Objective: To study the genotoxicity and antitumor activity of a Chinese medicinal herb, Tripterygium Hypoglaucum (Level) Hutch (THH). Methods: The genotoxicity and antitumor activity of TH-H were investigated in huma...Objective: To study the genotoxicity and antitumor activity of a Chinese medicinal herb, Tripterygium Hypoglaucum (Level) Hutch (THH). Methods: The genotoxicity and antitumor activity of TH-H were investigated in human promyelocytic leukemia cells on the mutation of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) gene by using single cell clone culture, two-way screening counting, multiplex PCR amplification and gel electrophoresis. Results: The results showed that different mutant spectra existed between the spontaneous mutation and induced mutation by THH. Only 7. 7% (1/13) of spontaneous mutants showed deletion mutations, whereas the induced mutants included 46.6% (27/58) deletions. Mapping of all intragenic deletion breakpoints showed a random distribution in all 9 exons, but toward the 3'-end of the HPRT gene. Deletion of exon 1 only appeared when whole gene was deleted. Deletions of exon 7/8 and 9 often showed linkage deletions (71.4%). Conclusion: THH can induce the mutation, mainly deletions, of HPRT gene in human promyelocytic leukemia cells.展开更多
基金Supported by National Natural Science Foundation (No. 39970650) and Chongqing Public Health Bureau Foundation (2000).
文摘Objective: To study the genotoxicity and antitumor activity of a Chinese medicinal herb, Tripterygium Hypoglaucum (Level) Hutch (THH). Methods: The genotoxicity and antitumor activity of TH-H were investigated in human promyelocytic leukemia cells on the mutation of hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyl transferase (HPRT) gene by using single cell clone culture, two-way screening counting, multiplex PCR amplification and gel electrophoresis. Results: The results showed that different mutant spectra existed between the spontaneous mutation and induced mutation by THH. Only 7. 7% (1/13) of spontaneous mutants showed deletion mutations, whereas the induced mutants included 46.6% (27/58) deletions. Mapping of all intragenic deletion breakpoints showed a random distribution in all 9 exons, but toward the 3'-end of the HPRT gene. Deletion of exon 1 only appeared when whole gene was deleted. Deletions of exon 7/8 and 9 often showed linkage deletions (71.4%). Conclusion: THH can induce the mutation, mainly deletions, of HPRT gene in human promyelocytic leukemia cells.
