title: Spontaneous sister-chromatid exchange frequencies in human B and T lymphocytes at BrdU borderline concentrations for sister-chromatid differentiation.
abstract: Human peripheral blood B and T lymphocytes, highly purified by immunologic methods, were supplemented with gamma-irradiated unseparated autologous mononuclear cells to restore helper functions and stimulated with pokeweed mitogen and phytohemagglutinin, respectively. Spontaneous sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) frequencies were investigated in proliferating B and T lymphocyte cultures labeled with the cell-type-specific borderline concentrations of 5-bromodeoxyuridine (BrdU) for sister-chromatid differentiation (SCD). B lymphocytes from 6 different donors showed mean values of 3.28-3.72 SCE events/cell. In T lymphocytes, mean values of 6.30-7.28 SCEs/cell were observed. The differences between the SCE distributions of the cell populations are highly significant. The results show that the differences in the spontaneous SCE frequencies between human B and T lymphocytes were not due to a difference in the uptake of BrdU.
authors.affiliation: Abteilung Humangenetik der Medizinischen Hochschule Hannover, F.R.G.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miller
mesh_terms: D001402:B-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000008:administration & dosage; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange / Q000187:drug effects; D013601:T-Lymphocytes / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine