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An in vitro flow cytometric (FCM) DNA repair assay has been developed and validated by comparison to conventional autoradiography (ARG). Both assays measure unscheduled DNA synthesis (UDS). Cultures of hepatocytes from young male Sprague-Dawley rats were exposed to a battery of 26 chemicals plus bromodeoxyuridine (BrdUrd) or 3H-thymidine (3H-dT) for 18-20 h before harvest. Selection of test chemicals was based upon both their genotoxicity classifications and carcinogenicity bioassay results in male rats. DNA repair in chemically treated cultures was detected flow cytometrically by measuring the uptake of BrdUrd in non-replicating (G1, G2, mitotic and 4C) cells. Intracellular levels of incorporated BrdUrd were visualized by immunochemical labeling with fluorescein isothiocyanate (FITC), and total cellular DNA content was simultaneously estimated by counterstaining samples with the nucleic acid intercalator, propidium iodide (PI). Information was obtained from 10(4) cells/sample. Since repairing cells incorporate significantly less BrdUrd per unit of time than replicating cells, low intensity BrdUrd-FITC fluorescent signals from repairing cells are readily discriminated from high intensity signals from replicating cells when displayed on linear univariate histograms. Further distinction between repairing and replicating cells was achieved by displaying the DNA contents of all cells on linear bivariate histograms. Thus, repairing cells were resolved without subjecting these cultures to agents which suppress replicative synthesis (e.g., hydroxyurea). Results from these concurrent FCM and ARG investigations include the following: (1) conclusions (DNA repair positive or negative) were in agreement, with one exception, cinnamyl anthranilate, for which cytotoxic doses produced a positive FCM response, but lack of intact hepatocytes in parallel ARG preparations prevented analysis; (2) similar sensitivities for most of the positive chemicals were reported; (3) a high correlation (85%) exists between the reported genotoxicity classification and these DNA repair results in the absence of overt cytotoxicity; (4) a poor correlation exists between these DNA repair results and hepatocarcinogenesis (only 4/11 liver carcinogens tested positive) or overall carcinogenesis in the male rat (only 9/21 carcinogens tested positive). This FCM assay provides a rapid, sensitive, safe and reliable means of identifying agents which induce DNA repair in mammalian cells.
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