A free-radical hypothesis for the instability and evolution of genotype and phenotypein vitro |
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Authors: | Ralph E Parchment Kunthavi Natarajan |
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Institution: | (1) Division of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Hipple Cancer Research Center, 4100 South Kettering Boulevard, 45439-2092 Dayton, Ohio, USA |
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Abstract: | It has been known for several decades that cultured murine cells undergo a defined series of changes, i.e., anin vitro evolution, which includes crisis, spontaneous transformation (immortalization), aneuploidy, and spontaneous neoplastic transformation. These changes have been shown to be caused by thein vitro environment rather than an inherent instability of the murine phenotype or genotype. Serum amine oxidases were recently identified as a predominant cause of crisis. These enzymes generate hydrogen peroxide from polyamine substrates that enter the extracellular milieu. This finding implicates free-radical toxicity as the underlying cause ofin vitro evolution. We propose an oxyradical hypothesis to explain each of the stages ofin vitro evolution and discuss its significance for cytotechnology and long-term cultivation of mammalian cell types.ORR, CDER, FDA Mod-1, Room 2023, 8301 Muirkirk Road, Laurel MD 20708, USA |
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Keywords: | hybridomas embryonic stem cells immortalization amine oxidase polyamines cell death crisis transformation aneuploidy senescence |
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