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Hoyos-Giraldo LS, Carvajal S, Cajas-Salazar N, Ruíz M, Sánchez-Gómez A. Chromosome aberrations in workers exposed to organic solvents: Influence of polymorphisms in xenobiotic-metabolism and DNA repair genes. Mutat Res 2009; 666:8-15. [PMID: 19481674 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2009.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2008] [Revised: 03/05/2009] [Accepted: 03/11/2009] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Organic solvents are widely used as diluents or thinners for oil-paints, gasoline and other organic mixtures. We evaluated chromosome aberrations (CAs) in lymphocytes of 200 workers exposed to organic solvents and 200 referents and the influence of polymorphisms in xenobiotic-metabolism (CYP2E1, GSTM1 and GSTT1) and in DNA repair genes (XRCC1(194) Arg/Trp, XRCC1(280) Arg/His, XRCC1(399) Arg/Gln and XRCC3(241) Thr/Met). Polymorphisms were determined by PCR-RFLP. Poisson regression analysis indicates a significant CA frequency increase in exposed workers, representing a higher risk in relation to the matched referent (RR 2.15, 95% CI 1.21-1.53, p<0.001). The CA frequency in exposed workers was influenced by the polymorphic genotypes: GSTM1 null (RR 1.33, 95% CI 1.31-1.69, p<0.001), XRCC1(194) Arg/Trp, Trp/Trp (RR 1.23, 95% CI 1.08-1.40, p<0.001) and by the wild genotypes CYP2E1 C1/C1 (RR 1.20, 95% CI 1.05-1.37, p<0.001), GSTT1 positive (RR 1.49, 95% CI 1.31-1.69, p<0.001), XRCC1(280) Arg/Arg (RR 1.44, 95% CI 1.26-1.64, p<0.001) and XRCC1(241) Thr/Thr (RR 1.54, 95% CI 1.34-1.76, p=0.001). We contribute to the follow-up predictive value of individual susceptibility biomarkers and their CA frequency influence during occupational organic solvent exposure. We provide tools for surveillance and prevention strategies to reduce potential health risks in countries with a large population of car painters not using protection devices and limited organic solvents use control.
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- Luz Stella Hoyos-Giraldo
- Department of Biology, Research Group Genetic Toxicology and Cytogenetics, Faculty of Natural Sciences and Education, Universidad del Cauca, Popayán, Cauca, Colombia.
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Kazimírová A, Barancoková M, Dzupinková Z, Wsólová L, Dusinská M. Micronuclei and chromosomal aberrations, important markers of ageing: possible association with XPC and XPD polymorphisms. Mutat Res 2008; 661:35-40. [PMID: 19027756 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2008.10.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2008] [Revised: 09/25/2008] [Accepted: 10/25/2008] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Life expectancy in central-Eastern European countries is more than 10 years lower compared with Northern or Western countries which could be the result of complex factors including genetics, nutrition and life style. We conducted a molecular epidemiological study with the aim of investigating links between DNA instability, genetic polymorphisms in nucleotide excision repair genes and ageing. Two groups-151 young people (78 women and 73 men) aged 20-25, and 140 elderly subjects (101 women and 39 men), aged 65-70 have been investigated. Results show elevated levels of micronuclei and chromosome aberrations in elderly compared with young groups (P<0.001); women had more micronuclei than men (P<0.001). Micronucleus frequencies were influenced by age (P<0.001). In the group of elderly people those who were homozygous with C/C or A/A in XPC IVS11 had more aberrant cells compared with C/A heterozygotes (P=0.04). When the dependent variable was break per cell, elderly people A/A homozygous in XPC IVS11 had more breaks per cell compared with C/A heterozygous or C/C homozygous subjects (P=0.03). Significantly the most chromatid breaks were found in elderly people both Lys/Lys homozygous in the XPD Lys751Gln genotype and C/C or A/A homozygous in the XPC IVS11 genotype (P<0.05). A General Linear Model analysis shows a statistically significant effect of interactions between age, sex and genotype XPC IVS11 (P=0.001) and age, sex and genotype XPCin9 (P=0.007) on number of chromatid breaks. When we divided people into two subgroups (without mutant allele and with one or two mutant alleles) we found a significantly higher number of chromosome exchanges in people with one or two variant polymorphism XPCin9 (P=0.04), XPC IVS11 (P=0.004) or XPCex15 (P=0.001). Level of cells with micronuclei was influenced by polymorphisms XPD Lys751Gln (P=0.03). However, we did not find any relationship between XPA polymorphism and studied cytogenetic biomarkers.
