小剂量低LET辐射对人淋巴细胞SCE的影响

本文用磷酸盐Giemsa法观察了小剂量X射线照射对人离体外周血淋巴细胞SCE的影响。其结果照射组各剂量点均不明显地高于对照组,证实了SCE对电离辐射不敏感,说明染色体结构畸变和SCE的发生是彼此独立的两个不同事件。     

Clastogenic effect of fenfluramine in mice bone marrow cells in vivo

Fenfluramine, an amphetamine derivative used in the treatment of obesity, has been evaluated in vivo in the bone marrow cells of Swiss albino mice using two cytogenetic endpoints for assessing its genotoxic and clastogenic potentials. Concentrations of 0.75, 1.5, 3.0, and 5.0 mg/kg b.w. were administered orally for the study of sister chromatid exchange frequencies and chromosome aberrations (CA). SCE frequencies showed a positive dose response; 1.5 mg/kg being the minimum effective concentration. Fen caused a prolongation of cell cycle at all concentrations. Except for the minimum therapeutic dose (0.75 mg), all other doses (1.5, 3.0, and 5.0 mg) showed a significant increase in the percentage of damaged cells over that of the vehicle control. The degree of clastogenicity was directly proportional to the dosage used and inversely related with the duration of treatment. A gradual reduction of the clastogenic potential was observed after 12 and 24 hr of exposure, indicating that the maximum effect occurs at the middle or late synthetic phase of the cell cycle. This study, probably the first detailed screening of the drug for its genotoxicity, shows that Fen is moderately clastogenic and a DNA damaging agent in vivo.     

Effects of age, sex and genes on sister chromatid exchange

Sister chromatid exchange (SCE) was studied in cultured lymphocytes from a limited series of 21 like-sexed twin pairs; 11 monozygotic (MZ) and 10 dizygotic (DZ) pairs. The 18 subjects, who were between 57 and 61 years old, had an SCE mean value () of 8.0 whereas the 24 subjects between 33 and 39 years of age had a mean of 6.8. The difference was statistically significant ( P <0.001). The effect of age appeared to be present in both sexes. No significant difference was found between females (%7.3) and males (%7.5), nor between smokers (%7.3) and non-smokers (%7.4). Drug users had a slightly higher mean (%7.9) than non-users (= 7.0) ( P < 0.05). This trend was found in each age group. The within-pair variance was slightly higher in DZ than in MZ pairs. The difference was not significant. We conclude that genetic factors are probably not a major source of subject variation in SCE mean value.     

Bloom's syndrome. XIX. Cytogenetic and population evidence for genetic heterogeneity

Cells with abnormally high rates of sister-chromatid exchange (SCE) are uniquely characteristic of Bloom's syndrome (BS). However, in one in five persons a minor population of cells with a low-SCE phenotype circulates in the blood. The origin and significance of the low-SCE cells in BS have never been understood, although they are assumed to arise by somatic mutation. In the present investigation, the enigmatic high-SCE/low-SCE mosaicism was investigated by comparing the incidence in several subpopulations of persons in the Bloom's Syndrome Registry who exhibit the two types of cells, and a striking negative correlation emerged: in persons with BS whose parents share a common ancestor, the case in approximately half of registered persons, low-SCE cells are found only rarely; conversely, the mosaicism occurs almost exclusively in persons with BS whose parents are not known to share a common ancestor. Because those who share a common ancestor are predominantly homozygous-by-descent at the mutated BS locus, the negative correlation is interpreted to mean that the emergence of low-SCE cells in BS in some way depends on the pre-existence of compound heterozygosity. A corollary to this is that BS is genetically heterogeneous.     

四物汤与十全大补汤的抗突变作用研究

用姐妹染色单体互换技术检测中药方剂四物汤、十全大补汤，发现其能明显降低环磷酰胺所致的ＳＣＥ值升高，表明有抗突变作用。     

焦炉工血清ras P21水平和外周血淋巴细胞SCE率检测

目的:为了解接触焦炉逸散物职业性人群遗传效应的改变,从分子水平揭示焦炉逸散物的遗传毒作用.方法:对25名焦炉工和12名正常对照分别检测了血清P21和外周血淋巴细胞姐妹染色单体互换(SCE)率.结果:发现焦炉工P21水平(3 774.2)、SCE率(11.43)明显高于对照组P21水平(1 270.7)和SCE率(6.37);焦炉工中,炉顶工血清P21均值(4 377.5)高于其它工种(3 300.1),炉顶工SCE(13.51)明显高于其它工种(10.07);对焦炉工按是否吸烟进行比较,未发现组间P21和SCE有差异显著性.结论:提示焦炉逸散物具有较强的遗传毒理学效应,可提高机体癌蛋白P21水平和SCE频率.     

Polymorphism of glutathione conjugation of methyl bromide,ethylene oxide and dichloromethane in human blood: Influence on the induction of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) in lymphocytes

A hitherto unknown glutathione-S-transferase in human erythrocytes displays polymorphism: three quarters of the population (conjugators) possess, whereas one quarter (non-conjugators) lack this specific activity. A standard method for the identification of conjugators and non-conjugators with the use of methyl bromide and gas chromatography (head space technique) is described. Three substrates of the polymorphic enzyme, methyl bromide, ethylene oxide and dichloromethane (methylene chloride), were incubated in vitro with individual whole blood samples of conjugators and non-conjugators. All three substances led to a marked increase of sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) in the lymphocytes of the non-conjugators but not in those of conjugators. A protective effect of the glutathione-S-transferase activity in human erythrocytes for the cytogenetic toxicity of these chemicals in vitro is thus confirmed. Since the enzyme activity is not found in erythrocytes of laboratory animals, species extrapolations for risk assessment of methyl bromide, ethylene oxide and dichloromethane should be reconsidered.     

甘草次酸钠对环磷酰胺诱导的小鼠骨髓细胞姐妹染色单体互换及微核率的影响

本文观察了甘草次酸钠 GCN_a本身及其对环磷酰胺(CP)诱导的小鼠骨髓细胞姐妹染色单体互换(SCE)与微核率的影响。GCN_a 设10mg/kg 和20mg/kg 两个剂量组,分别腹腔注射,每天一次,共注射五次。与 CP 合用组在第五次给药同时腹腔注射 CP一次。结果 GCN_a 不影响 SCE 和微核率,说明GCN_a 没有致突作用;GCN_a 既不促进也不抑制 CP 诱导的 SCE 和微率,说明 GCN_a 对 CP 的致突作用无影响。     

An analysis of foetal craniofacial growth

280 male foetuses aged 4–10 lunar months were obtained from therapeutic abortions. Growth of the craniofacial skeleton was determined from measurement of sagittal radiographs. Univariate and multivariate analysis of the data showed considerable size changes during the foetal period but relatively little change in overall shape.