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



Document title: Assessment of the DNA Damage in Human Sperm and Lymphocytes Exposed to the Carcinogen Food Contaminant Furan with Comet Assay
Journal: Brazilian archives of biology and technology
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000392766
ISSN: 1516-8913
Authors: 1
Institutions: 1Bozok University, Faculty of Arts and Science, Yozgat. Turquía
Year:
Season: Sep-Oct
Volumen: 58
Number: 5
Pages: 773-780
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract 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
Keyword: 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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