{"title":"In vivo methylation of DNA in different organs of rat at various ages.","authors":"D Lutz, M Löwel, H Kröger, D Kubsch, W Uecker","doi":"10.1515/znb-1972-0827","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"We investigated in vivo labelling of DNA in single organs of female Wistar rats after application of 3H-methionine. In 40 g and 120 g rats the tritium incorporation into DNA was 10 times higher in spleen than in liver, kidney and heart. DNA methylation in newborn rats (6 — 8 g) was more pronounced in each of these organs. We demonstrated a varying degree of tritium incorporation into the different bases of DNA depending on the organs. We claim that only the values for 5-methylcytosine should be used as sole criteria of DNA methylation. Our results indi cate that DNA methylation in vivo is enhanced in those organs, where a more intensive DNA synthesis occurs.","PeriodicalId":78857,"journal":{"name":"Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. Teil B. Anorganische Chemie, organische Chemie, Biochemie, Biophysik, Biologie","volume":"27 8","pages":"992-5"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"1972-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1515/znb-1972-0827","citationCount":"4","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Zeitschrift fur Naturforschung. Teil B. Anorganische Chemie, organische Chemie, Biochemie, Biophysik, Biologie","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.1515/znb-1972-0827","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
We investigated in vivo labelling of DNA in single organs of female Wistar rats after application of 3H-methionine. In 40 g and 120 g rats the tritium incorporation into DNA was 10 times higher in spleen than in liver, kidney and heart. DNA methylation in newborn rats (6 — 8 g) was more pronounced in each of these organs. We demonstrated a varying degree of tritium incorporation into the different bases of DNA depending on the organs. We claim that only the values for 5-methylcytosine should be used as sole criteria of DNA methylation. Our results indi cate that DNA methylation in vivo is enhanced in those organs, where a more intensive DNA synthesis occurs.