Thymidine Metabolism and the Measurement of the Rate of DNA Synthesis in Carrot Suspension Cultures: EVIDENCE FOR A DEGRADATION PATHWAY FOR THYMIDINE

AUTOR(ES)

Slabas, Antoni R.

RESUMO

The kinetics of [3H]thymidine incorporation into the DNA of carrot suspension cultures were investigated. At a thymidine concentration of 0.1 micromolar, incorporation into DNA is not quantitative but ceases after only 14% of the thymidine has been incorporated. Thymidine incorporation into DNA is resumed following addition of a second aliquot of thymidine, which is consistent with substrate depletion. In vivo tracer experiments indicate that this may be due to a catabolic route for converting thymidine to β-aminoisobutyric acid. Bearing these observations in mind, conditions for determining the rate of DNA synthesis using [3H]thymidine incorporation have been investigated. It is concluded that by increasing the thymidine concentration to 10 micromolar the assay period may be increased, by reducing the influence of the degradative pathway, and that cell density and incubation time are critical factors in establishing a valid measure of the rate of DNA synthesis using this method.

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