Sister chromatid exchange induced by short‐lived monoadducts produced by the bifunctional agents mitomycin C and 8‐methoxypsoralen

1 January 1982

journal article
research article
Published by Wiley in Environmental Mutagenesis

Vol. 4 (3) , 239-247
https://doi.org/10.1002/em.2860040306

Abstract

To see if DNA crosslinks are involved in the induction of sister chromatid exchange (SCE), Chinese hamster ovary cells were exposed to two bifunctional alkylating agents, mitomycin C and 8‐methoxypsoralen, and their monofunctional derivatives, decarbamoyl mitomycin C and angelicin. The data indicate that monoadducts, rather than crosslinks, are responsible for SCE formation. Furthermore, all agents but angelicin produced short‐lived lesions that led to SCEs in the first period of DNA replication after treatment (twin SCEs), but not in the second (single SCEs). In contrast, angelicin, like methyl methanesulfonate and N‐acetoxyacetylaminofluorene, produced lesions that lasted more than one cycle, indicating that several different types of DNA lesions are capable of SCE induction.

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