Protection of DNA molecules of cultured mammalian cells from radiation-induced single-strand scissions by various alcohols and SH compounds.
Protection of DNA molecules of cultured mammalian cells from radiation-induced single-strand scissions by various alcohols and SH compounds.
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10.1080/09553007214550401
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1972
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R. Roots;S. Okada
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R. Roots;S. Okada
SummaryThe addition of alcohols (methanol, ethanol, t-butanol, ethylene glycol, and glycerol), SH compounds (cysteamine, cysteine and mercaptoethanol) and cystamine protected DNA molecules of mammalian cells from radiation-induced single-strand scissions. The protection afforded with these scavengers increased as their concentrations were increased, but always only up to a certain maximum. The maximum protection was the same for all the alcohols and cystamine, but another maximum was found for all the SH compounds. The extent of radiation-induced single-strand breaks can therefore be grouped into protectable and non-protectable fractions.In the protectable fraction, there is a linear relationship between the scavenger concentrations for half maximum protection and the reaction rate constants for the OH radical reacting with the scavengers. No such linear relationship was demonstrated with rate constants of H and eaq−. This leads us to the following suggestions: (1) that the protectable fraction is mostly ...