US4264729A
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Method and reagent for detecting cancerigenic and anticancerous substances
Assignee: Individual
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Filing: 1978-09-19
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Granted: 1981-04-28
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Expires: 1998-09-19
Abstract
Abstract The effects of a substance on the replication process in vitro of ADN separated from sound tissues (check tissue) on the one hand and of DNA separated from cancerous tissue (cancerous DNA) on the other hand, are being compared. Cancerigenic substances are identified since they stimulate the replication of cancerous DNA more strongly than the replication of check tissue; specifically anticancerous substances since they inhibit the replication of cancerous DNA but not the replication of check tissue, toxic substances since they inhibit the replication of cancerous DNA as well as that of check tissue; and neutral substances since they do not have any effect either on the replication of cancerous DNA or on that of check tissue.
Inventors
- 👤 Mirko Beljanski
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 16:25
CPC Classifications
C; C12; C12Q; C12Q1/00; C12Q1/48; G; G01; G01N; G01N33/00; G01N33/48; G01N33/50; G01N33/58; G01N33/60
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 21
Claim 1
Independent Claim
163 words
A method for determining the purity of a substance or detecting if a substance is a cancerigenic substance, an anticancerous substance, a toxic substance, or a neutral substance comprising comparing the effects of the substance in various concentrations on the replication in vitro of matricial DNA as a check DNA separated from sound tissues or cells wherein a portion of the substance to be tested is placed in the presence of the check DNA in one test, and another portion of the substance to be tested is placed in the presence of the cancerous DNA in a second test and each test is performed in an incubation medium buffered with tris-HCl, having equimolecular amounts of 4 desoxyribonucleoside-5'-triphosphates, one of which is marked with 14 C or 3 H in the presence of a DNA-polymerase enzyme, at 36° C. for 10 minutes, trichloracetic acid is added to stop the reaction and the radioactivity of the formed precipitate, constituted by the synthetised DNA, is measured.
Claim 2
Independent Claim
163 words
A method for determining the purity of a substance or detecting if a substance is a cancerigenic substance, an anticancerous substance, a toxic substance, or a neutral substance comprising comparing the effects of the substance in various concentrations on the replication in vitro of matricial DNA as a check DNA separated from sound tissues or cells wherein a portion of the substance to be tested is placed in the presence of the check DNA in one test, and another portion of the substance to be tested is placed in the presence of the cancerous DNA in a second test and each test is performed in an incubation medium buffered with tris-HCl, having equimolecular amounts of 4 desoxyribonucleoside-5'-triphosphates, one of which is marked with 14 C or 3 H in the presence of a DNA-polymerase enzyme, at 36° C. for 10 minutes, trichloracetic acid is added to stop the reaction and the radioactivity of the formed precipitate, constituted by the synthetised DNA, is measured.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
54 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the effects on the substance to be tested are compared on four different DNA couples, one DNA couple constituted of one check DNA and one cancerous DNA originating from tissues of the same organ of the same animal kind, or from the same group of cultivated cells.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
64 words
The method according to claim 2, wherein the four DNA couples are selected from the group of DNA couples consisting of check DNA and cancerous DNA separated from lung tissues, check DNA and cancerous DNA separated from ovary tissues, check DNA and cancerous DNA separated from breast tissues, check DNA from primary cells of monkey kidneys (RS) or from KB, Hela or L cells.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
21 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the four desoxyribonucleoside-5'-triphosphates present in the incubation medium are desoxyguanosine-5'-triphosphate, desoxyadenosine-5'-triphosphate, desoxycytidine-5'-triphosphate, and thymidine-5'-triphosphate.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein the marked desoxyribonucleoside-5'-triphosphate is the (methyl- 3 H) thymidine-5'-triphosphate.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein the polymerase DNA enzyme used is a polymerase DNA depending-DNA separated from E. coli the pH of the reaction being set at 7.65.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 6 wherein the polymerase DNA enzyme is polymerase-DNA depending-DNA I.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein a dose of 0 to 100 micrograms of the substance to be tested is used for 0.5 to 1 micrograms of matricial DNA.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 4 wherein the DNA couples are characterized by an absorbance ratio in the UV spectrum at 260 nm and 280 nm of 2.0 and 2.1 respectively and wherein protein content of the DNA couples ranges from 0.3 to 0.6 percent.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
16 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the marked desoxyribonucleoside-5'-triphosphate is the (methyl- 3 H) thymidine-5'-triphosphate.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
29 words
The method according to claim 10 wherein the polymerase DNA enzyme used is a polymerase-DNA depending-DNA separated from E. coli the pH of the reaction be set at 7.65.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
14 words
The method of claim 11 wherein the polymerase DNA enzyme is polymerase-DNA depending-DNA I.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 10 wherein a dose of 0 to 100 micrograms of the substance to be tested is used for 0.5 to 1 micrograms of matricial DNA.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 10 wherein the DNA couples are characterized by an absorbance ratio in the UV spectrum at 260 nm and 280 nm of 2.0 and 2.1 respectively and wherein protein content in the DNA couples ranges from 0.3 to 0.6 percent.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
27 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the polymerase DNA enzyme used is a polymerase-DNA depending-DNA depending-DNA I, the pH of the reaction being set at 7.65.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 15 wherein the DNA couples are characterized by an absorbance ratio in the UV spectrum at 260 nm and 280 nm of 2.0 and 2.1 respectively and wherein protein content in the DNA couples ranges from 0.3 to 0.6 percent.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
30 words
The method according to claim 15 wherein a dose of 0 to 100 micrograms of the substance to be tested is used for 0.5 to 1 micrograms of matricial DNA.
Claim 19
Independent Claim
35 words
The method according to any one of claims 1, 2 or 3 wherein a dose of 0 to 100 micrograms of the substance to be tested is used for 0.5 to 1 micrograms matricial DNA.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 18 wherein the DNA couples are characterized by an absorbance ratio in the UV spectrum at 260 nm and 280 nm of 2.0 and 2.1 respectively and wherein protein content in the DNA couples ranges from 0.3 to 0.6 percent.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
45 words
The method according to claim 1 wherein the DNA couples are characterized by an absorbance ratio in the UV spectrum at 260 nm and 280 nm of 2.0 and 2.1 respectively and wherein protein content in the DNA couples ranges from 0.3 to 0.6 percent.
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