title: Alteration of poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism by hyperthermia.
abstract: The intracellular levels of poly(ADP-ribose) in cultured mouse cells were increased in response to hyperthermic treatment (43 degrees C). When hyperthermia was combined with other stressful treatments such as with ethanol and/or an alkylating agent, a dramatic synergistic increase in polymer levels was observed. The effect of hyperthermia did not appear to be related to the presence of DNA strand breaks. A possible involvement of poly(ADP-ribose) metabolism in the general cellular response to environmental stress is suggested.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002471:Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D000431:Ethanol / Q000494:pharmacology*; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D006358:Hot Temperature; D007700:Kinetics; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009702:Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars / Q000378:metabolism*; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose / Q000378:metabolism*; D013539:Simian virus 40 / Q000235:genetics
chemical_list: D009702:Nucleoside Diphosphate Sugars; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine; D011064:Poly Adenosine Diphosphate Ribose; D000431:Ethanol; D004247:DNA