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- Alena Kazimírová
- Research Base of the Slovak Medical University, Limbová 14, 833 01 Bratislava, Slovak Republic.
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Qiu YL, Wang W, Wang T, Liu J, Sun P, Qian J, Jin L, Xia ZL. Genetic Polymorphisms, Messenger RNA Expression of p53, p21, and CCND1, and Possible Links with Chromosomal Aberrations in Chinese Vinyl Chloride-Exposed Workers. Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2008; 17:2578-84. [DOI: 10.1158/1055-9965.epi-07-2925] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Battershill JM, Burnett K, Bull S. Factors affecting the incidence of genotoxicity biomarkers in peripheral blood lymphocytes: impact on design of biomonitoring studies. Mutagenesis 2008; 23:423-37. [DOI: 10.1093/mutage/gen040] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/22/2023] Open
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Costa S, Coelho P, Costa C, Silva S, Mayan O, Santos LS, Gaspar J, Teixeira JP. Genotoxic damage in pathology anatomy laboratory workers exposed to formaldehyde. Toxicology 2008; 252:40-8. [PMID: 18721846 DOI: 10.1016/j.tox.2008.07.056] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2008] [Revised: 07/20/2008] [Accepted: 07/21/2008] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Formaldehyde (FA) is a chemical traditionally used in pathology and anatomy laboratories as a tissue preservative. Several epidemiological studies of occupational exposure to FA have indicated an increased risk of nasopharyngeal cancers in industrial workers, embalmers and pathology anatomists. There is also a clear evidence of nasal squamous cell carcinomas from inhalation studies in the rat. The postulated mode of action for nasal tumours in rats was considered biologically plausible and considered likely to be relevant to humans. Based on the available data IARC, the International Agency for Research on Cancer, has recently classified FA as a human carcinogen. Although the in vitro genotoxic as well as the in vivo carcinogenic potentials of FA are well documented in mammalian cells and in rodents, evidence for genotoxic effects and carcinogenic properties in humans is insufficient and conflicting thus remains to be more documented. To evaluate the genetic effects of long-term occupational exposure to FA a group of 30 Pathological Anatomy laboratory workers was tested for a variety of biological endpoints, cytogenetic tests (micronuclei, MN; sister chromatid exchange, SCE) and comet assay. The level of exposure to FA was evaluated near the breathing zone of workers, time weighted average of exposure was calculated for each subject. The association between the biomarkers and polymorphic genes of xenobiotic metabolising and DNA repair enzymes was also assessed. The mean level of exposure was 0.44+/-0.08ppm (0.04-1.58ppm). MN frequency was significantly higher (p=0.003) in the exposed subjects (5.47+/-0.76) when compared with controls (3.27+/-0.69). SCE mean value was significantly higher (p<0.05) among the exposed group (6.13+/-0.29) compared with control group (4.49+/-0.16). Comet assay data showed a significant increase (p<0.05) of TL in FA-exposed workers (60.00+/-2.31) with respect to the control group (41.85+/-1.97). A positive correlation was found between FA exposure levels and MN frequency (r=0.384, p=0.001) and TL (r=0.333, p=0.005). Regarding the genetic polymorphisms studied, no significant effect was found on the genotoxic endpoints. The results of the present biomonitoring study emphasize the need to develop safety programs.
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- Solange Costa
- National Institute of Health, Environmental Health Department, Praça Coronel Pacheco 15, 4050-453 Porto, Portugal.
