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Mutatect: a mouse tumour model for detecting radiation-induced mutations in vivo |
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| Authors: | Birnboim H C Wilkinson D Sandhu J K McLean J R Ross W |
| Affiliation: | a Ottawa Regional Cancer Centre, Ottawa, Canada b Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology and Immunology, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada c Health Canada, Ottawa, Canada d Defence Research Establishment Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada |
| Abstract: | A new mouse model (Mutatect) that permits detection of mutations at the hprt (hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase) locus is described. It is highly sensitive to detection of mutants induced by clastogenic agents such as ionizing radiation. MN-11 cells are grown as a subcutaneous tumour in C57BL/6 mice for a period of 2 weeks, during which time they can be exposed to mutagenic treatments. Cells taken from the animal are cultured ex vivo and 6-thioguanine (6-TG)-resistant mutant clones can be readily identified and scored. This model system may have special utility for detecting multi-locus deletion events (chromosomal mutations) induced by high LET forms of radiation that might be encountered in space. |
| Keywords: | Mutatect Radiation-induced mutation In vivo |
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