The longevity of chemically induced sister chromatid exchanges in chinese hamster ovary cells
- 1 January 1982
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Environmental Mutagenesis
- Vol. 4 (6) , 647-655
- https://doi.org/10.1002/em.2860040604
Abstract
The persistence of the lesions leading to sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) following acute exposure of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to direct‐acting chemical mutagens was measured. The results revealed that these lesions (and consequently SCEs) are rapidly eliminated from cells. SCE levels fell to near control values by the third or fourth day (six and eight cell cycles, respectively) following exposure of CHO cells to quinacrine mustard (QM) and mitomycin C (MMC). In contrast, cells exposed to methyl methanesulfonate (MMS) showed a small but significant increase in SCE level over control up to and including the fifth day following exposure (approximately ten cell cycles), suggesting that the behavior of these lesions in cells is influenced, at least in part, by the mechanism by which a specific agent interacts with DNA. The possibility that the decline in SCE level was due to the loss of cell populations with high numbers of exchanges was eliminated by the assessment of cloning efficiencies of treated and control cultures.Keywords
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