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Lemos MC, Coutinho E, Gomes L, Carrilho F, Rodrigues F, Regateiro FJ, Carvalheiro M. Combined GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes are associated with a lower risk of papillary thyroid cancer. J Endocrinol Invest 2008; 31:542-5. [PMID: 18591888 DOI: 10.1007/bf03346405] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Individual susceptibility to cancer is influenced by polymorphisms of genes encoding drug-metabolizing enzymes such as the glutathione S-transferases (GST). The null polymorphisms of the GSTM1 and GSTT1 genes have been associated to a modified risk of several cancers but studies of thyroid cancer have produced conflicting results. The aim of this study was to investigate the relationship between these polymorphisms and the risk of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). A total of 188 patients with PTC and 247 controls were genotyped using a PCR-based assay. Odds ratios (OR) and 95% confidence intervals (CI) for each homozygous null genotype were determined. The frequency of each of the GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes did not differ significantly between patients and controls (OR=0.83, 95%CI: 0.56-1.21; p=0.328; and OR=0.66, 95%CI: 0.39-1.12; p=0.123, respectively), but the frequency of individuals that had the combined GSTM1 null/GSTT1 null genotypes was significantly lower in the patient group (OR=0.50, 95%CI: 0.26-0.97; p=0.040). The GSTM1 null genotype was associated with a lower risk of advanced cancer stages (III/IV) (OR=0.50, 95%CI: 0.26-0.96; p=0.036) and the GSTT1 null genotype was associated with a lower risk of the follicular variant of PTC (OR=0.31, 95%CI: 0.10-0.97; p=0.044). These results suggest that GSTM1 and GSTT1 null genotypes are weak, yet possible, modifiers of the risk of PTC. This protective effect may be due to a role of the GSTM1 and GSTT1 encoded enzymes in the metabolic activation of putative thyroid carcinogens or in other pathways involved in thyroid carcinogenesis.
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- M C Lemos
- Health Sciences Research Centre (CICS), Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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Pérez-Cadahía B, Laffon B, Valdiglesias V, Pásaro E, Méndez J. Cytogenetic effects induced by Prestige oil on human populations: the role of polymorphisms in genes involved in metabolism and DNA repair. Mutat Res 2008; 653:117-23. [PMID: 18495522 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2008.04.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2007] [Revised: 10/31/2007] [Accepted: 04/10/2008] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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The spill from the oil tanker Prestige (NW Spain, November 2002) was perhaps the biggest ecological disaster that happened worldwide in the last decades. As a consequence of this catastrophe a general concern led to a huge mobilization of human and technical resources. Given that no information was reported in the scientific literature regarding to the chronic repercussions to human health of exposure to oil spills, a pilot study was performed by our group revealing some increased genotoxic effects in the subjects exposed to the oil during cleaning activities. Due to the seriousness of the results, we extended our study comprising a larger population and including an extensive evaluation of the main polymorphic sites in metabolizing and DNA-repair genes. General increases in micronucleus (MN) frequency and decreases in the proliferation index were observed in individuals with longer time of exposure. Age was a significant predictor of MN frequency. CYP1A1 3'-UTR, EPHX1 codons 113 and 139, GSTP1, GSTM1 and GSTT1 metabolic polymorphisms, and XRCC3 codon 241 and XPD codon 751 repair polymorphisms influenced cytogenetic damage levels. In view of these results, it seems essential to pay more attention to the chronic human health effects of exposure to oil and to focus new studies on such a relevant but overlooked public health field that involves a large number of people all over the world.
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- Beatriz Pérez-Cadahía
- Psychobiology Department, University of A Coruña, Edificio de Servicios Centrales de Investigación, Campus Elviña s/n, 15071 A Coruña, Spain
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Milić M, Kasuba V, Orescanin V, Zeljezić D, Kopjar N, Rozgaj R. Chromosome damage in workers in cigarette manufacturing industry. J Appl Toxicol 2008; 28:399-404. [PMID: 18172888 DOI: 10.1002/jat.1327] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2023]
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To investigate whether occupational exposure to tobacco dust is genotoxic, a group of employees in a tobacco factory was tested for structural chromosome aberrations (CA), cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay (CBMN) and sister chromatid exchanges (SCE) that are well established as indicators of early biological effects. The study group consisted of 40 tobacco workers and an equal number of matched controls. The results obtained in the exposed group showed a significant increase in chromosome aberrations (R=0.26), micronucleus frequency (R=0.56) and in sister chromatid exchanges (R=0.75), which was additionally influenced by smoking. A significant increase in high frequency cells (HFC) in the exposed group was also observed. Like the SCE frequency, the HFC frequency increased significantly in smokers of the control and exposed smokers. The study indicates that occupational exposure to tobacco dust induces genome damage. A higher risk was observed in women. The micronucleus frequency and sister chromatid exchange tests seem to be more reliable indicators of genome damage than chromosome aberrations in monitoring chronically exposed subjects.
