The response was reflected in a lower micronucleus frequency but not in the DNA repair rate measured by the comet assay directly after the challenge dose.
This repair process was negated when 3-amino-benzamide , an inhibitor of poly (ADP) polymerase , was added to the cultures immediately after the challenge treatment.
These results indicate that poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase may be involved in chromosomal repair of radiation damage only during specific stages of the cell cycle.
The degree of inhibition of poly (ADP-ribose) synthesis by these inhibitors corresponded in general with their potentiating ability of bleomycin cytotoxicity.
A novel class of quinazolinone derivatives as potent poly (ADP-ribose) polymerase-1 (PARP-1) inhibitors has been discovered.