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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12 Pt 1
pubmed:dateCreated
1982-2-25
pubmed:abstractText
Human lymphoblastoid cell lines from normal individuals and from patients with ataxia telangiectasia were either proficient or deficient in their ability to repair the mutagenic DNA adduct O6-methylguanine that is induced by methylating carcinogens. There was no relationship between the capacity to repair O6-methylguanine and the ataxia telangiectasia phenotype. Time-course studies done following a short pulse (2 min) of alkylation with 0.5 microgram of N-[3H]methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosguanidine per ml revealed that the repair of O6-methylguanine in human lymphoblastoid lines proficient in this ability is a rapid process, which proceeds with a half-life of 10 to 15 min. Lymphoblastoid lines with deficient capacity to repair this DNA adduct were hypersensitive to the cytotoxic effect of the methylating carcinogens N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine, N-methyl-N-nitrosourea, and methyl methanesulfonate, and this hypersensitivity was correlated with the relative amount of O6-methylguanine induced by each of the three chemicals. This was taken as an indication of the lethality of unrepaired O6-methylgluanine. The extent of DNA repair synthesis induced by the three carcinogens was the same in cell lines proficient and deficient in O6-methylguanine repair, indicating no major deficiency in an excision repair pathway in the hypersensitive cell lines.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0008-5472
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
41
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
5114-20
pubmed:dateRevised
2006-11-15
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1981
pubmed:articleTitle
Kinetics of O6-methylguanine repair in human normal and ataxia telangiectasia cell lines and correlation of repair capacity with cellular sensitivity to methylating agents.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.