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- Mirta Milić
- Mutagenesis Unit, Institute for Medical Research and Occupational Health, Zagreb, Croatia
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Yadav AS, Sharma MK. Increased frequency of micronucleated exfoliated cells among humans exposed in vivo to mobile telephone radiations. Mutat Res 2007; 650:175-80. [PMID: 18248768 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.11.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2007] [Revised: 11/07/2007] [Accepted: 11/25/2007] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The health concerns have been raised following the enormous increase in the use of wireless mobile telephones throughout the world. This investigation had been taken, with the motive to find out whether mobile phone radiations cause any in vivo effects on the frequency of micronucleated exfoliated cells in the exposed subjects. A total of 109 subjects including 85 regular mobile phone users (exposed) and 24 non-users (controls) had participated in this study. Exfoliated cells were obtained by swabbing the buccal-mucosa from exposed as well as sex-age-matched controls. One thousand exfoliated cells were screened from each individual for nuclear anomalies including micronuclei (MN), karyolysis (KL), karyorrhexis (KH), broken egg (BE) and binucleated (BN) cells. The average daily duration of exposure to mobile phone radiations is 61.26 min with an overall average duration of exposure in term of years is 2.35 years in exposed subjects along with the 9.84+/-0.745 micronucleated cells (MNCs) and 10.72+/-0.889 total micronuclei (TMN) as compared to zero duration of exposure along with average 3.75+/-0.774 MNC and 4.00+/-0.808 TMN in controls. The means are significantly different in case of MNC and TMN at 0.01% level of significance. The mean of KL in controls is 13.17+/-2.750 and in exposed subjects is 13.06+/-1.793. The value of means of KH in exposed subjects (1.84+/-0.432) is slightly higher than in controls (1.42+/-0.737). Mean frequency of broken egg is found to be more in exposed subjects (0.65+/-0.276) as compared to controls (0.50+/-0.217). Frequency of presence of more than one nucleus in a cell (binucleated) is also higher in exposed (2.72+/-0.374) in comparison to controls (0.67+/-0.231). Although there is a slight increase in mean frequency of KH, BE and BN in exposed subjects but the difference is not found statistically significant. Correlation between 0-1, 1-2, 2-3 and 3-4 years of exposure and the frequency of MNC and TMN has been calculated and found to be positively correlated.
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- Abhay Singh Yadav
- Human Genetics Laboratory, Department of Zoology, Kurukshetra University, University Campus, Kurukshetra, Haryana, India.
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Iarmarcovai G, Bonassi S, Botta A, Baan RA, Orsière T. Genetic polymorphisms and micronucleus formation: a review of the literature. Mutat Res 2007; 658:215-33. [PMID: 18037339 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrrev.2007.10.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 125] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2007] [Revised: 10/08/2007] [Accepted: 10/15/2007] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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The formation of micronuclei (MN) is extensively used in molecular epidemiology as a biomarker of chromosomal damage, genome instability, and eventually of cancer risk. The occurrence of MN represents an integrated response to chromosome-instability phenotypes and altered cellular viabilities caused by genetic defects and/or exogenous exposures to genotoxic agents. The present article reviews human population studies addressing the relationship between genetic polymorphisms and MN formation, and provides insight into how genetic variants could modulate the effect of environmental exposures to genotoxic agents, host factors (gender, age), lifestyle characteristics (smoking, alcohol, folate), and diseases (coronary artery disease, cancer). Seventy-two studies measuring MN frequency either in peripheral blood lymphocytes or exfoliated cells were retrieved after an extensive search of the MedLine/PubMed database. The effect of genetic polymorphisms on MN formation is complex, influenced to a different extent by several polymorphisms of proteins or enzymes involved in xenobiotic metabolism, DNA repair proteins, and folate-metabolism enzymes. This heterogeneity reflects the presence of multiple external and internal exposures, and the large number of chromosomal alterations eventually resulting in MN formation. Polymorphisms of EPHX, GSTT1, and GSTM1 are of special importance in modulating the frequency of chromosomal damage in individuals exposed to genotoxic agents and in unexposed populations. Variants of ALDH2 genes are consistently associated with MN formation induced by alcohol drinking. Carriers of BRCA1 and BRCA2 mutations (with or without breast cancer) show enhanced sensitivity to clastogens. Some evidence further suggests that DNA repair (XRCC1 and XRCC3) and folate-metabolism genes (MTHFR) also influence MN formation. As some of the findings are based on relatively small numbers of subjects, larger scale studies are required that include scoring of additional endpoints (e.g., MN in combination with fluorescent in situ hybridization, analysis of nucleoplasmic bridges and nuclear buds), and address gene-gene interactions.
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- G Iarmarcovai
- Laboratory of Biogenotoxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis EA 1784; IFR PMSE 112, Faculty of Medecine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France.
