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NEUROSCIENCE LETTERS
Volume 392, Issue 1-2, Pages 22-26Publisher
ELSEVIER IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.neulet.2005.08.068
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human Schwann cells; cisplatin; apoptosis; comet assay; TUNEL method; nuclear chromatin changes
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To investigate the sensitivity of human Schwann cells to cisplatin (cis-DDP), different approaches to estimate DNA damage were used: the comet assay, morphological evaluation of the granular condensation of nuclear chromatin and the terminal transferase-mediated dUTP nick-end-labelling (TUNEL) method. The number of micronuclei (MNi), as a sign of cisplatin-induced genotoxicity, was counted. DNA damage assessed by the comet assay was already evident after 1.5 mu M cisplatin treatment at all exposure times (24, 48, and 72 h). Initial morphological changes characterised by the granular condensation of nuclear chromatin were detectable after 24 h exposure to 25 mu M cis-DDP, while an increased number of apoptotic cells, determined by the TUNEL method, was noted after 48 h exposure to the same concentration. The first significant increase in the number of MNi was observed in cells treated with 75 mu M cis-DDP for 24 h. We demonstrate that the comet assay is a highly sensitive method for measuring cisplatin induced DNA damage. Morphological observation revealed advanced as well as less prominent alterations in the nuclear chromatin. In contrast, the TUNEL method detected only those cells with advanced DNA fragmentation. (C) 2005 Elsevier Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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