Genotoxicity of streptozotocin in normal and cancer cells and its modulation by free radical scavengers

Cell Biology and Toxicology
J BłasiakJ Drzewoski

Abstract

Streptozotocin (STZ) is an antibiotic which can be used to induce diabetes in experimental animals in order to have an insight into pathogenesis of this disease. To use STZ as a diabetogenic substance, its molecular mode of action should be elucidated. Using the alkaline comet assay, we showed that STZ at concentrations in the range 0.01-100 micromol/L induced DNA damage in normal human lymphocytes and HeLa cancer cells in a dose-dependent manner. Lymphocytes were able to remove damage to their DNA within a 30-min repair incubation, whereas HeLa cells completed the repair in 60 min. Vitamins C and E at 10 and 50 micromol/L diminished the extent of DNA damage induced by 50 micromol/L STZ. Pretreatment of the lymphocytes with the nitrone spin trap, alpha-(4-pyridil-1-oxide)-N-tert-butylnitrone (POBN) or ebselen, which mimics glutathione peroxidase, or pyrrolidine dithiocarbamate (PDTC) reduced the extent of DNA damage evoked by STZ. The cells exposed to STZ and treated with endonuclease III (Endo III), formamidopyrimidine-DNA glycosylase (Fpg) and 3-methyladenine-DNA glycosylase II (AlkA), the enzymes recognizing oxidized and alkylated bases, displayed greater extent of DNA damage than those not treated with these enzymes. These ...Continue Reading

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