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Hu, Da-Lin; Tang, Huan-Wen; Liang, Hai-Rong; Tang, Dong-Sheng; Liu, Yi-Ming; Ji, Wei-Dong; Yuan, Jian-Hui; He, Yun; Zhu, Zheng-Yu; Yang, Jian-Ping; Fang, Dao-Kui; Sha, Yan; Tu, Xiao-Zhi; Zhuang, Zhi-Xiong
Biomedical and environmental sciences, 04/2007, Volume: 20, Issue: 2Journal Article
To explore the toxicological mechanism of hydroquinone in human bronchial epithelial cells and to investigate whether DNA polymerase beta is involved in protecting cells from damage caused by hydroquinone. DNA polymerase beta knock-down cell line was established via RNA interference as an experimental group. Normal human bronchial epithelial cells and cells transfected with the empty vector of pEGFP-C1 were used as controls. Cells were treated with different concentrations of hydroquinone (ranged from 10 micromol/L to 120 micromol/L) for 4 hours. MTT assay and Comet assay single-cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) were performed respectively to detect the toxicity of hydroquinone. MTT assay showed that DNA polymerase beta knock-down cells treated with different concentrations of hydroquinone had a lower absorbance value at 490 nm than the control cells in a dose-dependant manner. Comet assay revealed that different concentrations of hydroquinone caused more severe DNA damage in DNA polymerase beta knock-down cell line than in control cells and there was no significant difference in the two control groups. Hydroquinone has significant toxicity to human bronchial epithelial cells and causes DNA damage. DNA polymerase beta knock-down cell line appears more sensitive to hydroquinone than the control cells. The results suggest that DNA polymerase beta is involved in protecting cells from damage caused by hydroquinone.
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