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. 1976 May;16(5):517–525. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(76)85706-2

Effects of ultraviolet irradiation on the rate and sequence of DNA replication in synchronized Chinese hamster cells.

R E Meyn, R R Hewitt, L F Thomas, R M Humphrey
PMCID: PMC1334872  PMID: 1276380

Abstract

The effects of ultraviolet light (UV) irradiation on the rate of DNA replication in synchronized Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells were investigated. A technique for measuring semiconservative DNA replication was employed that involved growing the cells in medium containing 5-bromodeoxyuridine and subsequently determining the amount of DNA that acquired hybrid buoyant density in CsCl density gradients. One of the advantages of this technique was that it allowed a characterization of the extent of DNA replication as well as rate after irradiation. It was found that while there was a dose-dependent reduction in the rate of DNA replication following UV-irradiation, doses of up to 10 J/m2 (which produce many dimers per replication) did not prevent the ultimate replication of the entire genome. Hence, we conclude that dimers cannot be absolute blocks to DNA replication. In order to account for the total genome replication observed, a mechanism must exist that allows genome replication between dimers. The degree of reduction in the rate of replication by UV was the same whether the cells were irradiated at the G1-S boundary or 1 h into S-phase. Previous work had shown that cells in early S-phase are considerably more sensitive to UV than cells at the G1-S boundary. Experiments specifically designed to test for reiterative replication showed that UV does not induce a second round of DNA replication within the same S-phase.

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