Effect of 5-Fluoro-2′-Deoxyuridine on [3H]Thymidine Incorporation by Bacterioplankton in the Waters of Southwest Florida
AUTOR(ES)
Jeffrey, Wade H.
RESUMO
The effect of 5-fluoro-2′-deoxyuridine (FdUrd) on [methyl-3H] thymidine incorporation by bacterioplankton populations in subtropical freshwater, estuarine, and oceanic environments was examined. In estuarine waters, intracellular isotope dilution was inhibited by FdUrd, which enabled us to estimate both intracellular and extracellular isotope dilution. In 2 of 10 cases, extracellular isotope dilution was significant. At low concentrations of [methyl-3H]thymidine or [6-3H]thymidine, FdUrd completely inhibited incorporation of radioactivity into protein and RNA. At high concentrations of [3H]thymidine, however, FdUrd had little effect on labeling patterns. The dihydrofolate reductase inhibitors amethopterin and trimethoprim had no effect on macromolecular labeling patterns. These results suggest that thymidylate synthase is not involved in nonspecific labeling and that FdUrd inhibits nonspecific labeling by blocking some other enzyme involved in thymidine catabolism. In oligotrophic oceanic and freshwater samples, FdUrd did not inhibit intracellular isotope dilution or [3H]thymidine labeling of protein and RNA, but caused some inhibition of [3H]thymidine incorporation into DNA. The ability of FdUrd to inhibit nonspecific macromolecular labeling during [3H]thymidine incorporation was significantly correlated (r = 0.84) with total thymidine incorporation (in picomoles per liter per hour). The results are discussed in terms of applications of FdUrd to routine bacterial production measurements and the general assumptions of [3H]thymidine incorporation.
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