title: [DNA damage and the mechanism following UV-B irradiation in lens epithelial cells].
abstract: DNA damage and its mechanism following ultraviolet-B (UV-B) irradiation were investigated in quantifying DNA strand break in bovine lens epithelial cells. In contrast, the DNA relative migration distance was as little as 0.14 +/- 0.34 (mean +/- standard deviation) in controls, 1.10 +/- 0.89 at 0.5 kJ/m2 irradiation, 1.61 +/- 1.05 at 1 kJ/m2, 4.65 +/- 1.18 at 3 kJ/m2, and 6.10 +/- 0.93 at 5 kJ/m2. The degree of DNA strand break increased with the intensity of the UV-B irradiation. 1.10-phenanthroline, an iron ion chelator, significantly reduced DNA strand break. These results suggest that the Fenton reaction might participate in DNA damage of normal lens epithelial cells following UV-B exposure.
authors.affiliation: Department of Ophthalmology, Koshigaya Hospital, Dokkyo University School of Medicine, Saitama-ken, Japan.
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Shoji
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D004249:DNA Damage; D004848:Epithelium / Q000528:radiation effects; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007908:Lens, Crystalline / Q000528:radiation effects*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays