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Comparative analysis of DNA repair mechanisms in various species

Research Project

Project/Area Number 60304095
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Co-operative Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Research Field 放射線5生物学
Research InstitutionRadiation Biology Center, Kyoto University

Principal Investigator

IKENAGA Mituo  Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, 国立大学(その他), 教授 (70025378)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) IJIRI Ken-ichi  Faculty of Science, University of Tokyo, 理学部, 講師 (40111447)
NISHIMOTO Takeharu  Faculty of Medicine, Kyushu University, 独立専攻, 教授 (10037426)
ISHIZAKI Kanji  Radiation Biology Center, Kyoto University, 放射線生物研究センター, 助手 (70111987)
TODO Takeshi  Faculty of Medicine, Osaka University, 医学部, 助手 (90163948)
OHNISHI Takeo  Department of Biology, Nara Medical University, 進学部, 助教授 (60094554)
Project Period (FY) 1985 – 1986
Project Status Completed (Fiscal Year 1986)
Budget Amount *help
¥5,000,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,000,000)
Fiscal Year 1986: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Fiscal Year 1985: ¥3,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,100,000)
KeywordsDNA repair mechanisms / Gene cloning / <O^6> -Methylguanine Methyltransferase / Pyrimidine dimer / Excision repair / 除去修復 / 電気穿孔法
Research Abstract

This research group was organized to discuss and exchange informations in the field of DNA repair and related topics. The main objective of the research project is to elucidate the species specificity of DNA repair mechanisms in various organisms. The following results were obtained by the individual investigators.
1. Among a variety of modified DNA bases produced by alkylating agents, <O^6> -methylguanine is believed to be a major lethal, mutagenic and carcinogenic damage by these agents. <O^6> -Methylguanine is known to be repaired by a repair enzyme, <O^6> -methylguanine methyltransferase. The methyltransferase gene (ada gene) of E. coli has been recently cloned by Nakabeppu et al. We have constructed a plasmid on which the E. coli ada gene was linked with an SV40 promotor sequence and a poly(A) site. After transferring this plasmid into Mer-human HeLa MR cells, which are lacking methyltransferase activity, effective expression of E. coli methyltransferase activity was observed. Isolated stable transformants clones showed higher resistance to N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine in colony formation and sister-chromatid exchange than the parent HeLa MR cells.
2. Methyltransferase activities were compared among 26 cultured cell strains derived from 17 different species, from human to fish. In general, cells from human and rat showed the highest enzyme activity, whereas cell strains from frog, hamster and dog showed the lowest activity.

Report

(1 results)
  • 1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • Research Products

    (11 results)

All Other

All Publications (11 results)

  • [Publications] Takeshi Todo,et al.: Mutation Research. 145. 165-170 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kazuo Yamamoto,et al.: Mutation Research. 146. 33-42 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koichi Takimoto: Mutation Research. 146. 9-13 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kanji Ishizaki,et al.: Mutation Research. 166. 135-141 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hiroko Hama-Inaba: Cell Structure and Function. 166. 191-197 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Ryosuke Kai,et al.: Molecular and Cellular Biology. 6. 2027-2032 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Takeshi Todo, et al.: "Hypersensitivity to ultraviolet light and chemical mutagens of a cell line established from excisionless Drosophila strain mus201." Mutation Research. 145. 165-170 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kazuo Yamamoto, et al.: "Photoreactivation of UV damage in Escherichia coli uvrA6: Lethality is more effectively reversed than either premutagenic lesions or SOS induction." Mutation Research. 146. 33-42 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Koichi Takimoto: "Reactivation and mutagenesis of herpes virus in 5-azacytidine treated monkey kidney cells." Mutation Research. 146. 9-13 (1985)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Kanji Ishizaki, et al.: "Transfer of the E. coli <O^6> -methylguanine methyltransferase gene into repairdeficient human cells and restoration of cellular resistance to N-methyl-N'-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine." Mutation Research. 166. 135-141 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary
  • [Publications] Hiroko Hama-Inaba: "Electric pulse-mediated gene transfer in mammalian cells grown in suspension culture." Cell Structure and Function. 11. 191-197 (1986)

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
    • Related Report
      1986 Final Research Report Summary

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