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. 1979 Mar 1;177(3):967–973. doi: 10.1042/bj1770967

Persistence of methylated bases in ribonucleic acid of syrian golden hamster liver after administration of dimethylnitrosamine.

G P Margison, J M Margison, R Montesano
PMCID: PMC1186464  PMID: 444213

Abstract

1. Syrian golden hamster liver ribosomal RNA was isolated up to 96 h after administration of [14C]dimethylnitrosamine at 25 mg/kg or 2.5 mg/kg body weight. 2. The chemical alkyation products, 7-methylguanine, 3-methylcytosine, O6-methylguanosine and 1-methyladenosine, were measured after acidic or enzymic hydrolysis of the RNA to bases or mononucleosides followed by ion-exchange chromatography. 3. Between 7 and 96 h, the relative amounts of alkylation products did not change with time even though the absolute amounts fell by approx. 80% and 51% after the high and low doses respectively. 4. The results suggest that base specific excision repair does not exist for RNA alkylation products in this experimental system.

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