Abstract
Revertant cell lines were established from cisplatin (CP) resistant HeLa cells. Expression of CP damaged plasmid DNA carrying bacterial chloramphenicol acetyltransferase (CAT) gene after transfection into cells was measured. Revertant cells showed reduced host cell reactivation of damaged plasmid, as compared to resistant cells. Addition of aphidicolin, an inhibitor for DNA polymerase alpha, to resistant cells effectively blocked enhanced plasmid reactivation and acquired resistance. The results are consistent with the notion that cellular ability in repair CP-damaged DNA is a mechanism for CP resistance.
Original language | American English |
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Pages (from-to) | 851-859 |
Journal | Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications |
Volume | 170 |
Issue number | 2 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1990 |
Keywords
- Aphidicolin
- Cell Survival
- Cisplatin/administration & dosage
- Cisplatin/pharmacology
- DNA Damage
- DNA Repair
- DNA/drug effects
- Diterpenes/pharmacology
- Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
- Drug Resistance
- HeLa Cells
- Humans
- Phenotype
- Plasmids/drug effects