The activity of Ca/Mg-dependent endonuclease (CME) is strongly inhibited in myeloma X-63.Ag8.653 and B-hybridoma MLC-1c as compared with mouse splenocytes. Nevertheless, pronounced internucleosomal chromatin degradation occurs in both cell lines during long-term cultivation without passing. In isolated cell nuclei of X-63 the activation of CME, which precedes chromatin fragmentation in vivo and loss of cell viability, is revealed. The time-course of CME activation is opposite to cell proliferation and is not accompanied by alterations in enzyme quantity. The results suggest that cell death of X-63 and MLC-1c occurs via apoptosis, and involves the mechanisms controlling the activation and/or interaction of CME with chromatin.
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