title: Failure to confirm increase in unscheduled DNA synthesis in sonicated mammalian cells in vitro.
abstract: Two in vitro mammalian cell lines (HeLa, mouse L5178Y) were exposed/sham exposed to ultrasound (2.3 or 2.6 MHz, I-SPTA 35 W cm-2, 10 microseconds burst duration, 200 Hz pulse repetition frequency) for 20 min and subsequently autoradiographically scored for unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS). A positive control (20 and 40 J m-2 germicidal ultraviolet at a flux density of 1 J m-2 s-1) yielded statistically significant increases in UDS; no such increase was observed for the ultrasound regimens. The results fail to confirm an earlier report by Liebeskind et al. of ultrasound-induced increases in UDS.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biology, Shiga University of Medical Science, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Doida
authors.forename: M W
authors.initials: MW
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001345:Autoradiography; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D006367:HeLa Cells / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D014465:Ultrasonics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA