[COMPARATIVE CYTOGENETIC ANALYSIS OF MONOLAYER AND SUSPENSION CHINESE HAMSTER OVARY CELL LINES CHO(dhfr-)].

The karyotypes of CHO(dhfr-) and CHO(dhfr-)/susp Chinese hamster ovary cell lines were investigated with the use of GTG-staining. Modal chromosome set consists of 20 and 18 chromosomes respectively. The karyotypes of both cell lines were stable with constant ratio of normal chromosomes and chromosomes with structural rearrangements. Monosomy for chromosomes 1, 2, 4, 5, 8 was observed in both cell lines and for chromosome 9 in CHO(dhfr-)/susp cell line. The differences between CHO(dhfr-) cell lines studied by us consists of inclusion of part of chromosome 7 in der(6)t(1;6), rearrangement of del(5) and monosomy of chromosome 9. It was shown that in karyotypes of all CHO cell lines studied up today there are 5 common structurally chromosome rearrangements: del(2), inv(3), add(6), del(9) and mar1. In both CHO(dhfr-) cell lines investigated by us three unique chromosome rearrangements: del(1), der(6)t(1,6) and mar3 were revealed. Necessity of simultaneous GTG and FISH analysis of chromosomes rearrangements in the CHO cell lines under study is discussed.

Tailed nuclei and dicentric chromosomes in irradiated subjects.

A study of peripheral blood smears from irradiated Chernobyl liquidators and other subjects has shown nuclei of some lymphocytes to have a protrusion into the cytoplasm. Such abnormal nuclei are called "tailed" nuclei (TN). Sixteen main morphologic types, observed in human peripheral blood lymphocytes, are described. The frequency of appearance of lymphocytes with TN in a group of Chernobyl liquidators was significantly higher than in control groups (p < 0.001, in all cases). A positive correlation was found between the TN frequency in lymphocytes and dicentric chromosomes in lymphocytes cultured to metaphase (p < 0.001). Elevated frequencies of dicentrics, higher than 0.1%, were found in 17 out of 22 subjects in whom the frequency of lymphocytes with TN was 0.8% and more. Abnormalities of the TN type in lymphocytes are likely to result from breakdown of chromosome bridges formed by dicentrics. The TN can be considered as a possible marker of irradiation and, therefore, their detailed study is important.