title: Correlations between DNA and cytogenetic damage induced after chemical treatment and radiation.
abstract: The induction of damage in human lymphocytes has been compared after treatment in vitro with two different agents, the chemical o-phenylenediamine (o-PDA) and gamma irradiation, in the alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (Comet) assay, and after cytogenetic analysis. The chemical treatment caused dose-related increases in DNA damage in the Comet assay and cytogenetic damage in the first and second metaphases. The results revealed a very strong association between the two types of damage. Correlation coefficients were from 0.95 to 0.97. From previous studies, high correlation coefficients of 0.99 and 0.97 in the same assays were also evaluated for X-rays and fast neutrons, respectively. On the basis of such results, we suggest that the Comet assay responses provide a good prediction of cytogenetic damage. Thus, because of its simplicity and rapidity, the Comet assay would appear to be a very useful tool for determining the genotoxicity of environmental agents.
authors.affiliation: Department of Radiation and Environmental Biology, Institute of Nuclear Physics, Radzikowskiego 152, 31-342, Cracow, Poland. wasilewska@vsb01.ifj.edu.pl
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Cebulska-Wasilewska
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Nowak
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Niedźwiedź
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Anderson
mesh_terms: D002869:Chromosome Aberrations; D004247:DNA / Q000528:radiation effects*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004307:Dose-Response Relationship, Radiation; D004587:Electrophoresis, Agar Gel / Q000379:methods*; D005214:Fast Neutrons; D005720:Gamma Rays; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D008677:Metaphase; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D010655:Phenylenediamines / Q000633:toxicity*
chemical_list: D009153:Mutagens; D010655:Phenylenediamines; C034193:1,2-diaminobenzene; D004247:DNA