title: A cell-free assay measuring repair DNA synthesis in human fibroblasts.
abstract: Osmotic disruption of confluent cultured human fibroblasts that have been irradiated or exposed to chemical carcinogens allows the specific measurement of repair DNA synthesis using dTTP as a precursor. Fibroblasts similarly prepared from various xeroderma pigmentosum cell lines show the deficiencies of UV-induced DNA synthesis predicted from in vivo studies, while giving normal responses to methyl methanesulfonate. A pyrimidine-dimer-specific enzyme, T4 endonuclease V, stimulated the rate of UV-induced repair synthesis with normal and xeroderma pigmentosum cell lines. This system should prove useful for identifying agents that induce DNA repair, and cells that respond abnormally to such induction. It should also be applicable to an in vitro complementation assay with repair-defective cells and proteins obtained from repair-proficient cells. Finally, by using actively growing fibroblasts and thymidine in the system, DNA replication can be measured and studied in vitro.
mesh_terms: D002273:Carcinogens / Q000494:pharmacology; D002460:Cell Line; D002474:Cell-Free System; D003090:Coliphages / Q000201:enzymology; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004260:DNA Repair; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000378:metabolism; D009153:Mutagens / Q000494:pharmacology; D013942:Thymine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays; D014983:Xeroderma Pigmentosum / Q000378:metabolism*
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D009153:Mutagens; D013942:Thymine Nucleotides; D004247:DNA; D004720:Endonucleases
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