title: Differential response of excision proficient and deficient L5178Y cells to UVC irradiation and benzamide.
abstract: L5178Y-R and L5178Y-S cells differ in sensitivity to UVC radiation (D0 values: 2.8 and 9.0 J m-2 respectively, exposure in Fischer's medium). The UVC sensitivity is related to the excision repair ability. Benzamide (Bz), an inhibitor of adenosine diphosphoribosyl transferase (ADPRT), does not modify the lethal effect of UVC radiation in L5178Y-R cells, whereas it sensitizes L5178Y-S cells. The content of NAD+ after irradiation decreases only in the latter cells and this decrease can be prevented by 2 mM Bz treatment. In agreement with the survival data, in L5178Y-R cells neither the proportion of abnormal cells nor the frequency of chromatid aberration are affected by 2 mM Bz treatment, in contrast with L5178Y-S cells. Bz slightly reverses inhibition of 3H-thymidine incorporation only in L5178Y-S cells, but it does not affect the proportions of cells in the different phases of the cell cycle in either cell strain after UVC exposure. These data could be taken as an indirect indication of the involvement of ADPRT in DNA repair in UVC-irradiated L5178Y-S cells. However, the increase in the number of DNA strand breaks in UVC-exposed, Bz-treated cells compared with UVC-exposed untreated cells is the same in both L5178Y strains.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiobiology and Health Protection, Institute of Nuclear Chemistry and Technology, Warsaw, Poland.
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Szumiel
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Włodek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Niepokojczycka
authors.forename: K J
authors.initials: KJ
authors.lastname: Johanson
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001549:Benzamides / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002453:Cell Cycle / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000528:radiation effects*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D007940:Leukemia L5178 / Q000235:genetics / Q000473:pathology; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D001549:Benzamides