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Internucleosomal chromatin degradation in myeloma and B‐hybridoma cell cultures
Author(s) -
Sokolova Irina A.,
Volgin Andrei U.,
Makarova Natalia V.,
Volgina Veronica V.,
Shishkin Sergei S.,
Khodarev Nikolai N.
Publication year - 1992
Publication title -
febs letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.593
H-Index - 257
eISSN - 1873-3468
pISSN - 0014-5793
DOI - 10.1016/0014-5793(92)81213-6
Subject(s) - chromatin , programmed cell death , fragmentation (computing) , endonuclease , apoptosis , microbiology and biotechnology , dna fragmentation , cell culture , biology , apoptotic dna fragmentation , cell , splenocyte , enzyme , in vitro , biochemistry , dna , genetics , ecology
The activity of Ca/Mg‐dependent endonuclease (CME) is strongly inhibited in myeloma X‐63.Ag8.653 and B‐hybridoma MLC‐1c is compared with mouse splenocytes. Nevertheless, pronounced internucleosomal chromatin degradation occurs in both cell lines during long‐term cultivation without passing. In isolated cell nuclei of X‐63 the activation of CME, which precedes chromatin fragmentation in vivo and loss of cell viability, is revealed. The time—course of CME activation is opposite to cell proliferation and is not accompanied by alterations in enzyme quantity. The results suggest that cell death of X‐63 and MLC‐1c occurs via apoptosis, and involves the mechanisms controlling the activation and/or interaction of CME with chromatin.