Detection of chromosomal aberrations by fluorescence in situ hybridization in the first three postirradiation divisions of human lymphocytes. Export

@article{citeulike:3885472, abstract = {Chromosomal aberrations in human lymphocytes were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in the first 3 postirradiation (0 and 2 Gy) divisions. Cells were grown in the presence of BrdU, collected at different sampling times (47, 70 and 91 h) and analyzed using an alphoid centromeric probe and PCR amplified DNA libraries for chromosomes 2 and 8. Following differential staining of sister chromatids, the analyzed cells were identified to be either in the first, second or third mitosis after irradiation. The frequencies of both dicentrics and fragments showed a reduction of about 50\% after each cell generation, whereas translocations were more persistent. Cells within the same postirradiation division showed higher aberration frequencies when derived from later sampling times, indicating a delay in progression of aberrant cells. As a result, the frequencies for dicentrics and fragments remained rather constant at different sampling times if the cell cycle parameter was not taken into account. Thus, the average generation time of the lymphocytes had a clear effect on the obtained aberration frequencies. The described method allows the study of the persistence of chromosome damage using the FISH technique during 3 subsequent cell divisions in vitro.}, author = {Boei, J. J. and Vermeulen, S. and Natarajan, A. T.}, citeulike-article-id = {3885472}, citeulike-linkout-0 = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8569785}, citeulike-linkout-1 = {http://www.hubmed.org/display.cgi?uids=8569785}, day = {17}, issn = {0027-5107}, journal = {Mutation research}, keywords = {fish, fpg}, month = {January}, number = {1}, pages = {127--135}, posted-at = {2009-01-14 13:56:18}, priority = {2}, title = {Detection of chromosomal aberrations by fluorescence in situ hybridization in the first three postirradiation divisions of human lymphocytes.}, url = {http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8569785}, volume = {349}, year = {1996} }

TY - JOUR ID - citeulike:3885472 L3 - citeulike-article-id:3885472 N2 - Chromosomal aberrations in human lymphocytes were analyzed by fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) in the first 3 postirradiation (0 and 2 Gy) divisions. Cells were grown in the presence of BrdU, collected at different sampling times (47, 70 and 91 h) and analyzed using an alphoid centromeric probe and PCR amplified DNA libraries for chromosomes 2 and 8. Following differential staining of sister chromatids, the analyzed cells were identified to be either in the first, second or third mitosis after irradiation. The frequencies of both dicentrics and fragments showed a reduction of about 50% after each cell generation, whereas translocations were more persistent. Cells within the same postirradiation division showed higher aberration frequencies when derived from later sampling times, indicating a delay in progression of aberrant cells. As a result, the frequencies for dicentrics and fragments remained rather constant at different sampling times if the cell cycle parameter was not taken into account. Thus, the average generation time of the lymphocytes had a clear effect on the obtained aberration frequencies. The described method allows the study of the persistence of chromosome damage using the FISH technique during 3 subsequent cell divisions in vitro. IS - 1 JF - Mutation research SN - 0027-5107 EP - 135 TI - Detection of chromosomal aberrations by fluorescence in situ hybridization in the first three postirradiation divisions of human lymphocytes. VL - 349 SP - 127 KW - fish KW - fpg AU - Boei, JJ AU - Vermeulen, S AU - Natarajan, AT PY - 1996/01/17/ UR - http://view.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/8569785 ER -