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. 1977 May;31(5):441-9.
doi: 10.1080/09553007714550531.

The effect of 60Co gamma-radiation and hydroxyurea on the in vivo chain growth of DNA in crypt cells of the small intestine of the mouse

K J Johanson, B Rydberg

The effect of 60Co gamma-radiation and hydroxyurea on the in vivo chain growth of DNA in crypt cells of the small intestine of the mouse

K J Johanson et al. Int J Radiat Biol Relat Stud Phys Chem Med. 1977 May.

Abstract

DNA chain growth has been studied in small intestinal crypt cells of the mouse in vivo using a sensitive method. The method is designed primarily to study radiation-induced DNA-breaks and their repair; but since there are breaks in DNA at the replicating fork, it is also possible to study DNA chain growth after a 3H-thymidine pulse. We found that DNA chain growth is not depressed by 200 rad of 60Co gamma radiation. This finding supports the hypothesis that irradiation interfers mainly with the initiation of new replicons in mammalian cells affecting DNA chain growth only at higher doses. Hydroxyurea at sufficient dosage, however, depresses or even stops DNA chain growth in mouse crypt cells in vivo.

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