Patil M S, Narasimhan S, Pradhan D S
Int J Radiat Biol Relat Stud Phys Chem Med. 1978 Oct;34(4):367-74. doi: 10.1080/09553007814551001.
Syntheses of chromosomal proteins was studied in relation to DNA syntheses in the rat thymus following whole-body X-irradiation (600 rad). There was a considerable depression of the syntheses of DNA and histones during the first 4--48 hours after irradiation. The syntheses of histones H3 and H4 plus H2A were affected to a much greater degree than those of histones H1 and H2B, suggesting a tight coupling between the syntheses of DNA and histones H3 and H4 plus H2A. A part of the lysine-rich histones H1 and H2B, however, seems to be synthesized, even in the absence of DNA synthesis. Biosynthesis of non-histone proteins was also depressed in the thymus after irradiation. The degree of inhibition, however, was very low, except for the syntheses of a few non-histone protein components which were depressed to a considerable extent. This implies that the synthesis of the majority of non-histone proteins is independent of DNA synthesis.
