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Sister chromatid exchange distributions in rabbit lymphocytes treated with streptonigrin

Journal Article · · Environ. Manage.; (United States)
Streptonigrin (NSC-45383), a direct-acting clastogen which induces SCEs in vivo and chromosome aberrations both in vivo and in vitro, was evaluated for SCE induction in both G/sub 0/ and stimulated rabbit lymphocytes. Determinations were made for 16 cultures from seven female rabbits. These included controls as well as cells exposed to 90 ..mu..g/kg in vivo, cells pulse-treated with 50 ng/ml in vitro, and a culture continously exposed to 5 ng/ml in vitro. For all cultures the SCE/cell frequency was determined from 20 complete (44 chromosome) metaphases and, in selected cultures, SCEs on individual chromosomes (880 per culture from 20 cells) were enumerated to determine SCE/chromosome frequency and the chromosomal distribution of SCEs. Analysis of variance and least significant difference tests of the ..sqrt..x transformed SCE/cell data show that cells exposed to streptonigrin while dividing have significantly higher frequencies (over double the control 5.3 SCE/cell value) whereas treated G/sub 0/ cells were not significantly different from the controls. Dispersion analysis of both SCE/cell and SCE/chromosome data confirms the adequacy of the Poisson distribution for spontaneous or baseline but not streptonigrin-induced SCEs.
Research Organization:
Oak Ridge Associated Universities, TN
DOE Contract Number:
AC05-76OR00033
OSTI ID:
5014937
Journal Information:
Environ. Manage.; (United States), Journal Name: Environ. Manage.; (United States) Vol. 5:6; ISSN EMNGD
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English