MUTATIONAL INTERACTIONS BETWEEN NEAR-UV RADIATION AND DNA DAMAGING AGENTS IN Escherichia coli: THE ROLE OF NEAR-UV-INDUCED MODIFICATIONS IN GROWTH AND MACROMOLECULAR SYNTHESIS |
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Authors: | E. C. De,Moraes R. M. Tyrrell,&dagger |
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Affiliation: | *Instituto de Biofisica, Centro de Ciĉncias da Saude (Bloco G) Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil;†Carcinogenesis Department, Swiss Institute for Experimental Cancer Research, 1066 Epalinges/Lausanne, Switzerland |
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Abstract: | Abstract— The mutational interactions between near-ultraviolet (near-UV, 334 nm, 365 nm) radiation and DNA damaging agents (far-UV (254 nm) and ethyl-methanesulphonate (EMS)) were studied in strains of Escherichia coli B/r trp thy with different susceptibilities to near-UV-induced growth delay (wild-type, rel and srd ). Far-UV induced reversion to tryptophan independence is reduced while forward mutation to streptomycin is enhanced by prior exposure of the rel+ srd+ strains to near-UV radiation. The observed interactions are reduced ( rel ) or absent ( srd ) in the two mutant strains as are the corresponding growth and macromolecular synthesis delays normally observed after near-UV treatment. Quantitatively, the degree of interaction induced by near-UV pre-treatment correlates closely with the degree of protein synthesis inhibition. We propose a mechanism for the contrasting interactions at the two genetic loci based on the different pathways by which pre-mutagenic lesions may be processed. The primary chromophore for the mutational interactions would appear to be 4-thiouracil-containing transfer RNA. |
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