considered for the causation of the rouge-cell phenomenon in the past but none of them appears to be fully justified. In this paper we propose their occurrence due to the action of bacterial restriction endonucleases.
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- Y R Ahuja
- Genetics Unit, Bhagwan Mahavir Medical Research Centre, Hyderabad, India
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Sakamoto Hojo ET, Balajee AS, Natarajan AT. Modulatory effect of sodium butyrate on AluI-induced chromosomal aberrations in CHO cells. Mutat Res 1994; 309:165-73. [PMID: 7520973 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)90089-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Exponentially growing CHO cells exposed to millimolar concentrations of sodium butyrate (SB) for 24 h were treated with AluI using two methods of cell poration, i.e., electroporation and streptolysin O (SLO). Under both conditions, SB was found to induce a 2-4-fold increase in AluI-induced chromosomal aberrations. When cells in monolayer were treated with AluI/SLO, lower concentrations of SB (2.5 mM) and AluI (1-4 U/ml) were required to produce a similar effect as that observed for electroporated cells, demonstrating the differential sensitivity of the two methods. Furthermore, in AluI/SLO-treated cells, a higher percentage of cells was found to show increased frequencies of aberrations per cell, compared to AluI/electroporated cells. The mechanism by which SB modulates the cell response to AluI treatment might involve changes in chromatin configuration thereby increasing the accessibility of AluI to different parts of chromatin.
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- E T Sakamoto Hojo
- Departamento de Biologia, Faculdade de Filosofia, Ciencias e Letras de Ribeirão Preto, Universidade de São Paolo, Brazil
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Johannes C, Obe G. Combination treatments of Chinese hamster ovary cells with various restriction endonucleases result in chromosomal aberrations whose frequencies are additive or less than additive. Mutat Res 1994; 309:211-7. [PMID: 7520978 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(94)90094-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Chinese hamster ovary cells were treated with combinations of different restriction endonucleases (RE). The frequencies of chromosomal aberrations after combination treatments were additive or less than additive when compared with the effects of the single RE. These data indicate that DNA double-strand breaks (DSB) induced by different types of RE in combination treatments lead to chromosomal aberrations in the same way as DSB induced by single RE.
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- C Johannes
- University GH Essen, Department of Genetics, Germany
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Kinashi Y, Nagasawa H, Little JB. Cytotoxicity of restriction enzyme-induced DNA strand breaks in radiosensitive and radioresistant human tumor cell lines. Int J Radiat Oncol Biol Phys 1993; 27:319-22. [PMID: 8407406 DOI: 10.1016/0360-3016(93)90243-o] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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PURPOSE To examine the role of sensitivity to specific types of DNA double strand breaks in human tumor cell response. METHODS AND MATERIALS The X ray-sensitive human squamous carcinoma cell line SCC-61 and the X ray-resistant line SQ-20B were exposed to the restriction enzymes HaeIII, HinfI, PvuII, BamHI by electroporation. Cytotoxicity of these restriction endonucleases was measured by a colony formation assay. RESULTS Cell killing by each enzyme occurred in a concentration-dependent manner. The radiosensitive cell line was more sensitive to all four restriction enzymes than the radioresistant line, paralleling the response to ionizing radiation. However, the magnitude of the difference was smaller than for radiation. The 5-base sticky ended cutter HinfI and 6-base blunt ended cutter PvuII were much more effective in killing cells from both lines than BamHI, a 6-base sticky ended cutter, whereas the 4-base blunt ended cutter HaeIII was intermediate in its effectiveness. Thus, enzyme sensitivity could not be related to the type of cutter or the distance between cutting sites.
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- Y Kinashi
- Harvard School of Public Health, Laboratory of Radiobiology, Boston, MA 02115
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Obe G, Johannes C, Werthmann I, Folle GA. Chromatid-type aberrations induced by AluI in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Mutat Res 1993; 299:305-11. [PMID: 7683098 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(93)90107-o] [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: 01/26/2023]
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Treatment of CHO cells with AluI in the S-phase leads to chromatid-type aberrations whose frequencies are linearly correlated with dose. Treatment in the S-phase leads to fewer aberrations than treatment in the G1-phase, which is comparable to chromosomal aberration induction following X-irradiation in the G1- and S-phases. Treatment in the G1-phase leads to few chromatid-type interchanges, some of these may originate from DNA single-strand gaps induced by AluI in canonical structures of DNA and in DNA.RNA hybrids.
