Otro
Genotoxicity in primary human peripheral lymphocytes after exposure to radiopacifiers in vitro
Registro en:
Journal of Materials Science-materials In Medicine. Dordrecht: Springer, v. 19, n. 2, p. 601-605, 2008.
0957-4530
10.1007/s10856-007-3000-2
WOS:000252976100016
0000-0001-5389-0105
0000-0003-4413-226X
Autor
Braz, Mariana Gobbo
Marcondes, Joao Paulo de Castro
Matsumoto, Mariza Akemi
Duarte, Marco Antonio Hungaro
Salvadori, Daisy Maria Favero
Ribeiro, Daniel Araki
Resumen
Taking into consideration that DNA damage plays an important role in carcinogenesis, the purpose of this study was to evaluate whether some radiopacifiers widely used in clinical practice are able to induce genetic damage in primary human cells in vitro. Human peripheral lymphocytes obtained from 10 healthy volunteers were exposed to barium sulphate (BaSO(4)), zirconium oxide (ZnO(2)) and bismuth oxide (Bi(2)O(3)) at final concentrations ranging from 1 to 1000 mu g/mL for 1 h at 37 degrees C. The negative control group was treated with vehicle control (phosphate buffer solution) for 1 h at 37 degrees C and the positive control group was treated with hydrogen peroxide (at 100 mu M) for 5 min on ice. Results were analyzed by the Friedman non-parametric test. The results pointed all compounds tested out did not induce DNA breakage in human peripheral lymphocytes as depicted by the mean tail moment and tail intensity in all concentrations tested. In summary, our results indicate that exposure to these radiopacifiers may not be a factor that increases the level of DNA lesions in human peripheral lymphocytes as detected by single cell gel (comet) assay.