Objective To study the effect of cellular glutathione (GSH) in relieving the cytotoxicity induced by arsenic on HaCaT. Methods The HaCaT cells were pre-treated with N-acetylcysteine (NAC) and L-buthionine-[S'R]-sulfoximine (BSO) for 24 h, then treated with sodium arsenite (NaAsO2) by adding it into the medium for 24 h. Alarmarblue assay was used to detect the proliferation of the cells. Results The reduction rate of Alarmarblue increased when the HaCaT cells were treated with 0.001-10.000 ?mol/L of NaAsO2 alone (P

OBJECTIVETo explore whether there is difference in arsenicals-induced DNA damage of human lymphocyte.

METHODSLymphocyte were sterilely collected from healthy donor and exposed to sodium arsenite (AsIII), sodium arsenate(AsV) and methyl sodium arsenate(MAsv) at 1,5,10,20 and 50 mumol/L. After incubation of 24 hours, cells were collected by centrifugation and DNA damage was detected by single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE).

RESULTSThe comet frequency distribution of all groups except 1 mumol/L group of MAsV were significantly different from that of control. The comet length of all groups except 1 mumol/L group of AsV and 1.5 mumol/L groups of MAsV were significantly higher than that of control. There were correlations between the doses of arsenicals and the ratios of comet cell or length of comet(rAsIII = 0.8134, rAsV = 0.8734, rMAsV = 0.8994).

CONCLUSIONDNA damage in human lymphocyte were induced by all the three arsenicals. A dose-effect relationship was observed between exposure doses of the same arsenical and DNA damage. With different arsenicals but the same exposure dose, the DNA damage level was as follow: AsIII > AsV > MAsV.

Arsenates ; toxicity ; Arsenites ; toxicity ; Comet Assay ; DNA Damage ; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug ; Humans ; Lymphocytes ; drug effects ; ultrastructure

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