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- Author
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A. I. Medvedev, R I Yakubovskaya, Vladimir S. Akatov, Leshchenko Vv, E. I. Lezhnev, Solov'eva Me, and N D Kreshchenko
- Subjects
DNA damage ,General Medicine ,Biology ,medicine.disease ,Ascorbic acid ,Molecular biology ,General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology ,In vitro ,Ehrlich ascites carcinoma ,chemistry.chemical_compound ,chemistry ,Biochemistry ,Carcinoma ,medicine ,Vitamin B12b ,Incubation ,DNA - Abstract
Incubation of Ehrlich ascites carcinoma and HEp-2 human epidermoid laryngeal carcinoma cells with hydroxycobalamin (vitamin B12b) and ascorbic acid induced generation and accumulation of double-stranded DNA fragments (23,000 b.p. and longer) in cells. The same vitamins alone in the same concentrations produced no such effects. DNA degradation in HEp-2 cells caused by long-term (4 h) incubation with 5-25 microM hydroxycobalamin and ascorbic acid (1:10-1:40 molar ratio) at 37 degrees C was comparable with that induced by gamma-irradiation in a dose of 150 Gy at 4 degrees C.
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- 2001