DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS IN MAMMALIAN-CELLS AFTER EXPOSURE TO INTERCALATING AGENTS
DNA DOUBLE-STRAND BREAKS IN MAMMALIAN-CELLS AFTER EXPOSURE TO INTERCALATING AGENTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2787(81)90145-3
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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BRADLEY, MO
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ROSS, WE;BRADLEY, MO
Exposing mouse [leukemia] L1210 cells to intercalating agents such as [the antineoplastic drugs] adriamycin, ellipticine and actinomycin D results in DNA single-strand breaks and DNA-protein crosslinks. To characterize further the interaction between these drugs and intracellular DNA, a modification of the alkaline elution technique was employed. which allows the detection of DNA double-strand breaks. Ellipticine (1.25-5.0 .mu.g/ml), adriamycin (0.5-3.0 .mu.g/ml) and actinomycin D (1.5-3.0 .mu.g/ml) all caused double-strand breaks in DNA from L1210 cells following a 1 h treatment. The number of double-strand breaks found per single strand break was highest for ellipticine, despite the fact that this is the least cytotoxic of the 3 drugs. By comparing the single and double strand break frequency caused by radiation to that caused by ellipticine, it appears that most if not all of the drug-induced single strand breaks observed actually represent double-strand breaks. These double-strand breaks may result from the action of an intracellular enzyme, perhaps topoisomerase, which breaks both strands in concert to relieve the topologial strain caused by drug intercalation.