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Degradation or consumption of exogenous thymidine in absence or presence of exogenous deoxycytidine: Effect on DNA chain elongation and (/sup 3/H)thymidine incorporation in control and uv-irradiated CHO-K1 cells

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:5673087
When CHO-K1 cells monolayers are grown in Ham's F-12 culture medium containing 10% fetal calf serum (medium A) exogenous thymidine (dThd) is degraded to thymine by a putative dThd phosphorylase. Thymine is then poorly incorporated into cellular DNA. When 2 mM deoxycytidine (dCyd) is added to medium A (medium B) no degradation of exogenous dThd occurs; rather dThd is consumed in the synthesis of DNA, presumably via a dThd kinase or other nucleoside salvage pathway. Differences in the kinetics of DNA synthesis, measured by (/sup 3/H)dThd pulse-incorporation or by alkaline sucrose velocity sedimentation, are observed in the two media. In comparison to cells in medium A, DNA chain elongation rates of cells in medium B are faster but total DNA synthesis in these cells, measured by incorporation of (/sup 3/H)dThd, appears to be 2- to 3-fold more sensitive to the inhibitory effects of 10 Jm/sup -2/ uv-radiation. 23 refs., 3 figs.
Research Organization:
Pacific Northwest Lab., Richland, WA (USA); Northwest Coll. and Univ. Association for Science, Richland, WA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC06-76RL01830; FG06-86ER75235
OSTI ID:
5673087
Report Number(s):
PNL-SA-13956; ON: DE88005628
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English