PMID:9066290

Citation	Komeda, K, Iwamoto, S, Kominami, S and Ohnishi, T (1997) Induction of cell killing, mutation and umu gene expression by 6-mercaptopurine or 2-thiouracil with UVA irradiation. Photochem. Photobiol. 65:115-8
Abstract	When Escherichia coli cells were irradiated by UVA in the presence of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) or 2-thiouracil (S2Ura), two kinds of repair-deficient strains of recA- and uvrA- were killed more efficiently than the parental wild-type strain having normal repair capacities. In addition, these agents with UVA exposure greatly induced the incidence of mutations in the uvrA- strain as compared with the wild-type strain but not the recA- strain. Furthermore, the induction of expression of umuDC genes was investigated in two Salmonella typhimurium strains, TA1535 and TA1538, carrying a pSK1002 plasmid. In these systems, it is easy to measure beta-galactosidase activities for the induced activities of SOS responses. These agents with UVA exposure also induced expression of the umuDC genes. These results suggest that 6-MP and S2Ura with UVA induce DNA damage which is repairable by the excision repair mechanism.
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Keywords	6-Mercaptopurine/pharmacology; Adenosine Triphosphatases/metabolism; Bacterial Proteins/metabolism; Cell Death; DNA Repair; DNA-Binding Proteins/metabolism; DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase; Escherichia coli; Escherichia coli Proteins; Mutagenesis; Thiouracil/pharmacology; Ultraviolet Rays
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