INTERFERON INDUCERS INCREASE O-6-ALKYLGUANINE-DNA ALKYLTRANSFERASE IN THE RAT-LIVER

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BERTINI, R [1 ]
COCCIA, P [1 ]
PAGANI, P [1 ]
MARINELLO, C [1 ]
SALMONA, M [1 ]
DINCALCI, M [1 ]
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[1] MARIO NEGRI INST PHARMACOL RES,VIA ERITREA 62,I-20157 MILAN,ITALY
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10.1093/carcin/11.1.181
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R73 [肿瘤学];
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We investigated whether treatment with the interferon inducer polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid and other cytokines (interleukin-1, tumor necrosis factor) or the cytokine inducer lipopolysaccharide modified 06-alkylguanine-DNA alkyltransferase (AT) in rat liver. AT levels were determined in liver extracts using N-[3H] methly-N-nitrosourea alkylated calf thymus DNA as substrate and an HPLC procedure to measure 06-methylguanine. Doses as low as 0.1 mg/kg i.p. of polyinosinic-polycytidylic acid caused a highly significant increase (P < 0.01) in AT levels in the liver, evident either 24 or 48 h after treatment. Lipopolysaccharide at the dose of 80 μg/kg i.p. also induced AT whereas interleukin-1 (60 μg/kg) or tumor necrosis factor (60 μg/kg) were inactive. Treatment with human recombinant interferon alpha A/D caused a highly significant increase in AT levels, thus confirming the hypothesis that interferon was probably responsible for the observed effect. These results suggest a link between the immune response and DNA repair mechanisms. © 1990 Oxford University Press.
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