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  • Title: Enhanced expression of X-ray- and UV-induced chromosome aberrations by cytosine arabinoside in ataxia telangiectasia cells.
    Author: Ejima Y, Sasaki MS.
    Journal: Mutat Res; 1986; 159(1-2):117-23. PubMed ID: 3941661.
    Abstract:
    The effect of cytosine arabinoside (ara-C) on the frequency of X-ray- or UV-induced chromosome aberrations was studied in cultured skin fibroblasts derived from 2 normal persons, 4 ataxia telangiectasia (AT) patients and 2 obligate AT heterozygotes. Density-inhibited cells were irradiated with X-rays or UV, post-treated with ara-C, and chromosomes in the first post-irradiation mitoses were examined. UV, a poor inducer of chromosome-type aberrations in G1, caused chromosome-type aberrations (dicentrics and rings) when coupled with ara-C both in normal and AT cells, but to a much greater extent in AT cells. In AT cells, an elevated induction of both terminal deletions and chromatid aberrations was also observed by the application of UV and ara-C, and unexpectedly, UV alone induced a considerable frequency of both types of aberrations. The enhancing effect of ara-C on X-irradiated cells was less pronounced than on UV-irradiated cells. The responses of AT heterozygotes were virtually the same as those of normal cells. These findings suggest that ara-C can convert the UV-induced DNA damage into the type that has a potential to induce dicentrics and rings in G1 as well as to elicit a hypersensitive response of AT cells.
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