Potentiation of N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine-induced O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase activity in a rat hepatoma cell line by poly (ADP-ribose) synthesis inhibitors |
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| Authors: | P Lefebvre F Laval |
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| Institution: | Groupe Radiochimie de l'ADN (U 247 INSERM), Institut Gustave Roussy, Villejuif, France. |
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| Abstract: | The O6-methylguanine-DNA-methyltransferase (transferase) activity in a rat hepatoma cell line (H4 cells) is enhanced as a response to DNA damaging agents. To study whether poly (ADP-ribosylation) is involved in this induction, the cells were treated with N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) that induces the transferase activity and stimulates poly (ADP-ribose) synthesis. Addition of poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase inhibitors enhanced the transferase increase induced by MNNG. The influence of the inhibitors on the transferase induction was dose and time-dependent. The results suggest that poly (ADP-ribose) is involved in the induction of this protein. |
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