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- G Obe
- Department of Genetics, Universität GH Essen, Germany
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Bryant PE, Johnston PJ. Restriction-endonuclease-induced DNA double-strand breaks and chromosomal aberrations in mammalian cells. Mutat Res 1993; 299:289-96. [PMID: 7683096 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(93)90105-m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Restriction endonucleases (RE) can be used to mimic and model the clastogenic effects of ionising radiation. With the development of improved techniques for cell poration: electroporation and recently streptolysin O (SLO), it has become possible more confidently to study the relationships between DNA double-strand breaks (dsb) of various types (e.g. blunt or cohesive-ended) and the frequencies of induced metaphase chromosomal aberrations or micronuclei in cytokinesis-blocked cells. Although RE-induced dsb do not mimic the chemical end-structure of radiation-induced dsb (i.e. the 'dirty' ends of radiation-induced dsb), it has become clear that cohesive-ended dsb, which are thought to be the major type of dsb induced by radiation, are much less clastogenic than blunt-ended dsb. It has also been possible, with the aid of electroporation or SLO to measure the kinetics of dsb in cells as a function of time after treatment. These experiments have shown that some RE (e.g. Pvu II) are extremely stable inside CHO cells and at high concentrations persist and induce dsb over a period of many hours following treatment. Cutting of DNA by RE is thought to be at specific recognition sequences (as in free DNA) although the frequencies of sites in native chromatin available to RE is not yet known. DNA condensation and methylation are both factors limiting the numbers of available cutting sites. Relatively little is known about the kinetics of incision or repair of RE-induced dsb in cells. Direct ligation may be a method used by cells to rejoin the bulk of RE-induced dsb, since inhibitors such as araA, araC and aphidicolin appear not prevent rejoining, although these inhibitors have been found to lead to enhanced frequencies of chromosomal aberrations. 3-Aminobenzimide, the poly-ADP ribose polymerase inhibitor is the only agent that has so far been shown to inhibit rejoining of RE-induced dsb. Data from the radiosensitive xrs5 cell line, where chromosomal aberration frequencies are higher after RE treatments than in their normal parental CHO line, indicates that the xrs dsb repair pathway is involved in the repair of these dsb. We found that cells treated simultaneous with Pvu II and T4 ligase yielded lower levels of chromosomal damage than in the WT parental line indicating that Pvu II induced dsb retain their ability to be blunt-end ligated inside the cell.
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- P E Bryant
- School of Biological and Medical sciences, University of St. Andrews, Fife, Scotland, UK
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Schulte-Frohlinde D, Worm KH, Merz M. Double-strand breaks in plasmid DNA and the induction of deletions. Mutat Res 1993; 299:233-50. [PMID: 7683091 DOI: 10.1016/0165-1218(93)90100-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Double-strand breaks (dsbs) have been produced in plasmid DNA by various restriction endonucleases and the survival and the deletion mutation incidence have been measured in E. coli. The deletion formation is known to depend upon the occurrence of short direct repeats within the DNA molecule. In order to study the role of these repeats we constructed plasmid molecules with repeats of various lengths or with a 10-base pair repeat at different distances from each other. Furthermore the influence of the location and the structure of the dsb was studied. Repair and deletion frequencies of the linearized plasmids were measured after transformation of E. coli. The yield of the specific deletion mutation (the one which occurs between the introduced repeats) increases nearly linearly with the square of the length of the repeat, while the yield of the correctly repaired DNA and the yield of all other deletion mutants remained constant. The slope of the linear increase of the yield of the specific deletion depends on the location and the structure of the dsb. The yield of the specific deletion mutation decreases with increasing distance between the repeats. A proposal for the rate-determining step of the deletion formation is made.
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Johnston PJ, Bryant PE. Chromosome damage induced by nanomolar concentrations of bleomycin in porated mammalian cells. Biochem Pharmacol 1993; 45:569-72. [PMID: 7680200 DOI: 10.1016/0006-2952(93)90128-j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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We have examined chromosome damage caused by a wide range of bleomycin (BLM) concentrations in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO-K1) cells reversibly porated by the bacterial cytotoxin streptolysin-O (SLO). Chromosome damage was measured using the micronucleus cytokinesis block technique (employing cytochalasin-B). Treatment of exponentially growing cells with 0.045 IU/mL SLO for 5 min resulted in up to a thousand-fold and a million-fold increase in biological effectiveness, compared to treatment in the absence of SLO for 24 hr and 5 min, respectively. Increases in micronuclei of 4-5 times background level were observed after only 5 min exposure to the drug in the presence of SLO at doses as low as 100 pg/mL (approximately 70 pmol/L). These results indicate that the use of SLO may facilitate the treatment of cells with BLM for periods of time resembling acute exposure to ionizing radiations.
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- P J Johnston
- School of Biological and Medical Sciences, University of St Andrews, Fife, U.K
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Cortés F, Ortiz T. Chromosome damage induced by restriction endonucleases recognizing thymine-rich DNA sequences in electroporated CHO cells. Int J Radiat Biol 1992; 61:323-8. [PMID: 1347064 DOI: 10.1080/09553009214551001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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The influence of BrdU substitution of DNA in Chinese hamster cells on the frequencies of chromosomal aberrations induced by three restriction endonucleases which recognize thymine-rich sequences in DNA has been studied. The restriction enzymes chosen were Eco RI (recognition site G/AATTC), Sca I (AGT/ACT), and Dra I (TTT/AAA). A restriction enzyme that does not have thymine in the recognition sequence, Hae III (GG/CC), was also tried. These enzymes were introduced into cells by electroporation after two cell cycles of BrdU substitution and the aberration yields compared with that observed in non-substituted cells. Our results seem to indicate that the BrdU-substituted chromatin becomes resistant to the chromosome-breaking activity of the restriction enzymes recognizing thymine-rich DNA sequences. These observations are compared with the patterns of cutting of isolated DNA as shown by agarose gel electrophoresis.
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- F Cortés
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Seville, Spain
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Morgan WF, Yates BL, Rufer JT, Abella Columna E, Valcarcel ER, Phillips JW. Chromosomal aberration induction in CHO cells by combined exposure to restriction enzymes and X-rays. Int J Radiat Biol 1991; 60:627-34. [PMID: 1680143 DOI: 10.1080/09553009114552451] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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The potential interaction between restriction enzyme-induced double-strand breaks (dsb) and X-ray-induced lesions in the formation of chromosomal aberrations was investigated in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Either Alu I, which induces blunt-end dsb, or Sau 3AI, which induces cohesive-end dsb, was electroporated into cells, which were irradiated with 2 Gy of X-rays immediately or 15, 30, 60, 120, or 180 min after electroporation. A significant increase in Alu I-induced chromosomal aberrations was observed when cells were irradiated with 0, 15, 30, or 60 min after enzyme exposure, but only additive effects were found when cells were irradiated 120 or 180 min after enzyme exposure. In one of three experiments, cells exposed to Sau 3AI showed a large increase in aberrations when X-irradiated 0 or 15 min after Sau 3AI exposure, and no increase at any time-points thereafter. These results indicate that restriction enzyme-induced dsb can interact with X-ray-induced lesions, resulting in a synergistic increase in chromosomal aberration formation. Furthermore, this interaction depends on both the type of dsb and the time between enzyme and X-ray exposure.
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- W F Morgan
- Laboratory of Radiobiology and Environmental Health, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0750
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The thymidine analog, BrdUrd, induces many biological responses which are of importance to the field of genetic toxicology and related disciplines. These include the induction of SCE, specific-locus mutations, and toxicity, inhibition of cell proliferation, and the expression of fragile sites in the human genome. In early models which addressed the mechanisms of the biological effects of BrdUrd exposure, two pathways were proposed to account for the induction of the biological responses. Incorporation of the enol form of BrdUrd into the nascent DNA strand after pairing with deoxyguanosine was proposed as one pathway, whereas the incorporation of BrdUrd opposite adenosine in place of thymidine was proposed as the second pathway. Many novel and sophisticated techniques have been applied to the study of the mechanism of the induction of biological effects by BrdUrd leading to a substantial increase in our understanding of these mechanisms. However, the experimental evidence clearly supports the contention that BrdUrd exerts its effects on eukaryotic cells through mechanisms similar to those originally proposed to explain the genotoxicity of BrdUrd.
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- S M Morris
- Department of Health and Human Services, U.S. Public Health Service, Food and Drug Administration, National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were treated with bovine pancreatic DNase I using the method of electroporation. The enzyme induced chromosomal aberrations in a S-phase independent manner. The frequencies of polycentric chromosomes induced in the G1 phase of the cell cycle are positively correlated with the dose of DNase I. The distributions of DNase I-induced polycentric chromosomes were overdispersed.
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- G A Folle
- Division of Human Cytogenetics and Quantitative Microscopy, Instituto de Investigaciones Biológicas Clemente Estable, Montevideo, Uruguay
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Johannes C, Obe G. Induction of chromosomal aberrations with the restriction endonuclease AluI in Chinese hamster ovary cells: comparison of different treatment methods. Int J Radiat Biol 1991; 59:1379-93. [PMID: 1677383 DOI: 10.1080/09553009114551241] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were treated with the restriction endonuclease AluI using various methods; namely, treatment in the presence of hypertonic concentrations of glycerol or sorbitol and electroporation. The frequencies of chromosomal aberrations induced were scored in first post-treatment metaphases. For all treatment schedules linear dose-effect relationships of polycentric chromosomes were found. The distribution of polycentric chromosomes induced by AluI was overdispersed. Inhibition of cellular energy metabolism with sodium azide and 2-deoxyglucose led to a strong reduction of the frequencies of chromosomal aberrations when the treatment with AluI was carried out in the presence of glycerol or sorbitol, but not when carried out by electroporation. This is interpreted to mean that glycerol- or sorbitol-mediated cellular uptake of AluI, but not the uptake via electroporation, is an energy-dependent mechanism.
