Modulatory effects of curcumin on the chromosomal damage induced by doxorubicin in Chinese hamster ovary cells

Autor: Francisca da Luz Dias, Catarina Satie Takahashi, Maria Cristina Picinato Medeiros de Araújo, Lusânia Maria Greggi Antunes
Rok vydání: 1999
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Zdroj: Teratogenesis, Carcinogenesis, and Mutagenesis. 19:1-8
ISSN: 1520-6866
0270-3211
DOI: 10.1002/(sici)1520-6866(1999)19:1<1::aid-tcm1>3.0.co;2-7
Popis: Curcumin, a natural phenolic compound, is gaining importance as a free radical scavenger. This study was undertaken to investigate the modulatory effects of curcumin on the chromosomal damage induced by the antitumoral doxorubicin (DXR), a known free radical generator, in Chinese hamster ovary cells in culture. Cells were treated with three concentrations of curcumin (2.5, 5, or 10 microg/ml) and then treated with DXR (1.0 microg/ml) during different phases of the cell cycle. The results show that curcumin induces chromosomal damage in CHO at the highest concentration when compared to the untreated control. Neither treatment with curcumin shows a reduction in the clastogenicity of DXR. Instead, a statistically significant increase in the frequency of chromosomal damage was observed when the middle and the highest concentrations of curcumin were associated with DXR during the G1/S, S, and S/G2 phases of the cell cycle. The results clearly indicate the potentiating effect of curcumin on DXR-induced chromosomal damage.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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