title: Effect of thiols on micronucleus frequency in gamma-irradiated mammalian cells.
abstract: The effects of the thiols cysteamine, WR-1065, and WR-255591 on radiation-induced micronucleus (MN) frequency and cell killing were compared in cultured Chinese hamster ovary cells. MN were measured using the cytochalasin B assay of Fenech and Morley (1985), which minimizes the effect of cytokinetic perturbations on MN expression. The dose-response curves for MN induction were curvilinear both for control cells at doses between 1.5 and 4.5 Gy and for thiol-treated cells at doses between 3 and 9 Gy. Protection against MN induction by each thiol was independent of radiation dose. Furthermore, there was a close correlation between the degree of modification of MN induction and cell survival by each thiol, i.e., the MN frequency closely predicted the survival level regardless of the presence of absence of the thiols. A similar predictive relationship has also been reported by us for cell survival and DNA double-strand break (DSB) induction in this cell line following treatment with these same thiols. Collectively, these data support the hypothesis that, for DNA-repair-proficient mammalian cells treated with radiomodifying agents that do not alter DNA-repair processes, MN and DSB induction are predictive of the level of radiation lethality and of each other.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Radiotherapy, University of Texas, M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Murray
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Prager
authors.forename: E M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Altschuler
authors.forename: W A
authors.initials: WA
authors.lastname: Brock
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D006224:Cricetinae; D003543:Cysteamine / Q000633:toxicity*; D003571:Cytochalasin B / Q000494:pharmacology; D004260:DNA Repair; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005720:Gamma Rays; D008624:Mercaptoethylamines / Q000633:toxicity*; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D012044:Regression Analysis; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D008624:Mercaptoethylamines; D013438:Sulfhydryl Compounds; C020174:N-(2-mercaptoethyl)-1,3-diaminopropane; C056753:S-2-(3-methylaminopropylamino)ethanethiol; D003571:Cytochalasin B; D003543:Cysteamine