KINETOCHORE DETECTION IN MICRONUCLEI - AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR MEASURING CHROMOSOME LOSS
KINETOCHORE DETECTION IN MICRONUCLEI - AN ALTERNATIVE METHOD FOR MEASURING CHROMOSOME LOSS
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DOI:
10.1093/mutage/4.2.98
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发表时间:
1989-03-01
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影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
MORLEY, AA
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作者:
FENECH, M;MORLEY, AA
Whole chromosomes within micronuclei (MN) in cytokinesis-blocked human lymphocytes were detected by using anti-kinetochore antibodies obtained from the seurm of scleroderma patients. The primary antibody was localized using a peroxidase-labelled second antibody followed by a nickel chloride modification of the diamino-benzidine reaction to give a permanent slide preparation. Between 82 and 92% of colchicine-induced MN were shown to be kinetochore-positive. Results for spontaneously occurring micronuclei in young (20-35 years) and elderly (> 65 years) subjects indicated that 42 (.+-. 6) and 50 (.+-. 6)%, respectively, contained kinetochores. Perhaps the more novel observation was that .apprx. 12% of X-ray-induced micronuclei were kinetochore-positive and thus could have been the result of whole chromosome loss events. Kinetochore-detection in micronuclei provides a new approach to measure chromosome loss and therefore may be important in identifying aneuploidy-inducing agents.