A new model describing the curves for repair of both DNA double-strand breaks and chromosome damage.
Radiat Res
; 146(1): 53-60, 1996 Jul.
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| ID: mdl-8677298
ABSTRACT
A review of reports dealing with fittings of the data for repair of DNA double-strand breaks (DSBs) and excess chromosome fragments (ECFs) shows that several models are used to fit the repair curves. Since DSBs and ECFs are correlated, it is worth developing a model describing both phenomena. The curve-fitting models used most extensively, the two repair half-times model for DSBs and the monoexponential plus residual model for ECFs, appear to be too inflexible to describe the repair curves for both DSBs and ECFs. We have therefore developed a new concept based on a variable repair half-time. According to this concept, the repair curve is continuously bending and dependent on time and probably reflects a continuous spectrum of damage repairability. The fits of the curves for DSB repair to the variable repair half-time and the variable repair half-time plus residual models were compared to those obtained with the two half-times plus residual and two half-times models. Similarly, the fits of the curves for ECF repair to the variable repair half-time and variable half-time plus residual models were compared to that obtained with the monoexponential plus residual model. The quality of fit and the dependence of adjustable parameters on the portion of the curve fitted were used as comparison criteria. We found that (a) It is useful to postulate the existence of a residual term for unrepairable lesions, regardless of the model adopted. (b) With the two cell lines tested (a normal and a hypersensitive one), data for both DSBs and ECFs are best fitted to the variable repair half-time plus residual model, whatever the repair time range.
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MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Dano ao DNA
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Aberrações Cromossômicas
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Reparo do DNA
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Humans
Idioma:
En
Revista:
Radiat Res
Ano de publicação:
1996
Tipo de documento:
Article
País de afiliação:
França