Comparison between the effects of ultrasound and gamma-rays on the inactivation of Saccharomyces cerevisiae: analyses of cell membrane permeability and DNA or RNA synthesis by flow cytometry.

The effects of 200 kHz ultrasonic irradiation on DNA or RNA formation and membrane permeability of yeast cells were investigated by flow cytometry and compared with those of (60)Co gamma-ray radiation. Colony counting analyses were also performed for comparison. It was observed that the colony-forming activity of yeast cells was not affected by small doses of ultrasonic irradiation, but was closely related to the amounts of sonolytically formed hydrogen peroxide at concentrations of more than 80 microM. On the other hand, gamma-rays directly retarded colony-forming ability in addition to the effects of radiolytically formed hydrogen peroxide. The results obtained by flow cytometry also indicated that the amounts of DNA or RNA formed decreased with an increase in ultrasonic irradiation time without any threshold. These results indicated that flow cytometry can show early growth activities, but that colony counting analyses are insufficient to evaluate continuous and quantitative changes in these activities. In addition, by analyzing the amounts of DNA or RNA formed in the presence of the same amount of hydrogen peroxide, it was found that DNA or RNA formation behavior in the presence of hydrogen peroxide with no irradiation was similar to that following ultrasonic irradiation. These results suggested that similar chemical effects due to the formation of hydrogen peroxide were produced during ultrasonic irradiation. In addition, physical effects of ultrasound, such as shock wave, hardly contributed to cell inactivation and cell membrane damage, because relatively high frequency ultrasound was used here. In the case of gamma-ray radiation, direct physical effects on the cells were clearly observed.

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