발생 12일째의 계배근세포를 약 7일간 배양하면서 자외선에 의한 절제회복, 광재활성 및 DNA 복제억제율을 조사하여 다음과 같은 결과를 얻었다. 자외선에 의한 절제회복은 계배근세포의 분화정도가 진행됨에 따라 감소하였으며, 이는 특히 자외선의 선량이 높을수록 뚜렷하였다. DNA 합성율은 분화가 진행된 세포일수록 현저히 감소하는 경향이었으며 각 분화단계에 따른 DNA 복제억제 현상은 배양 초기 세포인 경우 자외선 조사후 30분에서 1시간반 사이에서 가장 심하게 나타났고, 배양후기의 세포에서는 이러한 억제현상이 뚜렷하지 않았다. 또 배양 1일째 세포에서 광재활성에 의한 피리미딘 이량체의 감소율은 자외선 조사직후에 현저하였다가 그후 시간의 경과에 따른 차이는 보이지 않았다. 그러나, 절제회복만에 의한 이량체의 감소는 조사후 시간이 지남에 따라 서서히 감소하여 광재활성에 의한 이량체의 감소량과 비슷한 수준으로 접근하였다.
DNA synthesis, unscheduled DNA synthesis, excision of pyrimidine dimers and phtoreactivation were determined in UV-irradiated differentiating muscle cells at various times of primary culture of 12 day chick embryos and results obtained were as follows. The rates of UV-induced unscheduled DNA synthesis were increased as increase of UV dose. And the rates were gradually decreased as the increase of time after culture, but at higher doses the decreasing tendency was remarkable. The patterns of DNA replication were changed drastically as a function of time so that in the seven day cultures the rate of $^3$H-thymidine incorporation was found to be 0.2% of the original activity. The pattern of inhibition of DNA replication by UV damage demonstrated that in cells of earlier stages there were no remarkable changes, but in cells of later stages there was significant fluctuation. Photoreactivation and the excision of pyrimidine dimer in the one day cultures showed that photoreactivation occurred immediately after UV-irradiation, but excision of pyrimidine dimer was gradually and slowly occurred. These results indicate that the differentiation of embryonic muscle cells accompanies the gradual reduction of DNA replication and unscheduled DNA synthesis, and that the photoreactivation is rapid process compared to excision repair.
