Effect of hydroxyurea on radiation-induced division delay in CHO cells. [X Radiation]
The effects of the DNA synthesis-inhibitor hydroxyurea (HU) on radiation-induced division delay in CHO cells were studied using the mitotic selection procedure for cell cycle analysis. After the addition of 1.0 mM HU, the mitotic yield (number of mitotic cells selected from an asynchronous population) remained unaltered for a time and then decreased eventually to zero with a point of action at the S/G/sub 2/ boundary, i.e., cells in S were halted while cells in G/sub 2/ and M proceeded through mitosis and were selected, but at a slower rate than normal. Pulsed treatment with HU for up to 2 hr caused a decline in mitotic yield, but after the pulse-length-dependent S delay, S-phase cells entered G/sub 2/ and progressed to mitosis. Treatment with HU pulses (less than or equal to 2 hr) either before or after X irradiation did not alter the number of cells refractory to radiation-induced division delay nor the duration of the delay. This indicates that DNA synthesis was not necessary for recovery from radiation-induced division delay, and that the first cells to recover from radiation-induced delay were in G/sub 2/ at the time of irradiation. Finally, utilizing HU pulses to partially synchronize cells in G/sub 2/, no differential division delay was observed for cells irradiated within the G/sub 2/ phase. However, if a cell in G/sub 2/ was exposed to HU for prolonged periods (i.e., treatment before irradiation and continuing during division delay and after mitotic recovery), considerable retardation of progression occurred.
- Research Organization:
- Thomas Jefferson Univ. Hospital, Philadelphia
- OSTI ID:
- 5062462
- Journal Information:
- Radiat. Res.; (United States), Vol. 72:2
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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HYDROXYUREA
RADIOSENSITIVITY EFFECTS
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