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Palma S, Cornetta T, Padua L, Cozzi R, Appolloni M, Ievoli E, Testa A. Influence of glutathione S-transferase polymorphisms on genotoxic effects induced by tobacco smoke. MUTATION RESEARCH-GENETIC TOXICOLOGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL MUTAGENESIS 2007; 633:1-12. [PMID: 17644396 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrgentox.2007.03.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2006] [Revised: 12/21/2006] [Accepted: 03/17/2007] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Genotoxicity of tobacco smoke has long been investigated and tobacco smoke is considered to be one of the principal human carcinogens. Although its role in DNA-damage induction and cancer development has been documented, the mechanisms by which this happens are not well understood. Many chemical constituents of tobacco smoke are enzymatically metabolized by phase-I and phase-II enzymes, but modifications in coding and regulating sequences of these genes could influence their ability to detoxify these compounds. In this work, we studied several enzymes involved in the metabolism of xenobiotics, viz. the glutathione S-transferases (GST) M1, T1, P1 and A1, with respect to their influence on the genotoxic effects induced by cigarette smoking. We assessed the genotoxic effects of tobacco smoke on peripheral blood lymphocytes of 72 healthy caucasians by use of the chromosomal aberration (CA) assay and the micronucleus (MN) test. Genotypes of GST M1, T1, P1 and A1 were determined by means of the polymerase chain reaction and methods based on restriction fragment length polymorphism (RFLP). We found that smoke and gender are the two variables that most influence the DNA damage. In particular, we observed that female smokers seem to be more sensitive than male smokers, having a significantly higher frequency of CAs. Moreover, a significant increase in frequency of micronuclei in bi-nucleated cells (BNMN) was found in smokers, but not in non-smokers. This increase seems to be influenced not only by age and gender, but also by genetic constitution. Subjects carrying GSTM1-null genotype seemed to have an higher susceptibility to DNA damage induced by tobacco smoke than GSTM1-positive ones. When considering a combination of GST genotypes, we found a lower BNMN frequency in subjects with GSTP1 variant allele plus GSTM1-positive genotypes, while the most damaged cells are found in subjects bearing GSTM1-null plus GSTP1-wild type. Our results suggest that investigation of the association between several gene polymorphisms and important endpoints of DNA damage could contribute to better understanding the role of gene-gene interaction.
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- Selena Palma
- Section of Toxicology and Biomedical Sciences, ENEA Research Center, Casaccia, Via Anguillarese 301, 00060 Rome, Italy
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Lemos MC, Carrilho F, Rodrigues F, Coutinho E, Gomes L, Carvalheiro M, Regateiro FJ. Genetic polymorphism of CYP2D6 influences susceptibility to papillary thyroid cancer. Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2007; 67:180-3. [PMID: 17547692 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2265.2007.02858.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/01/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Xenobiotic-metabolizing enzymes are widely polymorphic and confer interindividual variation in the ability to detoxify carcinogens or to activate pro-carcinogens. A common polymorphism of cytochrome P450 2D6 (CYP2D6) results in lack of enzyme activity and has been associated with an altered susceptibility to several cancers. The aim of this study was to investigate the association between the CYP2D6 poor metaboliser genotype and the risk of papillary thyroid cancer (PTC). DESIGN Retrospective case-control study. PATIENTS One hundred and eighty-seven patients with PTC and 256 controls. MEASUREMENTS Genotyping was performed by PCR and restriction enzyme analysis to detect the presence of the common CYP2D6*4 poor metaboliser allele. RESULTS The frequency of individuals with the homozygous poor metaboliser genotype was lower in the patient group [1.6 vs. 5.5%, P = 0.037, OR = 0.28 (95% CI 0.09-0.93)]. The CYP2D6*4 allele frequency was also lower in the patient group [13.4 vs. 21.7%, P = 0.002, OR = 0.56 (95% CI 0.39-0.80)]. CONCLUSIONS The results suggest that the poor metaboliser genotype is associated with a protective effect against PTC. This could be explained by a possible role of CYP2D6 on the metabolic activation of putative environmental chemical thyroid carcinogens or by linkage to another cancer-causing gene. Further research may allow the identification of metabolic risk factors and contribute towards understanding the molecular mechanisms involved in thyroid carcinogenesis.
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- Manuel C Lemos
- Centro de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde (CICS), Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade da Beira Interior, 6200-506 Covilhã, Portugal.
