The restriction endonuclease AluI induces sister chromatid exchange in Chinese hamster ovary cells

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Abstract
Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were exposed to the restriction endonuclease AluI in the presence of 1.1 M glycerol. Chromosomal aberrations and sister chromatid exchange (SCE) were scored in first post-treatment metaphases following recovery times of 6-18 h. At all recovery times chromosomal aberrations were induced by the enzyme. In AluI-treated damaged cells significant elevations of SCE frequencies were found after recovery times of 12-18 h. These results indicate that SCE, unlike chromosomal aberrations, are induced only in late G1 and early S phase of the cell cycle. The lesions producing SCE are postulated as DNA single-strand breaks and gaps induced by AluI in canonical structures of DNA and in DNA-RNA hybrids.

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