ISSN:
0021-9541
Keywords:
Life and Medical Sciences
;
Cell & Developmental Biology
Source:
Wiley InterScience Backfile Collection 1832-2000
Topics:
Biology
,
Medicine
Notes:
Synchronous cultures of HeLa cells were obtained by selective detachment of cells in mitosis and fluctuations in enzyme activity were followed during the subsequent cell cycle. The enzymes measured were alkaline and acid phosphatases and a nuclease active on denatured DNA at alkaline pH (alkaline DNase). Each of these enzymes showed a different pattern of activity in the cell cycle, but a temporal relationship to the DNA synthetic phase was apparent in each case. Treatment of the cultures at the beginning of the cell cycle with 15 mM thymidine did not alter the subsequent pattern of fluctuations in activity of alkaline phosphatase or of acid phosphatase, although DNA synthesis was fully inhibited by this treatment. This indicates that the pattern of activity of some enzymes is not linked to DNA replication. On the other hand, the pattern of fluctuations in the activity of alkaline DNase was abolished by thymidine treatment, and elevation of the activity of this enzyme was observed. These results suggest complex and variable relationships between phases of the cell cycle and enzyme activity, and show that inhibition of DNA synthesis is not a suitable procedure for induction of culture synchrony if enzyme activities are to be studied.
Additional Material:
7 Ill.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/jcp.1040750306
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