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Iarmarcovai G, Bonassi S, Sari-Minodier I, Baciuchka-Palmaro M, Botta A, Orsière T. Exposure to genotoxic agents, host factors, and lifestyle influence the number of centromeric signals in micronuclei: a pooled re-analysis. Mutat Res 2007; 615:18-27. [PMID: 17198715 DOI: 10.1016/j.mrfmmm.2006.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2006] [Revised: 08/01/2006] [Accepted: 09/15/2006] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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We pooled data from three biomonitoring studies using the cytokinesis-block micronucleus assay in peripheral blood lymphocytes in combination with fluorescence in situ hybridization. Centromere-positive micronuclei (C+MN) were classified in two groups: those containing one centromere (C1+MN) and those with two or more (Cx+MN). The three studies evaluated untreated cancer patients, welders, and pathologists/anatomists exposed to formaldehyde. The total number of subjects included in the pooled re-analysis was 113. A higher frequency of C+MN was observed in cancer patients and exposed workers, who showed significant differences from controls in all studies. C1+MN were particularly increased in the group of pathologists/anatomists, who showed a 3.29 times higher frequency than controls (95% CI: 2.04-5.30). A borderline increase in Cx+MN was observed in welders when compared to the corresponding control group (FR: 1.31; 95% CI: 0.99-1.74). An evident effect of gender was found, with significantly increased frequencies of all endpoints measuring aneuploidy in females (C+MN, C1+MN, and Cx+MN). Alcohol consumption had a significant effect on total MN frequency and particularly on C+MN and C1+MN. In conclusion, scoring the number of centromeric signals in the micronucleus assay provides additional information about the mechanism of action of various genotoxic agents, and the role of confounding factors may be more specifically accounted for. Indeed, C+MN could be efficiently used in biomonitoring studies as an independent biomarker of exposure and early biological effect. The use of centromeric signals allows the identification of two further endpoints, representing two alternative pathways of chromosome loss, i.e., impaired chromosome migration, leading to increased C1+MN frequency, and centrosome amplification, possibly leading to Cx+MN with two or more centromeric signals.
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- G Iarmarcovai
- Laboratory of Biogenotoxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis (EA 1784; IFR PMSE 112), Faculty of Medicine, Université de la Méditerranée, 27 Bd Jean Moulin, 13385 Marseille Cedex 5, France
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Mateuca R, Lombaert N, Aka PV, Decordier I, Kirsch-Volders M. Chromosomal changes: induction, detection methods and applicability in human biomonitoring. Biochimie 2006; 88:1515-31. [PMID: 16919864 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2006.07.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 239] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2006] [Accepted: 07/10/2006] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
Abstract
The objective of this state of the art paper is to review the mechanisms of induction, the fate, the methodology, the sensitivity/specificity and predictivity of two major cytogenetic endpoints applied for genotoxicity studies and biomonitoring purposes: chromosome aberrations and micronuclei. Chromosomal aberrations (CAs) are changes in normal chromosome structure or number that can occur spontaneously or as a result of chemical/radiation treatment. Structural CAs in peripheral blood lymphocytes (PBLs), as assessed by the chromosome aberration (CA) assay, have been used for over 30 years in occupational and environmental settings as a biomarker of early effects of genotoxic carcinogens. A high frequency of structural CAs in lymphocytes (reporter tissue) is predictive of increased cancer risk, irrespective of the cause of the initial CA increase. Micronuclei (MN) are small, extranuclear bodies that arise in dividing cells from acentric chromosome/chromatid fragments or whole chromosomes/chromatids that lag behind in anaphase and are not included in the daughter nuclei in telophase. The cytokinesis-block micronucleus (CBMN) assay is the most extensively used method for measuring MN in human lymphocytes, and can be considered as a "cytome" assay covering cell proliferation, cell death and chromosomal changes. The key advantages of the CBMN assay lie in its ability to detect both clastogenic and aneugenic events and to identify cells which divided once in culture. Evaluation of the mechanistic origin of individual MN by centromere and kinetochore identification contributes to the high sensitivity of the method. A number of findings support the hypothesis of a predictive association between the frequency of MN in cytokinesis-blocked lymphocytes and cancer development. Recent advances in fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) and microarray technologies are modifying the nature of cytogenetics, allowing chromosome and gene identification on metaphase as well as in interphase. Automated scoring by flow cytometry and/or image analysis will enhance their applicability.
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Affiliation(s)
- R Mateuca
- Laboratorium voor Cellulaire Genetica, Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB), Pleinlaan 2, B-1050 Brussels, Belgium.
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