Mutation and repair in an ultraviolet-sensitive Chinese hamster ovary cell line
An ultraviolet (UV) light-sensitive mutant of Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO) has been isolated and characterized with respect to a number of post-irradiation responses. The UV-sensitive mutant, termed 43-3B, has the same growth rate and chromosome number as the wild-type CHO-9. 43-3B is hypersensitive to the lethal effects of UV light (D/sub 0/ of 0.3 J/m/sup 2/ as compared to 3.2 J/m/sup 2/ for the wild-type). A marked UV-hypermutability is observed in 43-3B as compared to the wild-type, as measured with markers for induced resistance to 6-thioguanine, ouabain, and diphtheria toxin. A factor of 38 to 65 more mutations are induced per unit fluence in 43-3B than in CHO-9. The UV-sensitive mutant is also sensitive to killing by simulated solar light, although the D/sub 0/ ratio is not as great as for germicidal UV. 43-3B exhibits only about 17% of the wild-type level of UV-stimulated DNA repair synthesis, as measured by autoradiography of G/sub 1/ phase cells. A much reduced ability to recover control rates of semiconservative DNA synthesis after UV irradiation was observed in the repair-deficient 43-3B cell line. Recovery of colony-forming ability between fractionated UV exposures was observed in the wild-type CHO-9, but little recovery was seen in 43-3B. The present investigation demonstrates that a sensitive/wild-type pair of CHO cell lines can be used in comparative studies to determine the involvement of repair in a wide range of post-irradiation phenomena.
- Research Organization:
- Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
- DOE Contract Number:
- W-7405-ENG-48
- OSTI ID:
- 5174373
- Report Number(s):
- LBL-13622; ON: DE82005764
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: Thesis
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CELL CULTURES
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COLONY FORMATION
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560121* - Radiation Effects on Cells- External Source- (-1987)