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Lethal and mutagenic effects of 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide in uv-sensitive and wild-type CHO cell lines

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:6620779
A wild-type Chinese hamster ovary cell line (CHO-9) and its uv-sensitive subclone (43-3B) have been used in characterizing the lethal and mutagenic effects of the chemical carcinogen, 4-nitroquinoline 1-oxide (4NQO). Cell survival as a function of 4NQO dose was determined for exponential and growth arrested populations of both cell lines. During exponential growth, 43-3B was 3.7 times more sensitive than CHO-9 (based on the ratio of the D/sub 0/ doses) to induced reproductive death by 4NQO. for both cell lines, cells treated during growth arrest survived at close to control values. Expression time for resistance at three loci, 6-thioguanine resistance (6TG/sup r/), ouabain resistance (OUA/sup R/) and resistance to diptheria toxin (DT/sup r/), was determined and was complete for all three markers by the eighth day post-treatment. Dose response curves for these markers measured on Day 8 were linear in CHO-9 over the range of doses tested. Preliminary results for induction of 6TG/sup r/ in 43-3B show the subclone to be hypermutable on a per dose basis but hypomutable at equal levels of survival (2.6 times less mutable compared at D/sub 0/). Studies of survival and mutation in synchronous cells were undertaken for CHO-9. A pronounced cell cycle effect was seen with lowest survival during late G1. Mutation induction was highest during G1; the degree and pattern of cycle variation depending on the locus examined.
Research Organization:
Lawrence Berkeley Lab., CA (USA)
DOE Contract Number:
AC03-76SF00098
OSTI ID:
6620779
Report Number(s):
LBL-14730; ON: DE83005858
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English