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. 1987 Jul;7(7):2444–2450. doi: 10.1128/mcb.7.7.2444

Cell cycle variations of dinucleoside polyphosphates in synchronized cultures of mammalian cells.

G Orfanoudakis, M Baltzinger, D Meyer, N Befort, J P Ebel, J J Befort, P Remy
PMCID: PMC365376  PMID: 3475567

Abstract

Zajdela hepatoma culture cells (ZHC) and mouse embryo fibroblasts (Swiss 3T3) were synchronized in G1 or S phase by serum deprivation and aphidicolin treatment, respectively, to study the variations in adenylyl nucleotide (Ap4X) pool size during the progress of the cell cycle. Only minor variations, which never exceeded a factor of 2, were observed when the Ap4X concentrations were expressed on a cellular basis. The variations were found to be strictly parallel to the ATP variations. Upon release from an aphidicolin block, the minor variations of Ap4X followed DNA synthesis and preceded cytokinesis. When the nucleotide content was compared with the amount of proteins, the faint specific cell cycle changes were almost completely damped when the cells were synchronized by serum deprivation, but remained practically unchanged in the case of aphidicolin synchronization. These results suggest that the observed variations could reflect the accumulation of some nucleotides before cell division. It is not clear yet whether the variation in Ap4X concentration is significant by itself or is simply a phenomenon resulting from changes in the ATP pool.

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