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Shiho Ohnishi1, Mariko Murata, Shosuke Kawanishi
1Department of Hygiene, Mie University School of Medicine, 2-174, Edobashi, Tsu, Mie 514-8507, Japan.
Abstract:
Hypohalites (OCl-, OBr-) are formed at inflammation sites as antimicrobial agents. OCl- is also used for the disinfection of water supplies and the association of drinking chlorinated water with cancer risk is pointed out. In this study, OCl- itself induced 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) formation, while OBr- damaged DNA only when glutathione (GSH) was added. OCl- caused oxidative DNA damage more efficiently than OBr-/GSH. In experiment with 32P-labeled DNA fragments, OCl- strongly caused piperidine-labile sites at guanine residues than piperidine-inert 8-oxodG, whereas OBr-/GSH caused no piperidine-labile sites. Endogenous OCl- may play a role in genotoxicity close to the site of inflammation.
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