title: Restriction enzyme buffers and 5-azacytidine induce loss of protein and banding in plant metaphase chromosomes.
abstract: The incubation of root meristem of Vicia faba L. with 5-azacytidine for 72 h (5 cell cycles) resulted in shorter DNA fragments after digestion with a restriction enzyme Sau3A. Under the same condition in situ digestion of metaphase chromosomes with Sau3A revealed a stronger banding (C-banding-like) pattern in 5-azacytidine-treated chromosomes than in the control. This difference could hardly be attributed to the euchromatin demethylation as 5-azacytidine caused a loss of chromosomal proteins; similar effect was found as a result of incubation with some restriction endonuclease buffers which did not diminish the labeling with 3H-thymidine. After 5-azacytidine administration the entrance of cells into mitosis was delayed, the metaphase chromosomes were undercondensed and the pattern of DNA replication remained unchanged.
authors.affiliation: Department of Plant Cytology and Cytochemistry, University of Lódź, Poland.
authors.forename: M J
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Olszewska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gernand
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Luchniak
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sakowicz
mesh_terms: D001374:Azacitidine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002021:Buffers; D002871:Chromosome Banding; D002875:Chromosomes / Q000187:drug effects*; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes / Q000494:pharmacology*; D018744:DNA, Plant / Q000032:analysis / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; D007887:Fabaceae; D007621:Karyotyping; D008677:Metaphase / Q000235:genetics; D008745:Methylation; D010940:Plant Proteins / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics* / Q000378:metabolism; D018517:Plant Roots / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D010946:Plants, Medicinal
chemical_list: D002021:Buffers; D018744:DNA, Plant; D010940:Plant Proteins; D004262:DNA Restriction Enzymes; D015252:Deoxyribonucleases, Type II Site-Specific; C024405:GATC-specific type II deoxyribonucleases; D001374:Azacitidine