Kinetics of DNA replication in C3H 10T1/2 cells synchronized by aphidicolin.

Aphidicolin is an inhibitor of DNA polymerase alpha and blocks nuclear DNA replication without interfering with mitochondrial DNA synthesis. The efficacy of this mycotoxin as a tool in cell synchronization was evaluated in C3H 10T1/2 clone 8 cells. At concentrations of 1-2 micrograms/mL, aphidicolin quickly reduced the [3H]thymidine uptake to less than 5% of control levels in the first 5 min of incubation. This inhibition was easily reversed by washing and refeeding cells with fresh medium. The synchronization protocol consisted of first blocking cells by confluence arrest, replating them at lower density, and then treating the cells with aphidicolin for 24 h. Once the inhibitor was removed, DNA replication started without any delay. The cell population traversed the S phase in about 8 h and synchronously doubled in cell number. Autoradiography studies revealed a labeling index of 89-93% during the S phase. However, it was also observed that 10T1/2 cells were able to enter S phase in the presence of aphidicolin. The extent of the ensuing replication in the nucleus was dependent on the time that cells remained arrested in early S phase. Analyses of the newly replicated DNA in alkaline sucrose gradients revealed a fairly homogeneous distribution of sizes of nascent DNA in synchronized cells pulse-labeled at the beginning of the S phase. Upon chase in nonradioactive medium, the average molecular weight of the nascent DNA increased linearly with time of DNA synthesis for 2 h. The apparent rate of DNA chain growth determined from pulse and chase experiments was 1.2 micron/min. This rate was strongly inhibited (93%) by aphidicolin at a concentration of 2 micrograms/mL.

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