Localization of mouse satellite DNA on chromosomes of experimentally induced glioblastomas; non-centromeric lable in one glioblastoma producing C-type particles.

The chromosomal localization of satellite DNA in two tissue culture lines derived -rom malignant mouse CNS tumors was investigated by in situ hybridization of 3H single-stranded satellite DNA purified by isopynic centrifugation in alkaline CSC1. Both tumors were glioblastomas originally induced by a methylcholanthrene implantation into the cerebrum of C3H mice; both displayed aneuploid chromosomal constitutions. One of these glioblastomas (TC 541) revealed labelling only of centromeric portions of the chromosomes even in cells containing greater than 200 chromosomes and thus it had a pattern of satellite distribution comparable to that of normal cells. The other glioblastoma (TC 509), that produced C-type particles and had a decrease in satellite DNA, displayed interstitial and telomeric label in some chromosomes in addition to labelling of the centromeres. "Hoechst 33258" fluorescence showed some interstitial and telomeric bright bands as well as centromeric bright regions, though to be consistent with in situ studies. The localization of satellite DNA to the chromosome arms and its possible relation to C-type virus is discussed.