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  • Title: Characterization of a CHO variant in respect to alkylating agent-induced biological effects and DNA repair.
    Author: Goth-Goldstein R, Hughes M.
    Journal: Mutat Res; 1987 Sep; 184(2):139-46. PubMed ID: 3627142.
    Abstract:
    From the Chinese hamster ovary line CHO-9 a resistant variant, Cl 3, was isolated after treatment with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG). Cl 3 cells were much more resistant to the cytotoxic effects of MNNG (D10 of 1.8 microgram/ml MNNG as compared to 0.23 microgram/ml for parental line) and other methylating N-nitroso compounds, but they had the same sensitivity to various other alkylating agents. MNNG was equally effective in sensitive parent line and resistant variant in inducing sister-chromatid exchanges (SCEs) and mutations to 6-thioguanine resistance. The increased resistance of Cl 3 was not due to reduced cellular uptake of MNNG, to a more efficient repair of methylated purine bases, or to differences in MNNG-induced inhibition of DNA synthesis. It is concluded that the resistant variant has some unknown tolerance mechanism which alters the cytotoxic, but not the SCE- and mutation-inducing effects of methylating N-nitroso compounds.
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