Effects of 3'-deoxyadenosine (cordycepin) on the repair of X-ray-induced DNA single- and double-strand breaks in Chinese hamster V79 cells.
The ability of cordycepin to inhibit the repair of DNA strand breaks was examined with X-irradiated Chinese hamster V79 cells in log-phase culture. A filter elution technique revealed that 70 microM cordycepin did not inhibit the repair of single-strand breaks but inhibited the repair of double-strand breaks. These findings confirmed the fact that the increase in the lethality of cordycepin in X-irradiated cultured mammalian cells was attributable to unrepaired DNA double-strand breaks.
Hiraoka
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Department of Radiation Biology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan.
Kuwabara
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Sato
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D000818:Animals; D002460:Cell Line; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004247:DNA / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects*; D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects*; D003839:Deoxyadenosines / Q000494:pharmacology*; D009153:Mutagens / Q000494:pharmacology*
D004277:DNA, Single-Stranded; D003839:Deoxyadenosines; D009153:Mutagens; D004247:DNA; C058120:cordycepin