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- C Johannes
- Department of Genetics, Universität-GH Essen, Germany
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Cortés F, Ortiz T. Induction of chromosomal aberrations in the CHO mutant EM9 and its parental line AA8 by EcoRI restriction endonuclease: electroporation experiments. Mutat Res 1991; 246:221-6. [PMID: 1986265 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(91)90125-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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EcoRI restriction endonuclease (RE), which produces cohesive-ended double-strand breaks (dsb) in DNA, was tested in the ethyl methanesulfonate- and X-ray-sensitive CHO mutant EM9 and its parental cell strain AA8 for its chromosomal aberration-inducing effect. The RE was efficiently introduced by electroporation into AA8 cells, while the mutant cells showed a very high sensitivity to electroporation, which consistently resulted in cell death. Nevertheless, the incubation of EM9 cells in the presence of EcoRI, without electroporation, was sufficient to induce about three times the chromosome damage observed in the electroporated parental cell line AA8 for any given dose of the RE.
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- F Cortés
- Department of Cell Biology, Faculty of Biology, Seville, Spain
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Tanzarella C, De Salvia R, Degrassi F, Fiore M, Palitti F. Interaction between X-ray- and restriction endonuclease-induced lesions in the formation of chromosomal aberrations. Mutat Res 1990; 244:197-200. [PMID: 2164150 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(90)90128-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Experiments were performed to analyze the possible interaction between lesions induced by X-rays and restriction endonucleases in the production of chromosome-type exchanges. A stronger interaction was found between X-rays and the AluI-induced 'blunt termini' lesions than between X-rays and the BamHI-induced 'cohesive termini' lesions.
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- C Tanzarella
- Centro di Genetica Evoluzionistica del CNR, c/o Dipartimento Darwin, Università La Sapienza, Rome, Italy
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Costa ND, Bryant PE. The induction of DNA double-strand breaks in CHO cells by Pvu II: kinetics using neutral filter elution (pH 9.6). Int J Radiat Biol 1990; 57:933-8. [PMID: 1970995 DOI: 10.1080/09553009014551051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Chinese hamster CHO K1 cells were treated with the restriction endonuclease Pvu II during electroporation and assayed for DNA double-strand breaks (dsb). Dsb were measured by the non-denaturing filter elution technique (pH 9.6) at various times up to 24 h after restriction endonuclease (RE) treatment. The frequency of dsb following electroporation in the presence of 200 units/ml Pvu II increased over the post-treatment incubation period. This was found not to be due to cell or DNA degradation, indicating that Pvu II remains active for at least 24 h inside the cell. We suggest that these kinetics of dsb result from a competition between incision (by Pvu II) and dsb repair.
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- N D Costa
- Department of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of St Andrews, Scotland, UK
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Sprunt EA, Bryant PE. Effects of trypsin on X-ray-induced cell killing, chromosome abnormalities and kinetics of DNA repair in mammalian cells. Mutat Res 1990; 228:211-9. [PMID: 2300069 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(90)90078-i] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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When cells are trypsinized before irradiation a potentiation of X-ray damage may occur. This is known as the 'trypsin effect'. Potentiation of X-ray damage on cell killing was seen in V79 Chinese hamster cells but was marginal in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO K1) cells and not evident in murine Ehrlich ascites tumour (EAT) cells. Trypsinization did however increase the number of X-ray-induced chromosomal abnormalities in all 3 lines. To investigate the possibility that trypsin acts by digestion of proteins in chromatin, further experiments were performed to monitor DNA damage and repair. Induction of DNA breaks by X-rays was unaffected by trypsin but trypsinized EAT (suspension) cells repaired single-strand breaks (ssb) less rapidly than controls indicating an inhibitory effect of trypsin on ssb repair. However double-strand break (dsb) repair was unaffected by trypsin. It was also found that the EDTA solution in which the trypsin was dissolved also contributes to the inhibition of dsb repair. The results show that trypsinization can enhance X-ray-induced cell killing, chromosomal damage and DNA repair, the effect varying between cell lines.
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- E A Sprunt
- Department of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of St. Andrews, Great Britain
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Bryant PE, Christie AF. Induction of chromosomal aberrations in CHO cells by restriction endonucleases: effects of blunt- and cohesive-ended double-strand breaks in cells treated by 'pellet' methods. Mutat Res 1989; 213:233-41. [PMID: 2548092 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(89)90155-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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In recent reports it has been suggested that restriction endonucleases (RE) producing cohesive-ended double-strand breaks (dsb), are of comparable effectiveness to those producing blunt-ended dsb in causing chromosomal aberrations (CA) in mammalian cells. In several of these reports, trypsinized cells or suspension cultures were treated as cell 'pellets' in small volumes containing RE and storage buffers. In this study we have examined this by comparing 2 'pellet' methods in which trypsinized Chinese hamster cells were treated with RE in small volumes, after cells were centrifuged to a pellet. In the first method, cells were treated with RE in storage buffer as previously reported (e.g. Obe et al., 1985). In the second method, cells were treated as pellets with Sendai virus and purified RE. For both methods we show that the frequency of chromosomal aberrations was higher in cells treated with RE causing blunt-ended dsb than those causing cohesive-ended dsb. The first method however was found to lead to substantial loss in cell viability. The results strengthen the conclusion drawn from our earlier work, using treatment of attached V79 or CHO-K1 cells with Sendai virus, that cohesive-ended dsb are less effective than blunt-ended dsb in causing chromosomal aberrations.
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- P E Bryant
- Department of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of St. Andrews, Fife, U.K
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Winegar RA, Phillips JW, Youngblom JH, Morgan WF. Cell electroporation is a highly efficient method for introducing restriction endonucleases into cells. Mutat Res 1989; 225:49-53. [PMID: 2536473 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(89)90032-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 96] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Restriction endonucleases that make either blunt- or cohesive-end DNA double-strand breaks can induce chromosome aberrations. We have used cell electroporation with great success to permeabilize Chinese hamster ovary cells for the introduction of restriction enzymes. The introduction of restriction enzymes by this method resulted in extremely high frequencies (greater than 90%) of aberrant metaphase cells and also a dramatic decrease in cell survival, as measured by subsequent colony formation. Cell electroporation by itself caused no increase in aberrant chromosomes and had only a slight effect on cell survival.
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- R A Winegar
- Laboratory of Radiobiology and Environmental Health, University of California, San Francisco 94143-0750
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Cavolina P, Agnese C, Maddalena A, Sciandrello G, Di Leonardo A. Induction of CAD gene amplification by restriction endonucleases in V79,B7 Chinese hamster cells. Mutat Res 1989; 225:61-4. [PMID: 2563307 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(89)90034-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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The restriction endonucleases PvuII, BamHI and EcoRI were tested for their ability to induce gene amplification in V79,B7 Chinese hamster cells. The results indicate that treatment with these enzymes efficiently increases the frequency of clones resistant to N-phosphonacetyl-L-aspartate, indicating induction of CAD gene amplification.
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- P Cavolina
- Department of Cell and Developmental Biology A. Monroy, Palermo, Italy
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Bryant PE. Use of restriction endonucleases to study relationships between DNA double-strand breaks, chromosomal aberrations and other end-points in mammalian cells. Int J Radiat Biol 1988; 54:869-90. [PMID: 2903886 DOI: 10.1080/09553008814552291] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Some of the cellular effects of radiation, such as mutations, chromosomal aberrations and cell killing, can be mimicked by inducing 'pure' double-strand breaks (dsb) in DNA of cells with restriction endonucleases (RE), although the chemical structure of the ends of dsb induced by RE are likely to differ from those induced by X-rays. Chromosomal aberrations are induced by treatment of cells with a variety of RE at all stages of the cell cycle. The frequency with which RE induce dsb in the DNA may be one factor determining the number of aberrations induced. However, the structure of the dsb generated may also determine the frequencies of aberrations induced. RE which generate 'cohesive-ended' dsb in the DNA have been shown to induce lower frequencies of aberrations than those causing 'blunt-ended' dsb, when inactivated Sendai virus is used to permeabilize cells. Other methods, involving a hypertonic shock to the treated cells, have led to results in which there is little or no difference in the effectiveness between the two types of dsb. It is argued here that the use of treatments which cause a hypertonic shock may influence the frequencies of aberrations induced.
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- P E Bryant
- Department of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of St Andrews, Fife, U.K
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Winckler K, Bach B, Obe G. Survival of Saccharomyces cerevisiae after treatment with the restriction endonuclease Alu I. Int J Radiat Biol 1988; 54:563-6. [PMID: 2902154 DOI: 10.1080/09553008814552001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Treatment of yeast cells proficient in the repair of radiation damage (Saccharomyces cerevisiae) with the restriction endonuclease Alu I leads to a positive dose-effect relationship between inactivation level and enzyme concentration. The data suggest an uptake of the active restriction enzyme into the cells and a relationship between induction of DNA double-strand breaks and cell killing.
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- K Winckler
- Institut für Biophysik, Freie Universität Berlin, F.R.G
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Tuschy S, Obe G. Potentiation of Alu I-induced chromosome aberrations by high salt concentrations in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Mutat Res 1988; 207:83-7. [PMID: 2828943 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(88)90046-2] [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: 01/02/2023]
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The restriction endonuclease Alu I induces chromosome-type aberrations in Chinese hamster ovary cells whose frequencies are considerably elevated in the presence of high concentrations of MgCl2, (NH4)2SO4, CaCl2 or NaCl. The most plausible explanation for these findings is that salt leads to partial dehistonization of the chromatin which makes more recognition sites available for Alu I.
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- S Tuschy
- Institut für Genetik, Freie Universität Berlin, F.R.G
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Vasudev V, Obe G. Evidence for a receptor-mediated endocytosis of Alu I in Chinese hamster ovary cells. Mutat Res 1988; 197:109-16. [PMID: 2827015 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(88)90146-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Pretreatment of Chinese hamster ovary cells with proteases or with NaN3 leads to less chromosomal aberrations when the cells are posttreated with Alu I compared to the treatment of cells with Alu I alone. The same result is obtained when the cells are treated with Alu I at 0 degree C instead of 37 degrees C. The cells recover from the protease treatment when they are kept in medium before treatment with Alu I. These results are interpreted to mean that Alu I is bound by surface receptors and that the Alu I-receptor complexes are internalized by an energy-dependent endocytotic process.
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- V Vasudev
- Institut für Genetik, Freie Universität Berlin, F.R.G
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Winegar RA, Preston RJ. The induction of chromosome aberrations by restriction endonucleases that produce blunt-end or cohesive-end double-strand breaks. Mutat Res 1988; 197:141-9. [PMID: 2827018 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(88)90150-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Restriction endonucleases have been used to study the involvement of specific types of DNA damages in the production of chromosome aberrations. In this study restriction endonucleases were introduced into viable CHO cells using osmolytic shock of pinocytic vesicles. We compared two cohesive-end cutters, Msp I (CCGG-2-base overlap) and Sau3A I (GATC-4-base overlap) with two blunt-end cutters, Alu I (AGCT) and Rsa I (GTAC). All 4 enzymes were effective at inducing aberrations. The 4-base overlap cohesive-end cutter Sau3A I was approximately as effective as the blunt-end cutter Alu I. We present evidence that cutting frequency rather than cut end-structure is important in determining efficiency of aberration induction. There is over-dispersion of the distribution of dicentrics and rings among cells, and the data could be fitted to a Neyman Type A distribution, a modified Poisson, that indicates that there is a probability distribution both for the entry of the enzyme into a cell nucleus and for the induction of aberrations once the enzyme has entered a cell nucleus. In addition, we used Alu I to determine the sensitivity of cells to aberration induction in the different stages of the cell cycle. Alu I induced aberrations in all stages of the cycle, chromatid-type in S/G2 and chromosome-type in G1. In agreement with data of others, there were variations in sensitivity with cycle stage, and changes in the proportions of the different aberration classes for chromatid-type aberrations.
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- R A Winegar
- University of Tennessee-Oak Ridge Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences 37831
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Obe G, Johannes C, Vasudev V, Kasper P, Lamprecht I. Induction of chromosomal aberrations in Chinese hamster ovary cells by the restriction endonuclease Dra I: dose-effect relationships and effect of substitution of chromosomal DNA with bromodeoxyuridine. Mutat Res 1987; 192:263-9. [PMID: 2825011 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(87)90067-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Treatment of G1-phase Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with the restriction endonuclease Dra I (recognition site TTT/AAA) leads to the induction of chromosome-type aberrations. The dose-effect relationships or the frequencies of polycentric chromosomes have a strong linear component. Prelabelling of the cells with bromodeoxyuridine (B) leads to a strong suppression by the chromosome breaking activity of Dra I. This may be explained by assuming that substitution of T by B renders the recognition site of Dra I resistant to being cut by the enzyme.
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- G Obe
- Institut für Genetik, Freie Universität, Berlin, Germany
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Non random distribution of lesions induced by deoxyribonuclease I in human chromosomes. Cytotechnology 1987; 1:19-24. [PMID: 22358435 DOI: 10.1007/bf00351117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022] Open
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We studied the action of deoxyribonuclease I on human lymphocytes in order to determine the localization of the DNAase induced aberrations. Our results indicate a non-random distribution of the lesions on chromosome regions which may reflect a differential pattern of sensitivity to the enzyme. Furthermore we observed a correspondence between the preferential DNAase induced breaks and fragile sites that are expressed in lymphocytes maintained in medium without folic acid. A possible interpretation of our findings is that the accessibility to DNAase and/or the efficiency of the repair systems depend on the chromatin structure that influences also the expression of some common fragile sites.
