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. 1991 Jan;11(1):20–26. doi: 10.1128/mcb.11.1.20

Cell cycle-dependent variations in deoxyribonucleotide metabolism among Chinese hamster cell lines bearing the Thy- mutator phenotype.

B J Mun 1, C K Mathews 1
PMCID: PMC359580  PMID: 1986219

Abstract

Deoxyribonucleotide pool imbalances are frequently mutagenic. We have studied two Chinese hamster ovary cell lines, Thy- 49 and Thy- 303, that were originally characterized by M. Meuth (Mol. Cell. Biol. 1:652-660, 1981). In comparison with wild-type CHO cells, both lines have elevated dCTP/dTTP ratios, resulting from loss of feedback control of CTP synthetase. While asynchronous cultures of both cell lines contain nearly identical deoxyribonucleoside triphosphate (dNTP) pools and both display elevated spontaneous mutation frequencies, the mutation frequencies between the two cell lines differ by as much as 10-fold. We asked whether differences in dNTP pools could be seen in extracts of rapidly isolated nuclei. Small differences, probably not large enough to account for the differences in mutation frequencies, were seen. However, when synchronized S-phase-enriched cell populations were examined, substantial differences were seen, both in whole-cell extracts and in nuclear extracts. Thy- 303 cells, which have higher mutation frequencies than do Thy- 49 cells, also showed the more aberrant dNTP pools. These data indicate that the Thy- 303 line contains a second mutation in addition to the mutation affecting CTP synthetase control. Evidence suggests that this putative second mutation affects an allosteric regulatory site of ribonucleotide reductase. The data on intranuclear dNTP pools in synchronized S-phase cells indicate that higher proportions of cellular dATP and dGTP are found in the nucleus than are corresponding amounts of dCTP and dGTP. Thus, despite the porous nature of the nuclear membrane, there are conditions under which the distributions of deoxyribonucleotides across this membrane are not random.

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