title: A novel type of X-ray-sensitive Chinese hamster cell mutant with radioresistant DNA synthesis and hampered DNA double-strand break repair.
abstract: It has been shown that the Chinese hamster cell mutant V-C8 is sensitive to different DNA damaging agents, such as mitomycin C (MMC), alkylating agents, UV light, and X-rays. We found that V-C8 is also sensitive to the following radiomimetic agents: bleomycin (approximately 2-fold, based on D10 values), H2O2 (approximately 2-fold), streptonigrin (approximately 11-fold), and etoposide (approximately 8-fold). Two independent spontaneous MMC-resistant revertants isolated from V-C8 cells show a level of cell killing by X-rays, EMS, and UV light which is similar to that of wild-type cells, suggesting that the observed pattern of cross-sensitivity of V-C8 cells to a wide spectrum of DNA damaging agents results from a single mutation. V-C8 cells also display radioresistant DNA synthesis following gamma-irradiation which, however, remained almost unchanged in the V-C8 revertants. The measurement of the level and rate of repair of DNA single- and double-strand breaks (SSBs and DSBs, respectively) by the DNA elution technique showed that the V-C8 mutant has a slower repair of DSBs induced by gamma-rays. The described unique phenotype of V-C8 cells suggested that V-C8 represents a novel type of mutant amongst X-ray-sensitive hamster cell mutants. To confirm this, complementation analysis with other X-ray-sensitive mutants was performed. V-C8 cells were fused with EM9, XR-1, xrs5, sxi-1, V-3, V-E5, irs3, and BLM2 mutant cells, representing different complementation groups. All the obtained hybrids regained X-ray resistance (or bleomycin resistance in the case of V-C8/BLM2 hybrids) similar to that of wild-type cells, indicating that V-C8 represents a new complementation group. The results presented indicate that V-C8 is defective in a gene involved in a pathway operating in the responses to different DNA damaging agents in mammalian cells.
authors.affiliation: MGC-Department of Radiation Genetics and Chemical Mutagenesis, State University of Leiden, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: G W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Verhaegh
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Jongmans
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Morolli
authors.forename: N G
authors.initials: NG
authors.lastname: Jaspers
authors.forename: G P
authors.initials: GP
authors.lastname: van der Schans
authors.forename: P H
authors.initials: PH
authors.lastname: Lohman
authors.forename: M Z
authors.initials: MZ
authors.lastname: Zdzienicka
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D016466:CHO Cells; D002470:Cell Survival / Q000528:radiation effects; D006224:Cricetinae; D004247:DNA / Q000528:radiation effects; D004249:DNA Damage; D004260:DNA Repair; D004261:DNA Replication; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology; D005047:Etoposide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005609:Free Radicals; D005720:Gamma Rays; D005816:Genetic Complementation Test; D016685:Mitomycin / Q000494:pharmacology; D009153:Mutagens / Q000494:pharmacology; D011839:Radiation, Ionizing; D013308:Streptonigrin / Q000494:pharmacology; D059004:Topoisomerase I Inhibitors; D014965:X-Rays
chemical_list: D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D005609:Free Radicals; D009153:Mutagens; D059004:Topoisomerase I Inhibitors; D001761:Bleomycin; D013308:Streptonigrin; D016685:Mitomycin; D005047:Etoposide; D004247:DNA