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Bryant PE, Birch DA, Jeggo PA. High chromosomal sensitivity of Chinese hamster xrs 5 cells to restriction endonuclease induced DNA double-strand breaks. INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF RADIATION BIOLOGY AND RELATED STUDIES IN PHYSICS, CHEMISTRY, AND MEDICINE 1987; 52:537-54. [PMID: 2822587 DOI: 10.1080/09553008714552041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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The cytogenetic effects of restriction endonucleases (RE) and X-rays were examined in the radiosensitive mutant Chinese hamster cell line xrs 5 and its normal parental line CHO K1. Cells were permeabilized with Sendai virus and exposed to Pvu II and Eco RV which induce blunt-ended double-strand breaks (dsb) in the DNA of cells, or Bam H1 and Eco R1 which induce cohesive-ended dsb with a four-base overlap. Treated cells were then assayed for the presence of metaphase chromosomal aberrations by sampling at multiple fixation times and in experiments where cells were exposed to graded series of RE concentrations. Exposure to X-rays or RE causing blunt-ended dsb was found to be between two and three times more effective in xrs 5 than in CHO K1 cells. We interpret this higher chromosomal sensitivity of xrs 5 cells as reflecting the reported defect in dsb repair in xrs 5. Both xrs 5 and CHO K1 cells yielded less aberrations after exposure to Bam H1 or Eco R1 than after exposure to Pvu II or Eco RV, confirming our previous results and demonstrating that cohesive-ended dsb are less damaging than blunt-ended dsb. Multiple fixation time experiments showed that the higher sensitivity of xrs 5 was evident at several different sampling times after treatment. Similarly the low yield of aberrations after exposure of cells to Bam H1 was evident at all sampling times. Overdispersion of chromosomal aberrations was observed in samples exposed to RE. This is thought to be due to a non-uniform permeabilization of the cell population to RE. Our results indicate that RE-induced dsb are handled by cells in a similar way to those arising during X-ray exposure.
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- P E Bryant
- Department of Biology and Preclinical Medicine, University of St Andrews, Fife, UK
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Zhang SZ, Dong WF. Chromosomal aberrations induced by the restriction endonucleases EcoR I, Pst I, Sal I and Bam HI in CHO cells. Mutat Res 1987; 180:109-14. [PMID: 3041204 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(87)90073-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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4 widely used cohesive end-producing restriction endonucleases (REs), EcoR I, Pst I, Sal I and Bam HI were tested in CHO cells for their aberration-inducing effects. It was demonstrated that all these REs significantly increased the frequencies of aberrant cells, the aberration frequencies per cell and the aberration frequencies per chromosome. The effects of REs on chromosomal aberrations are similar to ionizing radiation, but more minutes and interchange figures are observed. Polyploid cells are more susceptible to RE treatment, an interesting finding which may be explained by the mechanisms leading to the formation of polyploid cells.
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Vasudev V, Obe G. Effect of heat treatment on chromosomal aberrations induced by the alkylating agent trenimon or the restriction endonuclease Alu I in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Mutat Res 1987; 178:81-90. [PMID: 3033489 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(87)90089-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Heat treatment of CHO cells in the G1-phase of the cell cycle leads to chromatid-type aberrations in first posttreatment metaphases. Posttreatment of heat-treated cells with the alkylating agent trenimon leads to a synergistic effect on the production of chromatid-type exchanges. These results indicate that heat induces lesions which like the lesions produced by trenimon give rise to chromatid-type aberrations during the first posttreatment S-phase, and that these lesions can interact with each other to produce chromatid-type exchanges. Treatment of CHO cells in the G1-phase of the cell cycle with the restriction endonuclease Alu I induces chromosomal aberrations. Pretreatment of cells with heat leads to a reduction of Alu I induced chromosome-type aberrations. When cells are allowed to recover after heat treatment for 22 h, the aberration frequencies produced by Alu I are the same as in cells not treated with heat. These findings can be explained by assuming that heat-induced accumulation of accessory proteins in the chromatin protects the DNA from being cut by Alu I, and that the cells recovered from the heat-induced protein accumulation after 22 h.
