Artículos de revistas
Dna Content, Chromatin Texture And Nuclear Morphology In Benzo[a]pyrene-transformed Human Breast Epithelial Cells After Microcell-mediated Transfer Of Chromosomes 11 And 17.
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Cytometry. Part A : The Journal Of The International Society For Analytical Cytology. v. 52, n. 2, p. 70-6, 2003-Apr.
1552-4922
10.1002/cyto.a.10029
12655650
Autor
Mello, Maria Luiza S
de Campos Vidal, Benedicto
Lareef, Mohamed H
Hu, Yun F
Yang, Xiaoqi
Russo, Jose
Institución
Resumen
A relation between the changes in DNA content and chromatin supra-organization and the expression of gradual steps of tumorigenesis has been assessed by image analysis in human breast epithelial cells (MCF-10F) treated with benzo[a]pyrene (BP) (cell lines BP1, BP1-E, BP1-Tras, and others). Because abnormal chromosomes 11 and 17 have been associated with neoplastic progression in BP-transformed MCF-10F cells, image analysis of Feulgen-stained tumorigenic BP1-E cells with the microcell-mediated chromosome transfer of normal chromosomes 11 and 17 was carried out. A tendency of DNA amount distribution and nuclear size restoration to values typical of non-transformed MCF-10F cells was demonstrated, especially after the transfer of chromosome 17. No reversion in chromatin texture was found after the transfer of chromosome 11 or 17. Although the presence of a normal chromosome 17 should be considered among the necessary steps for tumorigenic human breast epithelial cells to recover their normality, a more complex genome balance is required for the entire nuclear chromatin of these cells to recover its totally normal supra-organization and expression. 52 70-6