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MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR BIOCHEMISTRY
Volume 279, Issue 1-2, Pages 105-112Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s11010-005-8227-y
Keywords
arsenic; DNA damage; keratinocytes; oxidative stress
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- NCRR NIH HHS [P20 RR15636] Funding Source: Medline
- NIAMS NIH HHS [R01 AR42989] Funding Source: Medline
- NIEHS NIH HHS [P30 ES012022, R01 ES012938] Funding Source: Medline
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Arsenic is a naturally occurring element that is present in food, soil, and water. Inorganic arsenic can accumulate in human skin and is associated with increased risk of skin cancer. Oxidative stress due to arsenic exposure is proposed as one potential mode of carcinogenic action. The purpose of this study is to investigate the specific reactive oxygen and nitrogen species that are responsible for the arsenic-induced oxidative damage to DNA and protein. Our results demonstrated that exposure of human keratinocytes to trivalent arsenite caused the generation of 8-hydroxyl-2'-deoxyguanine (8-OHdG) and 3-nitrotyrosine (3-NT) in a concentration- and time-dependent manner. Pentavalent arsenate had similar effects, but to a significantly less extent. The observed oxidative damage can be suppressed by pre-treating cells with specific antioxidants. Furthermore, we found that pre-treating cells with N omega-nitro-L-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), an inhibitor of nitric oxide synthase (NOS), or with 5,10,15,20-tetrakis (N-methyl-4'-pyridyl) porphinato iron (III) chloride (FeTMPyP), a decomposition catalyst of peroxynitrite, suppressed the generation of both 8-OHdG and 3-NT, which indicated that peroxynitrite, a product of the reaction of nitric oxide and superoxide, played an important role in arsenic-induced oxidative damage to both DNA and protein. These findings highlight the involvement of peroxynitrite in the molecular mechanism underlying arsenic-induced human skin carcinogenesis.
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