Hydrogen peroxide mediates the radiation-induced mutator phenotype in mammalian cells.
Hydrogen peroxide mediates the radiation-induced mutator phenotype in mammalian cells.
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10.1042/bj20071643
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2008-07-01
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Spitz DR
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Dayal D;Martin SM;Limoli CL;Spitz DR
Chronic oxidative stress has been associated with genomic instability following exposure to ionizing radiation (IR). However, data showing direct causal linkages between specific reactive oxygen species and the IR-induced mutator phenotype are lacking. The current study demonstrates that IR-induced genomically unstable cells (characterized by chromosomal instability and increased mutation and gene amplification frequencies) show a 3-fold increase in steady-state levels of hydrogen peroxide, but not superoxide. Furthermore, stable clones isolated from parallel studies showed significant increases in catalase and glutathione-peroxidase activity. Treatment of unstable cells with polyethylene glycol-conjugated catalase [PEG-CAT] reduced the mutation frequency and mutation rate in a dose dependent fashion. In addition, inhibiting catalase activity in the stable clones using 3-aminotriazole increased mutation frequency and rate. These results clearly demonstrate the causal relationship between chronic oxidative stress mediated by hydrogen peroxide and the mutator phenotype that persists many generations following exposure of mammalian cells to IR.