Role of deoxyribonucleoside triphosphates (dNTPs) in cell transformation.
Deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pools were measured in normal BALB/c3T3 cells, transformation-treated cells and transformed cells with reverse-phase HPLC. The fluctuation of dNTP pools was similar after transformation treatment with alkylating mutagen glycidyl methacrylate (GMA) or Nmethyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG). However, the gap between deoxyguanosine triphosphate + deoxyadenosine triphosphate (dGTP + dATP) pools and deoxythymidine triphosphate + deoxycytidine triphosphate (dTTP + dCTP) pools was greatly intensified. The measurements also indicated that the dNTP pools in transformed cells were quite different from those in normal cells. The results suggested that dNTP pools may play an important role in cell transformation.
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Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Beijing, China.
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D016475:3T3 Cells; D000818:Animals; D002461:Cell Line, Transformed; D003854:Deoxyribonucleotides / Q000502:physiology*; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000633:toxicity*; D008689:Methacrylates / Q000633:toxicity*; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine / Q000633:toxicity*; D051379:Mice; D008807:Mice, Inbred BALB C; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D018675:Toxicity Tests
D003854:Deoxyribonucleotides; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; D008689:Methacrylates; D009153:Mutagens; D008769:Methylnitronitrosoguanidine; C007870:glycidyl methacrylate