title: Effect of transfection manipulations on mouse cell cycle progression.
abstract: BalB/C-3T3 mouse fibroblasts and a temperature-sensitive derivative, ts 2e, were transfected by the calcium phosphatedimethyl sulphoxide procedure to examine the effect of this manipulation on cell cycle progression. Cells were synchronized by growth to confluence in the presence of [2-14C]thymidine to generally label cellular DNA, and then subcultured from the G0 state. Plasmid pSV3-neo or pSV2-neo DNA was added to cells at 24 h post-plating, at peak S phase. At designated intervals prior to, during, and after the transfection procedure, cells were labelled with [methyl-3H]thymidine for 1 h to monitor nascent DNA synthesis and thereby assess cell cycle position. In all experiments performed, irrespective of the time of DNA addition, the transfection manipulations resulted in a reproducible, transient interruption of cell cycle progression, of about 5 h, and manifested as a delay in movement across the subsequent G1-S interface. Thereafter, the cycle resumed normally. The results indicated that the temporal sequence of the cell duplication cycle is altered when cells are exposed to exogenous DNA:Ca3 (PO4)2.
authors.affiliation: Department of Microbiology, University of Toronto, Ont., Canada.
authors.forename: C A
authors.initials: CA
authors.lastname: McBroom
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Sheinin
mesh_terms: D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002130:Calcium Phosphates; D002453:Cell Cycle; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide; D051379:Mice; D010957:Plasmids; D013936:Thymidine / Q000378:metabolism; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D002130:Calcium Phosphates; C485828:alpha-tricalcium phosphate; C485830:tetracalcium phosphate; C485838:calcium phosphate, monobasic, anhydrous; D004247:DNA; C020243:calcium phosphate; C485829:calcium phosphate, dibasic, anhydrous; D013936:Thymidine; D004121:Dimethyl Sulfoxide