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© 1989 Oxford University Press

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Hydroxy- and hydroperoxy-6,8,11,14-eicosatetraenoic acids induce DNA strand breaks in human lymphocytes

Alan B. Weitberg and Donna Corvese

Division of Hematology/Oncology, Roger Williams Cancer Center and the Department of Medicine, Brown University Providence, RI 02908, USA

Oxygen radical-induced genetic damage may be mediated by products of lipid peroxidation, in particular, arachidonic acid. Hydroxy- and hydroperoxyeicosatetraenoic acids (HETEs and HPETEs) are intermediates in the metabolism of arachidonic acid to the leukotrienes. Several isomeric hydroxy- and hydroperoxy-6, 8, 11, 14-eicosatetraenoic acids were evaluated for their ability to cause DNA single-strand breaks in human lymphocytes. Both HETEs and HPETEs induced strand breaks in a dose-dependent fashion at concentrations of 5, 10 and 20µM. At each concentration, HETEs were more effective in producing breakage than the corresponding HPETEs. Each of the isomeric forms used were equally effective in producing strand breaks. Antioxidants (superoxide dismutase, catalase and mannitol) were protective. Iron chelation by desferrioxamine suppressed strand breakage by 45% and an additional 33% inhibition was observed upon the addition of the calcium chelator EGTA.


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