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    Abstract - Issue Jan 2009, 30 (1)                                     Back


Interactions between marine facultative epiphyte Chlamydomonas sp

Radioprotective effect of lycopene on chromosomal aberrations

(CAs) induced by gamma radiation in human lymphocytes

Kultigin Cavusoglu*1 and Emine Yalcin2

1Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, University of Giresun - 28049, Giresun, Turkey

2Department of Biology, Faculty of Science and Art, University of Kirikkale, 71450 Yahsihan, Kirikkale, Turkey

(Received: April 16, 2008; Revised received: August 08, 2008; Accepted: August 11, 2008)

Abstract: The present study was carried out to evaluate the radioprotective role of lycopene on chromosomal aberrations (CAs) induced by gamma (g) radiation in human lymphocytes. For this purpose, we used in vitro dose-effect relationship, and correlate these data with statistical parameters. CAs were evaluated in terms of chromosome break, dicentric, tricentric, acentric, fragment and ring. Mitotic index (MI) and aberrant metaphase number (AMN) were also calculated. Nine groups of lymphocyte culture were prepared: (I) Control group did not received radiation or lycopene, (II) positive control; lymphocytes were treated only with 0.020 mM lycopene, (III) radiation group; lymphocytes were treated with only 10 Gy g–radiation, (IV) lymphocytes were treated with 0.001 mM lycopene before irradiation, (V) lymphocytes were treated with 0.005 mM lycopene before irradiation, (VI) lymphocytes were treated with 0.010 mM lycopene before irradiation, (VII) lymphocytes were treated with 0.015 mM lycopene before irradiation, (VIII) lymphocytes were treated with 0.018 mM lycopene before irradiation, (IX) lymphocytes were treated with treated with 0.020 mM lycopene before irradiation. The results indicated that all lycopene-supplemented lymphocytes showed a lower CAs frequency than lymphocytes in only radiation treated group. It was seen that lycopene had a protective effect on CAs particularly at 0.010, 0.015 and 0.018 mM concentrations, but this effect saturated at 0.020 mM concentration. Besides, MI increased and AMN decreased depending on applied lycopene doses. In vitro results showed that the lycopene supplementation decreases frequency of CAs and its protective role against chromosome damages induced by radiation is dose-dependent until a certain stage.

Key words: Aberrant metaphase number, Chromosomal aberrations, Gamma radiation, Lycopene, Mitotic index

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