Induction and repair of DNA damage as measured by the Comet assay and the yield of somatic mutations in gamma-irradiated tobacco seedlings
| Autor: | Ondrej Ptáček, Jin Kyu Kim, Diana A. Stavreva, Tomáš Gichner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2001 |
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DNA Repair
DNA damage Somatic cell DNA repair Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Nicotiana tabacum Biology medicine.disease_cause Ionizing radiation chemistry.chemical_compound Tobacco Genetics medicine Mutation food and beverages biology.organism_classification Molecular biology Comet assay Plants Toxic chemistry Gamma Rays Comet Assay DNA DNA Damage |
| Zdroj: | Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis. 491:17-23 |
| ISSN: | 1383-5718 |
| DOI: | 10.1016/s1383-5718(00)00146-7 |
| Popis: | The advantage of using the tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum var. xanthi) mutagenicity assay is the ability to analyze and compare on the same plants under identical treatment conditions both the induced acute DNA damage in somatic cells as measured by the Comet assay and the yield of induced leaf somatic mutations. Gamma-irradiation of tobacco seedlings induced a dose-dependent increase in somatic mutations from 0.5 (control) to 240 per leaf (10Gy). The increased yield of somatic mutations was highly correlated (r = 0.996) with the increased DNA damage measured by the Comet assay immediately after irradiation. With increased dose of gamma-irradiation, the averaged median tail moment values ( +/- S.E.) significantly increased from 1.08 +/- 0.10 (control) to 20.26 +/- 1.61 microm (10Gy). Nuclei isolated from leaves 24h after irradiation expressed tail moment values that were not significantly different from the control (2.08 +/- 0.11). Thus a complete repair of DNA damage induced by gamma-irradiation and measurable by the Comet assay was observed, whereas the yield of somatic mutations increased in relation to the radiation dose. Data on the kinetics of DNA repair and of DNA damage induced by gamma-radiation on isolated tobacco nuclei, and on nuclei isolated from irradiated leaves and roots are presented. |
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