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  • Title: A fluence response study of lethality and mutagenicity of white, black, and blue fluorescent light, sunlamp, and sunlight irradiation in Chinese hamster ovary cells.
    Author: Hsie AW, Li AP, Machanoff R.
    Journal: Mutat Res; 1977 Dec; 45(3):333-42. PubMed ID: 593289.
    Abstract:
    Under a set of defined experimental conditions, the fluence response of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to various light sources was studied by measuring single-cell survival and mutation to 6-thioguanine (TG) resistance. Fluorescent white, black, and blue lights were sightly lethal and mutagenic. Sunlamp light was highly lethal and mutagenic, exhibiting these biological effects within 15 sec of exposure under conditions recommended by the manufacturer for human use. Lethal and mutagenic effects were observed after 5 min of sunlight exposure; responses varied with hourly and daily variations in solar radiation. Sunlight-induced TG-resistant variants possessed less than 5% of parental cellular hypoxanthine--guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HGPRT) enzyme activity, suggesting that the mutation induction occurs at this locus. The cell survival and mutation-induction curves generated by exposure of cells to both sunlamp and sunlight were similar to those obtained by the use of a standard far-UV lamp.
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