Comparative studies on photoreactivation of ultraviolet light-induced T4 endonuclease susceptible sites and sister-chromatid exchanges in Potorous cells - PubMed (original) (raw)

Comparative studies on photoreactivation of ultraviolet light-induced T4 endonuclease susceptible sites and sister-chromatid exchanges in Potorous cells

K Ishizaki et al. Mutat Res. 1985 Jun-Jul.

Abstract

Photoreactivation (PR) of T4 endonuclease-susceptible sites (ESS) and sister-chromatid exchanges induced by ultraviolet light was investigated in Potorous tridactylis Pt K2 cells, using monochromatic light from a grating monochromator. Both ESS and SCE showed maximum PR at 350 nm and the action spectra of PR essentially overlapped between ESS and SCE at 350, 400 and 450 nm. Exposure to 325-nm light after UV irradiation induced additional ESS and SCE, but reduction of ESS was shown by increasing exposure to 325-nm light, and further induction of SCE was observed by the same treatment. A possible difference in mechanisms between induction of ESS and SCE is suggested at 325 nm, while similar causes for ESS and SCE, presumably pyrimidine dimers, are suggested by UV (254-nm) irradiation.

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