EFFECTS OF INTERFERON ON MITOMYCIN-INDUCED SISTER CHROMATID EXCHANGES AND ON ULTRAVIOLET-LIGHT-INDUCED UNSCHEDULED DNA SYNE THESIS / 第二军医大学学报

We studied the effects of interferon(IFN) on sister chromatid exchanges(SCE) induced by mitomycin(MMC) and/or on unscheduled DNA synthesis(UDS ) induced by ultraviolet light(UV) in peripheral lymphocytes taken from 4 normal individuals and 3 patients with xeroderma pigmentosum(XP) in whom the existence of congenital DNA excision repair defect had been verified.The lymphocytes from 2 normal individuals and 3 patients with XP were treated with IFN 8 hours before MMC was added SCE frequencies in IFN groups were lower than those in the controls. Statistical computation showed that all differences were highiy significant(P0.05).