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Microcystin-LR induces oxidative DNA damage in human hepatoma cell line HepG2Žegura, Bojana ; Sedmak, Bojan, 1952- ; Filipič, Metka, 1954-Microcystins are naturally occurring hepatotoxins produced by strains of Microcystis aeruginosa. They are involved in promoting primary iiver tumours and a previous study showed that they might also ... be tumour initiators. In thisstudy we demonstrate that microcystin-LR (MCLR) at doses that were not cytotoxic (0.01-1 wg/ml), induced dose and time dependent DNA strand breaks inhuman hepatoma cell line HepG2. These DNA strand breaks were transient, reaching a maximum level after 4 h of exposure and declining with further exposure.In the presence of the DNA repairinhibitors cytosine arabinoside (AraC) and hydroxyurea (HU), together with MCLR, DNA strand breaks accumulatedafter prolonged exposure. These results suggest that DNA strand breaks are intermediates, produced during the cellular repair of MCLR induced DNA damage. Digestion of DNA with purified, oxidative DNA damage specific enyzmes, endonuclease III (Endo III) and formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase (Fpg) markedly increased DNA strand breaks in MCLR treated cells, providing evidence that a substantial portion of the MCLR induced DNA strand breaks originate from excision of oxidative DNA adducts. A hydroxyl radical scavenger(DMSO) significantly reduced MCLR induced DNA damage. From these results we conclude that MCLR induces formation of reactive oxygen species that cause DNA damage, and that MCLR may act as an initiator of liver cancer.Source: Toxicon. - ISSN 0041-0101 (Letn. 41, 2003, str. 41-48)Type of material - article, component partPublish date - 2003Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 15634137
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Žegura, Bojana |
Sedmak, Bojan, 1952- |
Filipič, Metka, 1954-
Topics
Liver Neoplasms |
Tumor Cells, Cultured |
Drug Effects |
Bacterial Toxins |
Dna Damage |
Dna Repair |
Drug Effects |
Cyanobacteria |
Electrophoresis, Agar Gel |
Cytarabine |
Hydroxyurea |
Hydroxyl Radical |
Endonucleases |
Reactive Oxygen Species |
Bakterijski toksini |
DNA poškodba |
DNA, obnova |
Jetra, novotvorbe |
Tumorske celične kulture |
Citarabin |
Cyanobacteria |
Elektroforeza, agar gel |
Endonukleaze |
Hidroksilni radikal |
Hidroksiurea |
Kisik, aktivne oblike
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