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Nowak C. Studies on the ability of hypotonic solutions to induce chromosomal aberrations in V 79 cells. TERATOGENESIS, CARCINOGENESIS, AND MUTAGENESIS 1987; 7:515-25. [PMID: 2893465 DOI: 10.1002/tcm.1770070603] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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V 79 hamster cells were exposed to hypotonic culture medium or to hypotonic solutions of ammonium sulfate, sodium chloride, or trishydroxymethylaminomethane. Hypotonic treatment led in all experiments to a clear increase of chromosomal aberrations. Reasons for the aberrations observed may be directly induced DNA damage such as double strand breaks or a release of DNase after lysosomal damage because of the hypotonic treatment. Other reasons involved in the aberration production may be changes of the internal pH or damage of the chromosomal proteins.
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- C Nowak
- Institut für Genetik, Freie Universität Berlin, Federal Republic of Germany
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Obe G, Jonas R, Schmidt S. The restriction endonuclease Alu I induces chromosomal aberrations in human peripheral lymphocytes in vitro. Mutat Res 1986; 163:271-5. [PMID: 3023993 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(86)90025-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The restriction endonuclease Alu I (recognition site AG/CT) produces chromosomal aberrations in isolated human peripheral lymphocytes in vitro. The aberrations are of the chromosome-type when the cells are treated in G1 and of the chromatid-type when the cells are treated in late S, early G2. Additional treatment with ammonium sulphate leads to higher aberration frequencies than treatment with Alu I alone.
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Gustavino B, Johannes C, Obe G. Restriction endonuclease Bam H I induces chromosomal aberrations in Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells. Mutat Res 1986; 175:91-5. [PMID: 3020401 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(86)90130-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Treatment of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells with the restriction endonuclease Bam H I (recognition site: G/GATCC) leads to high frequencies of chromosomal aberrations. Experiments with bromodeoxyuridine-labelled chromosomes show that the aberrations occur nearly exclusively in first post-treatment metaphases. The results are interpreted to mean that only some of the cells take up the enzyme and that these cells are the ones showing the aberrations. Cells which do not take up the enzyme show up as differentially stained metaphases and have no aberrations. Why some cells take up the restriction enzyme and others not is not known, possibly this is dependent on the physiological condition of the cells.
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Obe G, Von der Hude W, Scheutwinkel-Reich M, Basler A. The restriction endonuclease Alu I induces chromosomal aberrations and mutations in the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase locus, but not in the Na+/K+ ATPase locus in V79 hamster cells. Mutat Res 1986; 174:71-4. [PMID: 3010099 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(86)90079-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The restriction endonuclease Alu I induces chromosomal aberrations and mutations in the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) locus as measured by 6-thioguanine resistance (TGr) in V79 hamster cells. Alu I does not induce mutations in the Na+/K+ ATPase locus as measured by ouabain resistance (OUAr). The data are interpreted to mean that most if not all Alu I-induced TGr mutations represent chromosomal aberrations.
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Obe G, Kamra OP. Elevation of Alu I-induced frequencies of chromosomal aberrations in Chinese hamster ovary cells by Neurospora crassa endonuclease and by ammonium sulfate. Mutat Res 1986; 174:35-46. [PMID: 3010098 DOI: 10.1016/0165-7992(86)90074-6] [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: 01/03/2023]
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The frequencies of chromosomal aberrations induced by the restriction endonuclease Alu I (recognition site AG/CT) can be elevated to a similar extent by additional treatments with a single-strand-specific endonuclease from Neurospora crassa (EC 3.1.30.1), or with ammonium sulfate in which the Neurospora endonuclease is suspended. These data indicate that Alu I does not produce DNA single-strand breaks in the chromatin of living cells, which can be recognized by the Neurospora endonuclease. The salt may induce conformational changes in the chromatin which make more recognition sites available for Alu I. Experiments with recovery times between the treatments with Alu I and the salt indicate that Alu I can act in the nucleus for at least 40 min.
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Obe G, Natarajan AT. Chromosomal aberrations induced by the restriction endonuclease Alu I in Chinese hamster ovary cells: influence of duration of treatment and potentiation by cytosine arabinoside. Mutat Res 1985; 152:205-10. [PMID: 2999588 DOI: 10.1016/0027-5107(85)90062-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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Induction of chromosomal aberrations by the restriction endonuclease Alu I in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) has been studied. Treatment of cell pellets with Alu I for a time as short as 1 min was found to induce significant increase in the frequency of chromosomal aberrations. Alu I was found to be effective both in trypsinized cells as well as in cells which were collected with a rubber policeman, indicating that trypsinization of cells is not a prerequisite for the entry of the enzyme into the cells. Treatment of cells with Alu I in the presence of 1-beta-D-arabinosylcytosine (ara C) led to an increase in the induced frequency of aberrations, most probably due to the inhibition of ligation of DNA-strand breaks by ara C.
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