title: DNA repair in congenic mice: possible influence of a chromosome 4 genetic region on the rate of benzo[a]pyrene-induced DNA adduct removal.
abstract: An attempt was made to assign mouse lifespan-associated interstrain differences in DNA repair to a specific chromosomal region using a set of congenic mice. The sensitive 32P-postlabeling assay was employed to measure the removal of benzo[a]pyrene-induced DNA adducts in liver DNA of three different chromosome 4 congenic mouse strains: B6.C-H-15c, B6.C-H-16c, and B6.C-H-26c and the two parental strains, C57B1/6 and BALB/c. The removal of the one main adduct detected, trans-(7R)-N2-[10-(7 beta,8 alpha,9 alpha-trihydroxy)-7,8,9,10- tetrahydrobenzo(a)-pyrene]-yl-deoxyguanosine (BPDE-N2-dG), in liver DNA of C57Bl/6 and BALB/c mice between one and three days after treatment, was approximately 86% and 57%, respectively. The percentage removal of BPDE-N2-dG in two of the three congenic mouse strains, B6.C-H-16c and B6.C-H-26c, resembled that found in BALB/c, whereas the third strain, B6.C-H-15c, removed about the same amount as C57B1/6, i.e., approximately 88% of BPDE-N2-dG between one and three days after treatment. The usefulness of congenic mouse strains for identifying genes putatively involved in aging and/or disease susceptibility is discussed.
authors.affiliation: Division on Aging, Harvard Medical School, Boston.
authors.forename: M E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Boerrigter
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Yin
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vijg
authors.forename: J Y
authors.initials: JY
authors.lastname: Wei
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D000818:Animals; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene / Q000009:adverse effects* / Q000032:analysis*; D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000032:analysis; D002875:Chromosomes; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis* / Q000302:isolation & purification; D018736:DNA Adducts; D004249:DNA Damage / Q000235:genetics*; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives / Q000032:analysis; D005796:Genes; D008017:Life Expectancy; D008099:Liver / Q000737:chemistry; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D008815:Mice, Inbred Strains; D009711:Nucleotides / Q000032:analysis
chemical_list: D001580:Benzopyrenes; D018736:DNA Adducts; D009711:Nucleotides; C056612:benzo(a)pyrene-DNA adduct; D001564:Benzo(a)pyrene; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; C072019:benzo(a)pyrene diolepoxide I; C040060:7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxide-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo(a)pyrene-10-deoxyguanosine; D004247:DNA; D003849:Deoxyguanosine