title: dNTP pool imbalance induced endonuclease: 5-fluorodeoxyuridine induced DNA double strand break in mouse FM3A cells and the mechanism of cell death.
abstract: The mechanism of intracellular deoxyribonucleotide triphosphates (dNTP) pool imbalance-induced cell death in mouse FM3A cells was studied. When the cells were treated with 1 microM 5-fluorodeoxyuridine (FdUrd), the imbalance of the cellular dNTP pool was induced. The imbalance was followed by DNA double stranded breaks and subsequent cell death. The endonuclease toward double stranded DNA has been found in a fraction of FdUrd treated cell lysate, and isolated using column chromatography. SDS-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis showed a major protein species of approximate 45 kDa. The endonuclease was revealed, using electrophoretic separation in SDS-polyacrylamide gels containing DNA, by incubating the gels in buffer to remove SDS and to allow renaturation and enzyme activity.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Okayama University, Japan.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Otani
authors.forename: H S
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Hwang
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Nakazawa
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wataya
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D017104:Bacteriophage M13 / Q000378:metabolism; D016923:Cell Death / Q000187:drug effects; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004249:DNA Damage; D004279:DNA, Viral / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000378:metabolism; D003854:Deoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004720:Endonucleases / Q000096:biosynthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D004790:Enzyme Induction; D005467:Floxuridine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice
chemical_list: D004279:DNA, Viral; D003854:Deoxyribonucleotides; D005467:Floxuridine; D004720:Endonucleases