Induction of single-strand regions in nuclear DNA by adriamycin. |
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Authors: | M S Center |
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Institution: | Division of Biology Kansas State University Manhattan, Kansas 66506 USA |
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Abstract: | Incubation of adriamycin with isolated nuclei converts nuclear DNA to a form which is susceptible to hydrolysis by nuclease an enzyme highly specific for the cleavage of single-stranded DNA. The effect of adriamycin on nuclear DNA incubated in the presence of the nuclease can be determined by measuring the release of acid-soluble nucleotides or by analyzing the DNA after centrifugation in neutral sucrose gradients. Similar changes in chromatin structure are not observed during incubation of nuclei with adriamycin alone. In addition to adriamycin, daunomycin and ethidium bromide are also active in inducing the formation of DNA structures which are susceptible to the nuclease. The results suggest that certain antitumor agents can induce the formation of single-strand regions in nuclear DNA and that these sites probably occur as a result of a DNA strand separating event. |
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