Assessment of the DNA Damage in Human Sperm and Lymphocytes Exposed to the Carcinogen Food Contaminant Furan with Comet Assay



Título del documento: Assessment of the DNA Damage in Human Sperm and Lymphocytes Exposed to the Carcinogen Food Contaminant Furan with Comet Assay
Revista: Brazilian archives of biology and technology
Base de datos: PERIÓDICA
Número de sistema: 000392766
ISSN: 1516-8913
Autors: 1
Institucions: 1Bozok University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Yozgat. Turquía
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Període: Sep-Oct
Volum: 58
Número: 5
Paginació: 773-780
País: Brasil
Idioma: Inglés
Tipo de documento: Artículo
Enfoque: Analítico, descriptivo
Resumen en inglés The aim of this work was to assess the damage of DNA in human blood cell and sperm in vitro under the influence of furan. These cells were administered 0 - 600 μM of furan at 37 and 32 o C for 30 and 60 min, respectively. A significant increase in tail DNA%, tail length and moment indicating DNA damage was observed at increasing doses when compared to the controls. The treatment with 300 and 600 μM of furan showed a maximum increase of 86.74 ± 2.43 and 93.29 ± 8.68 compared to the control tail DNA% in lymphocytes. However, only 600 μM of furan showed a maximum increase of 94.71 ± 6.24 compared to the control tail DNA% in sperm. The results suggested that furan caused DNA damage in lymphocytes at increasing doses, but appeared to have not the same effect on human sperm at the low doses. Genotoxic activity had an impact on the risk assessment of furan formed on the food for human cells. Therefore, it would be important to further investigate these properties of furan as the food mutagen
Disciplines Biología,
Química,
Medicina
Paraules clau: Biología celular,
Genética,
Salud pública,
Furano,
ADN,
Daños,
Sangre
Keyword: Biology,
Chemistry,
Medicine,
Cell biology,
Genetics,
Public health,
Furan,
DNA,
Damage,
Blood
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