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Query: EC:2.4.2.8 (hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase)
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The level and fate of hMSH3 (human MutS homolog 3) were examined in the promyelocytic leukemia cell line HL-60 and its methotrexate-resistant derivative HL-60R, which is drug resistant by virtue of an amplification event that spans the dihydrofolate reductase (DHFR) and MSH3 genes. Nuclear extracts from HL-60 and HL-60R cells were subjected to an identical, rapid purification protocol that efficiently captures heterodimeric hMutSalpha (hMSH2. hMSH6) and hMutSbeta (hMSH2.hMSH3). In HL-60 extracts the hMutSalpha to hMutSbeta ratio is roughly 6:1, whereas in methotrexate-resistant HL-60R cells the ratio is less than 1:100, due to overproduction of hMSH3 and heterodimer formation of this protein with virtually all the nuclear hMSH2. This shift is associated with marked reduction in the efficiency of base-base mismatch and hypermutability at the hypoxanthine phosphoribosyltransferase (HPRT) locus. Purified hMutSalpha and hMutSbeta display partial overlap in mismatch repair specificity: both participate in repair of a dinucleotide insertion-deletion heterology, but only hMutSalpha restores base-base mismatch repair to extracts of HL-60R cells or hMSH2-deficient LoVo colorectal tumor cells.
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PMID:DHFR/MSH3 amplification in methotrexate-resistant cells alters the hMutSalpha/hMutSbeta ratio and reduces the efficiency of base-base mismatch repair. 929 77

The expression of seven enzymes involved in the biosynthesis of DNA was measured in HL-60 promyelocytic leukemia cells treated with dimethylsulfoxide (DMSO) or all-trans retinoic acid (RA) to gain information on their role in the termination of proliferation in cells undergoing granulocytic differentiation. The steady-state levels of the mRNAs for topoisomerase I, topoisomerase II. DNA polymerase-alpha, thymidylate synthase, thymidine kinase and hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase progressively declined from day 3 to day 7 of exposure to the polar solvent or the retinoid suggesting that the expression of these enzymes is coordinately regulated. In contrast, a pronounced difference between the two inducers of differentiation occurred in the expression of the mRNA of the M2 subunit of ribonucleotide reductase, with DMSO causing virtually complete inhibition of the expression of the M2 subunit of the enzyme from day 5 through day 7, with no change in the steady-state levels of the mRNA being produced by retinoic acid. Measurement of the enzymatic activities of two of these catalysts, thymidylate synthase and thymidine kinase, in cells exposed to the two inducers of maturation corroborated the findings at the level of the mRNAs, with corresponding decreases in the activity of these enzymes. The findings collectively demonstrate that the down-regulation of the expression of a relatively wide variety of enzymes involved in DNA replication occurs as late events in the granulocytic differentiation of HL-60 cells, ensuring that cellular replication cannot occur in terminally differentiated cells.
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PMID:Regulation of the expression of enzymes involved in the replication of DNA in chemically-induced granulocytic differentiation of HL-60 leukemia cells. 968 95

The genotoxicity and cytotoxicity of a Chinese medicinal herb, Tripterygium hypoglaucum (level) Hutch (THH), was investigated in human promyelocytic leukemia (HL-60) cells using the hypoxanthine-guanine phosphoribosyltransferase mutation assay. THH showed clear cytotoxicity and mutagenicity in HL-60 cells at concentrations between 6.7 and 20.0 mg/ml. When the mutants were characterized by techniques based on multiplex PCR, 46.6% of induced mutants were found to have deletions, whereas only 7.7% of spontaneous mutants showed deletions. The rest were not characterized, but were assumed to be mainly point mutations. Mapping of all intragenic deletion breakpoints showed a random distribution of breakpoints in nine exons. Deletion of exon 1 appeared as the only whole gene deletion, while deletions of exon 7/8 and 9 often occurred concomitantly (71.4%). It is concluded that THH is mutagenic in HL-60 cells, predominantly inducing deletions. Since this herb is widely used as a traditional medicine, its genotoxicity should be assessed in vivo in treated humans.
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PMID:Molecular analysis of Tripterygium hypoglaucum (level) Hutch-induced mutations at the HPRT locus in human promyelocytic leukemia cells by multiplex polymerase chain reaction. 1247 39


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