Harris G, Lawley P D, Asbery L J, Chandler P M, Jones M G
Immunology. 1983 Jul;49(3):439-49.
N-Methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) but not methyl methanesulphonate (MMS) induced both autoimmune haemolytic anaemia and thymic lymphoma in susceptible strains of mice, particularly the C57BL/6. These effects could be positively correlated with the formation of O6-methylguanine in target DNA. All murine lymphoid cells showed lack of ability to remove O6-methylguanine from their DNA, therefore the variation of responses between different mouse strains indicated that other host factors, probably genetic, must be involved. The results do indicate however that a potent pre-mutagenic DNA base modification can initiate the events leading to autoimmune disease in susceptible mice.
N-甲基-N-亚硝基脲(MNU)而非甲磺酸甲酯(MMS)可在小鼠易感品系,尤其是C57BL/6小鼠中诱发自身免疫性溶血性贫血和胸腺淋巴瘤。这些效应与靶DNA中O6-甲基鸟嘌呤的形成呈正相关。所有小鼠淋巴细胞均显示出缺乏从其DNA中去除O6-甲基鸟嘌呤的能力,因此不同小鼠品系之间反应的差异表明,其他宿主因素(可能是遗传因素)必定参与其中。然而,结果确实表明,一种强效的诱变前DNA碱基修饰可引发易感小鼠中导致自身免疫性疾病的一系列事件。