QUERCETIN INDUCES RECOMBINATIONAL MUTATIONS IN CULTURED-CELLS AS DETECTED BY DNA FINGERPRINTING

被引:41
作者
SUZUKI, S [1 ]
TAKADA, T [1 ]
SUGAWARA, Y [1 ]
MUTO, T [1 ]
KOMINAMI, R [1 ]
机构
[1] NIIGATA UNIV, SCH MED, DEPT SURG 1, NIIGATA 951, JAPAN
来源
JAPANESE JOURNAL OF CANCER RESEARCH | 1991年 / 82卷 / 10期
关键词
QUERCETIN; RECOMBINATIONAL MUTATION; TUMOR PROGRESSION; DNA FINGERPRINTING;
D O I
10.1111/j.1349-7006.1991.tb01757.x
中图分类号
R73 [肿瘤学];
学科分类号
100214 ;
摘要
Quercetin, a flavonoid, is found in many fruits and vegetables. This drug was previously shown to affect the metastatic potential of mouse tumor cells. Mutagenicity of quercetin was examined by means of DNA fingerprint analysis using the Pc-1 probe that efficiently detects mutations due to recombination. Treatment of BMT-11 and FM3A tumor cells with 55-mu-M quercetin resulted in gain and loss of bands in the fingerprints in both cell lines. The frequencies of the clones having undergone mutation were 3/11 and 6/26, respectively. This suggests that quercetin is mutagenic and induces recombination. This result seems to provide a molecular basis for the phenotypic variations of BMT-11 tumor cells induced by quercetin.
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页码:1061 / 1064
页数:4
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