PMID: 9541971Jun 6, 1998Paper

Effect of mycoplasma contamination of the human uterine leiomyosarcoma cell line SK-UT-1B on karyotype structure

Tsitologiia
G G PolianskaiaN A Ender

Abstract

The karyotypic variability has been investigated for human uterine leiomyosarcoma cell line SK-UT-1B, cultivated for 30-90 days after contamination with Acholeplasma laidlawii, strain PG-8. The character of cell distribution for chromosome number gradually changes in contaminated cells, comparatively to the control, with the lengthening of the term of contamination. So, in 30 days the analysed distributions do not differ in the experimental and in the control variants, the modal number of chromosomes being equal to 46. In 60 days the frequency of cells with modal number of chromosomes have a tendency to decrease, and the range of variability in the number of chromosomes tend to increase. In 90 days, the frequency of cells with modal number of chromosomes decreases significantly, and the range of variability on the number of chromosomes increases significantly. The number of chromosomal aberrations gradually increases in contaminated cells, as compared to the control, with the lengthening of the term of contamination. So, in 30 days the number of chromosomal aberrations does not increase, only the number of dicentrics (telomeric associations) has the tendency to increase. In 60 days, the number of chromosomal aberrations, mainly...Continue Reading

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