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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2004-5-10
pubmed:abstractText
We examined the delayed induction of telomere instability in hTERT-immortalized normal human fibroblast (BJ1-hTERT) cells exposed to X-rays. BJ1-hTERT cells were irradiated with 2 Gy of X-rays, and chromosome aberrations were analyzed 24 hours after irradiation and in the surviving cells 14 days after X-ray exposure. We found that the X-ray-surviving cells showed an increased frequency of chromatid gaps and breaks and chromosome fragments compared to the control cells. Furthermore, centromere- and telomere-FISH revealed that the frequency of telomere loss and duplication significantly increased in surviving cells compared to the control level. Because no induction of telomere abnormality was observed in cells 24 hours after irradiation, X-irradiation might not affect telomeres directly, but it specifically induces delayed telomere instability in normal human fibroblast cells.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Mar
pubmed:issn
0449-3060
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
45
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
105-10
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2004
pubmed:articleTitle
Delayed induction of telomere instability in normal human fibroblast cells by ionizing radiation.
pubmed:affiliation
Division of Radiation Biology, Department of Radiology and Radiation Biology, Course of Life Sciences and Radiation Research, Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki University, Japan.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't