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LIFE09200604007 Tabish - Homi Bhabha National Institute

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Synopsis<br />

starting material we successfully generated continuously growing LCLs following<br />

infection of isolated PBLs with EBV-containing supernatants. LCLs showed expression<br />

of B cell surface marker (CD19) while markers for T cell (CD3) and NK cells (CD56)<br />

were absent. DNA ploidy status of the LCLs demonstrated that they were diploid in<br />

nature. Generation of EBV transformed cell lines has proven to be cost effective, rapid<br />

and reliable method. A comparison with normal PBLs revealed that these cell lines<br />

exhibit minimal deviation from normal phenotype and genotype and can be used as an<br />

ideal surrogate of lymphocytes.<br />

It is apparent from our results using LCLs that there is a marked difference in<br />

γ-radiation and BPDE induced phenotypic responses between MPN patient and healthy<br />

controls. Exposure to ionising radiations results in DNA double strand breaks (DSB)<br />

and phosphorylation of histone H2AX at ser139 (γH2AX), which is a sensitive marker<br />

for measuring DSB. We observed that after radiation exposure the level of DSB<br />

between the two groups was almost similar as the number of γ-H2AX foci and percent<br />

γ-H2AX positive cells at 30 min time point were approximately same. But the extent of<br />

DNA repair at 4 h time point was significantly different between the two groups as<br />

revealed by residual γ-H2AX foci and percent positive cells at both the radiation doses.<br />

This indicates that DNA repair is compromised in UADT MPN patients resulting in<br />

accumulation of more DNA damage than healthy individuals after genotoxic exposure<br />

and suggests that DNA repair capacity might be a risk factor for UADT MPN<br />

development.<br />

It is well proven that when a cell is exposed to DNA damaging agents it<br />

results in cell cycle arrest and activation of cell cycle check points which play an<br />

essential role in DNA repair 10 . The checkpoints provide time for DNA repair before<br />

entering into the next phase of cell cycle and prevent cell multiplication with damaged<br />

DNA. A disruption in any of the cell cycle check points may result in accumulation of<br />

gene mutations and chromosomal aberrations by reducing the efficiency of DNA repair<br />

leading to genetic instability that may drive neoplastic evolution. Tobacco specific<br />

carcinogen BPDE forms adducts with genomic DNA resulting in replication errors that<br />

can lead to formation of replicative gaps. These replicative gaps can be repaired during<br />

S phase by post-replicative repair pathways 17 . If these gaps remain in the genome due<br />

to inefficient DNA repair then they may get converted into DSB in G2 phase 17 . Hence<br />

BPDE exposure in normal cells results in S or G2/M phase arrest. Similarly G2 phase<br />

cells are extremely sensitive to ionising radiation induced DNA damage resulting in<br />

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