DNA STRAND BREAKS IN MAMMALIAN CELLS EXPOSED TO LIGHT IN THE PRESENCE OF RIBOFLAVIN AND TRYPTOPHAN
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- 1 February 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Wiley in Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Vol. 29 (2) , 299-303
Abstract
Abstract— When mammalian cells were exposed to visible‐fluorescent light or near‐UV light in the medium containing riboflavin and L‐tryptophan, single‐strand breaks appeared in their DNA. This did not occur if either riboflavin or tryptophan was omitted from the medium. The same effect was observed when cells were added to the pre‐irradiated medium, indicating that a stable photoproduct was responsible. The induced DNA lesions were shown to be equally repairable in both excision proficient and defective (xeroderma pigmentosum) human cell lines. The active photoproduct formed was shown to be hydrogen peroxide. The possible relationship between these results and the near‐UV induced killing of mammalian cells is discussed.Keywords
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