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LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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Synopsis<br />

Immunophenotyping revealed that cells from representative randomly selected LCLs<br />

showed expression of typical B cell surface marker (CD19) while markers for T cell<br />

(CD3) and NK cells (CD56) were absent. DNA ploidy status of the LCLs was assessed<br />

immediately after cell line preparation at low population doubling (100 PD). All the cell lines had a DI ratio ranging<br />

between 0.9-1.3 and were considered to be diploid. Also there was apparently no<br />

change at the expression level of ATM gene between the LCL and respective RNA<br />

isolated from the subject. The activity of ATM as assessed by immunofluorescence foci<br />

formation assay was comparable between LCLs and PBLs. Out of 34 cell lines 4 MPN<br />

patient cell lines could not be grown properly in the continuous culture hence were not<br />

undertaken for any phenotypic assay.<br />

2. DNA damage and repair after γ-radiation exposure: DNA damage and repair after<br />

γ-radiation exposure was measured by Immunofluorescence foci formation assay for γ-<br />

H2AX and measurement of γ-H2AX positive cells by flow cytometry.<br />

2.1 Immunofluorescence foci formation assay for γ-H2AX: After DNA damage<br />

appearance and the disappearance of phosphorylated H2AX (γ-H2AX) can be used as a<br />

parameter to measure DNA damage and repair. In MPN patient and control cell lines<br />

number of γ-H2AX foci at 30 min time point were approximately same indicating that<br />

the extent of DNA damage was almost equal. But at 4 h time point most of the γ-H2AX<br />

foci disappeared in LCLs from healthy controls (n=4) indicating that DNA repair is<br />

active while in case of the MPN patient cell lines (n=4) approximately half of the foci<br />

were still present at 4 h indicating that DNA repair is either delayed or impaired in<br />

these cells.<br />

2.2 Assessment of γ-H2AX by flow cytometry: This experiment was done on 20 MPN<br />

and 10 control cell lines using flow cytometry by analyzing percent positive cells for γ-<br />

H2AX at 30 min and 4 h time points.<br />

2.2.1 Measurement of DNA damage and repair at 30 min time point: Percent γ-H2AX<br />

positive cells at 30 min time point were approximately same in both MPN patient<br />

(42.14%, range 25.08% - 69.38% at 2 Gy; and 76.31%, range 52.06% - 97.69% at 5<br />

Gy) and control cell lines (36.44%, range 14.33% - 55.25% at 2 Gy; and 76.08%,<br />

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