title: Influence of cellular differentiation on repair of ultraviolet-induced DNA damage in murine proadipocytes.
abstract: The effects of cellular differentiation on the repair of DNA damage induced by uv radiation were investigated in the murine 3T3-T proadipocyte cell culture system. Upon exposure to human plasma, actively cycling 3T3-T cells (stem cells) undergo growth arrest, which is followed by terminal differentiation into lipid-laden adipocytes. In response to uv irradiation, the level of unscheduled DNA synthesis is significantly lower in adipocytes as compared to stem cells. The alkaline elution assay was used to monitor the appearance of repair-induced strand breaks in 3T3-T cells after uv irradiation. DNA strand breaks were detected in stem cells by 4 min post-uv with essentially no further increase after 8 min. When terminally differentiated adipocytes were irradiated and allowed to repair, however, more strand breaks were present at 4 min and, in marked contrast to stem cells, continued to accumulate in adipocytes for at least 16 min post-uv. Inhibition of repair-replication with hydroxyurea and cytosine arabinoside significantly increased accumulation of repair-induced strand breaks in stem cells, yet had little effect on this accumulation in adipocytes. For stem cells and adipocytes, incision activity was linear out to at least 10 Jm-2 without saturation. These data suggested that 3T3-T cell differentiation is accompanied by a defect in some postincision process of the excision-repair pathway.
authors.affiliation: Department of Experimental Radiotherapy, University of Texas M.D. Anderson Hospital and Tumor Institute, Houston 77030.
authors.forename: P J
authors.initials: PJ
authors.lastname: Tofilon
authors.forename: R E
authors.initials: RE
authors.lastname: Meyn
mesh_terms: D000273:Adipose Tissue / Q000166:cytology; D000818:Animals; D001769:Blood; D002454:Cell Differentiation; D004247:DNA / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D051379:Mice; D013234:Stem Cells; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004247:DNA