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. 1975 Mar;15(3):181–190. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(75)85810-3

Near-ultraviolet light-induced strand breaks in DNA pretreated with the carcinogen, N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene.

R A Deering, W D Taylor, L R Burns
PMCID: PMC1334616  PMID: 235334

Abstract

Neutral sucrose gradients of supercoiled DNA (phiX-174 RF I) were used to measure the in vitro production of strand breaks by the carcinogen, N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene (AcO-AAF). Treatment with AcO-AAF in 10% dimethyl sulfoxide did not directly yield strand breaks. Breaks in relatively low yield appeared after alkali treatment (pH 13, 60 min) of the RF I previously reacted with AcO-AAF. The DNA treated with AcO-AAF was sensitive to single-strand breakage by 303 nm near-ultraviolet light under neutral conditions. The greater the prior AcO-AAF treatment, the greater the sensitivity to 303 nm light. Post-irradiation alkali treatment greatly enhanced the light-induced strand breakage.

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