Kalweit S, Nowak C, Obe G
Freie Universität Berlin, Institut für Genetik, Germany.
Mutat Res. 1990 Sep;245(1):5-9. doi: 10.1016/0165-7992(90)90017-e.
Human peripheral lymphocytes were isolated from whole blood and exposed to culture medium of reduced osmolality. This hypotonic treatment led to a significant increase in the frequencies of chromosomal aberrations when the osmolality was reduced to 60 mOsm/kg H2O and below. Maximum damage occurred when the hypotonic treatment was done 27 or 30 h after starting the cultures. We also looked for the induction of sister-chromatid exchanges (SCE) by hypotonic culture conditions, but the SCE frequencies were not influenced.