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Comparison of gamma-ray-induced chromosome ring and inversion frequencies. 1995

M C Mühlmann-Díaz, and J S Bedford

Department of Radiological Health Sciences, Colorado State University, Fort Collins 80523, USA.

A method was used to detect chromosome inversions as apparent or false sister chromatid exchanges (SCEs) in the first mitosis after gamma irradiation of human G0 cells. Dose-response relationships for small inversions have not been measured and reported previously, but it has been assumed that these are induced with a frequency equal to that of their easily measured asymmetrical counterpart, the interstitial deletion. Our experiments confirm this expectation. The results also demonstrate, as others have suggested, that in protocols where SCEs have been reported in the first postirradiation mitosis after incorporation of BrdU in the previous cell cycle, the X- or gamma-ray treatment of G0- or G1-phase cells produces virtually no true SCEs.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007446	Chromosome Inversion	An aberration in which a chromosomal segment is deleted and reinserted in the same place but turned 180 degrees from its original orientation, so that the gene sequence for the segment is reversed with respect to that of the rest of the chromosome.	Inversion, Chromosome,Inversion, Chromosomal,Chromosomal Inversion,Chromosomal Inversions,Chromosome Inversions,Inversions, Chromosomal,Inversions, Chromosome
D002460	Cell Line	Established cell cultures that have the potential to propagate indefinitely.	Cell Lines,Line, Cell,Lines, Cell
D005720	Gamma Rays	Penetrating, high-energy electromagnetic radiation emitted from atomic nuclei during NUCLEAR DECAY. The range of wavelengths of emitted radiation is between 0.1 - 100 pm which overlaps the shorter, more energetic hard X-RAYS wavelengths. The distinction between gamma rays and X-rays is based on their radiation source.	Gamma Wave,Gamma Radiation,Nuclear X-Rays,Radiation, Gamma,X-Rays, Nuclear,Gamma Radiations,Gamma Ray,Gamma Waves,Nuclear X Rays,Nuclear X-Ray,Ray, Gamma,Wave, Gamma,Waves, Gamma,X Rays, Nuclear,X-Ray, Nuclear
D006801	Humans	Members of the species Homo sapiens.	Homo sapiens,Man (Taxonomy),Human,Man, Modern,Modern Man
D012303	Ring Chromosomes	Aberrant chromosomes with no ends, i.e., circular.	Chromosomes, Ring,Chromosome, Ring,Ring Chromosome
D012854	Sister Chromatid Exchange	An exchange of segments between the sister chromatids of a chromosome, either between the sister chromatids of a meiotic tetrad or between the sister chromatids of a duplicated somatic chromosome. Its frequency is increased by ultraviolet and ionizing radiation and other mutagenic agents and is particularly high in BLOOM SYNDROME.	Chromatid Exchange, Sister,Chromatid Exchanges, Sister,Exchange, Sister Chromatid,Exchanges, Sister Chromatid,Sister Chromatid Exchanges
D016192	Resting Phase, Cell Cycle	A quiescent state of cells during G1 PHASE.	G0 Phase,G0 Phases,Phase, G0,Phases, G0