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MUTATION RESEARCH-FUNDAMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF MUTAGENESIS
Volume 452, Issue 1, Pages 41-50Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/S0027-5107(00)00035-X
Keywords
arsenite; heme oxygenase; tin-protoporphyrin; DNA strand breaks; single cell gel electrophoresis assay; chromatid breaks; micronuclei; kinetochore
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Numerous reports have shown that oxidative stress is involved in arsenite-induced genetic damage. Arsenite is also a potent inducer of heme oxygenase (HO)-1. To understand whether HO-1 could function as a cellular antioxidant and protect cells from arsenite injury, the effects of tin-protoporphyrin (SnPP), a competitive inhibitor of HO-1, on arsenite-induced genetic damage were examined in human skin fibroblasts (HFW). In the present study, we found that SnPP at 100 mu M significantly potentiated arsenite-induced cytotoxicity, DNA strand breaks (assayed by alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis(SCGE)), and chromatid breaks. Although arsenite alone mainly induced kinetochore-plus micronuclei (K+-MN), SnPP only synergistically enhanced kinetochore-negative micronuclei (K--MN). The increase in K+-MN by SnPP cotreatment was consistent with the increase in DNA strand breaks and chromatid breaks caused by SnPP. However, at higher arsenite doses, K+-MN was significantly reduced by SnPP. Pretreatment of HFW cells with hemin, an inducer of HO-1, significantly attenuated the cytotoxicity of arsenite. Therefore, the present results suggest that HO-1 induction by arsenite plays certain roles in protecting cells from arsenite-induced injury. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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