title: [Effect of Sisheng Decoction on repairing function of DNA in mice splenic lymphocytes].
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To explore the mechanism of alleviating the side effects of irradiation by Sisheng Decoction (SSD).
  
  
  METHODS
  The mice splenic lymphocytes were treated by hydroxylurea to stop the DNA replication in S stage, irradiated by ultraviolet ray (UV) and the 3H TdR was added into the cultural medium. After the lymphocytes were cultured in 37 degrees C for 4 h, the capacity for 3H-TdR in the lymphocytes were tested. The effect of SSD in different content on the cut and patch repair(CPR) of DNA can be inferred by observing the lymphocyte uptake index (LUI) of 3H-TdR.
  
  
  RESULTS
  LUI of mice spleen lymphocytes could be increased by pretreating the lymphocytes with SSD for 4 h and then irradiated by UV, but it could not be increased if the lymphocytes were treated by SSD and UV at the same time.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  SSD can alleviate the side effect of irradiation by enhancing the function of CPR-DNA, which need pretreating the lymphocytes with SSD.
authors.affiliation: Department of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Changhai Hospital, Shanghai(200433).
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Ling
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Gao
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Chen
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects*; D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal / Q000494:pharmacology*; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000166:cytology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D051379:Mice; D008810:Mice, Inbred C57BL; D013154:Spleen / Q000166:cytology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004365:Drugs, Chinese Herbal