Instituto Nacional de Perinatología, SSA, Montes Urales 800, Lomas Virreyes, 11000 México DF, Mexico.
Food Chem Toxicol. 2011 Nov;49(11):2947-53. doi: 10.1016/j.fct.2011.07.003. Epub 2011 Jul 12.
By means of the comet assay we demonstrated a strong effect by hydrogen peroxide (HP) and no damage by grapefruit juice (GJ) in human lymphocytes. Cells exposed to HP and treated with three concentrations of GJ (10-90 min) showed an increase of DNA damage by HP over the control level, and a decrease of such damage by GJ. With the comet assay plus formamidopyrimidine-DNA-glycosylase we found the strongest increase of DNA damage by HP over the control level, and the strongest reduction of such damage by GJ. By applying the comet/FISH method we determined 98% of the p53 gene signals in the comet head of control cells along the experiment (10-90 min), in contrast with about 90% signals in the comet tail of cells exposed to HP. Cells treated with both agents showed a significant, concentration/time dependent return of p53 signals to the head, suggesting enhancement of the gene repair. Finally, with the annexin V assay we found an increase in apoptosis and necrosis by HP, and no effect by GJ; when GJ was added to HP treated cells no modification was observed in regard to apoptosis, although a decrease of necrosis was observed.
通过彗星试验,我们证明了过氧化氢(HP)有很强的作用,而葡萄柚汁(GJ)对人类淋巴细胞没有损伤。将细胞暴露于 HP 并以三种浓度的 GJ(10-90 分钟)处理,结果显示 HP 引起的 DNA 损伤比对照水平增加,而 GJ 则减少了这种损伤。通过彗星试验加氨嘧啶-DNA-糖苷酶处理,我们发现 HP 引起的 DNA 损伤比对照水平增加了最强,而 GJ 对这种损伤的减少最强。通过应用彗星/FISH 方法,我们确定了在实验过程中(10-90 分钟),对照细胞的彗星头部有 98%的 p53 基因信号,而暴露于 HP 的细胞的彗星尾部只有约 90%的信号。用两种药物处理的细胞显示出 p53 信号显著、浓度/时间依赖性地回到头部,提示基因修复增强。最后,通过 Annexin V 试验,我们发现 HP 导致细胞凋亡和坏死增加,而 GJ 没有影响;当将 GJ 添加到 HP 处理的细胞中时,凋亡没有观察到变化,尽管坏死减少。