Protective role of potentially lethal damage repair in the neoplastic transformation of Balb/c 3T3 cells treated with N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine

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Abstract

To determine the role of repair of potentially lethal damage (PLD) in the initiation process of neoplastic transformation, BALB/c 3T3 cells treated with N-methyl-N′-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG) were temporarily exposed to conditioned medium obtained from density-inhibited Chinese hamster cell cultures, as a post-treatment for the induction of PLD repair. With or without this exposure, cell survival and transformation frequencies were simultaneously determined by colony-formation and focus-formation assays, respectively. Temporary exposure to conditioned medium resulted in a 20–30% increase in cell survival compared with no exposure. Post-treatment with conditioned medium resulted in a 60–65% reduction in transformation frequencies. At the molecular level, the repair of MNNG-induced single-strand breaks of DNA occurred much more rapidly in condition medium. These data suggest that PLD repair DNA replication. Thus, PLD repair appears to be preventive against neoplastic fixation in initiation of neoplastic development.

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