Biomonitoring of primary aluminium industry workers: detection of micronuclei and repairable DNA lesions by alkaline SCGE
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- 作者：Crebelli ; Riccardo ; Carta ; Plinio ; Andreoli ; Cristina ; Aru ; Gabriella ; Dobrowolny ; Gabriella ; et. al.
- 关键词：Biomonitoring ; Aluminium industry ; Lymphocytes ; Single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) ; Cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C) ; Micronucleus test
- 刊名：Mutation Research/Genetic Toxicology and Environmental Mutagenesis
- 出版年：2002
- 出版时间：April 26, 2002
- 年：2002
- 卷：516
- 期：1-2
- 页码：63-70
- 全文大小：109 K
文摘
The genetic effects of occupational exposure to low polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) concentrations were investigated in primary aluminium industry workers. The study subjects were employed in a plant that uses pre-baked anode cells, and has relatively low PAH contamination. Forty-two male workers belonging to different job categories (anode fabrication, baking, rodding, electrolysis, maintenance), together with 16 male local residents with no occupational exposure to PAHs were selected for the analysis of micronuclei and DNA lesions in peripheral lymphocytes. The incidence of micronuclei determined in 1000 cytokinesis-blocked cells in each subject was not significantly different between workers and controls (8.5±5.4‰ versus 9.7±4.9‰, respectively), nor between smokers and non-smokers (8.3±5.8‰ versus 9.2±5.1‰), but was significantly (P<0.05) related to the subjects’ age. Also the analysis of DNA damage in unstimulated and mitogen-stimulated lymphocytes by single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) did not show significant differences between the studied groups (average tail moment values were 0.53±0.53 and 0.49±0.45μm in exposed subjects and controls, respectively). However, when lymphocytes were cultured in the presence of cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C, 1μg/ml for 16h) the SCGE analysis revealed a significant (P=0.018) difference in tail moment values between aluminium workers and controls (1.73±1.05μm versus 0.93±0.88μm, respectively). This difference may highlight an excess of relatively stable DNA lesions, that do not affect strand integrity, and are expressed as intermediates of excision repair in stimulated cells, when gap refilling is inhibited by cytosine arabinoside (Ara-C).