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Original Article

Characterization of a Mammalian Cell Line that Exhibits Spontaneous and Ultraviolet Light-induced Hypermutability While Retaining Resistance to Cell Killing by Ultraviolet Light

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Pages 661-670 | Received 29 Jun 1994, Accepted 25 Jan 1995, Published online: 03 Jul 2009
 

Abstract

Chronic exposure of V79 cells to 80 daily doses of 150 J/M2, 290–330-nm ultraviolet light (UVB) produced a mixed cell population that was found to be generally more resistant to cell killing by both UVB and UVC (254 nm) than the wild-type cells. Several subclones from this population were studied for their survival and mutation responses and then one was chosen for further characterization based on this data. The studies carried out on this subclone, designated N806, show that its spontaneous HPRT mutation rate is approximately 10 times higher than that of wild-type V79 cells and it is almost three times more mutable than the wild-type cells when both are induced by UVB or UVC. The mutation responses of N806 and MI2G cells to 50-kVp X-rays are different, but the N806 cells do not appear to be hypermutable as they are with UV. N806 cells are also moderately more resistant to the cytotoxic effects of UV radiation but are more sensitive than MI2G cells when exposed to X-rays. Assays to measure the removal of cyclobutane pyrimidine dimers (CPDs) and the incision step of nucleotide exciscion repair have revealed no detectable difference in the repair capacities of N806 and parental V79 cells. These results suggest that chronic, protracted UV irradiation may be able to induce a ‘mutator phenotype’ in a subpopulation of the progenitor cells.

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