title: Genotoxic effects of alpha-endosulfan and beta-endosulfan on human HepG2 cells.
abstract: alpha-Endosulfan and ss-endosulfan are isomers of endosulfan, a pesticide used worldwide. In this study, we examined the genotoxicity of [alpha]- and ss-endosulfan in vitro with a HepG2 cell line. We used sister chromatid exchanges (SCE), micronuclei (MN), and DNA strand breaks as detected by single-cell gel electrophoresis (SCG) assays as biomarkers to judge the genotoxicity of [alpha]- and ss-endosulfan at concentrations from 1 times 10(-12) M to 1 times 10(-3) M. After treating HepG2 cells for 48 hr with ss-endosulfan, SCE showed a significant increase at concentrations from 1 times 10(-7) M to 1 times 10(-5) M, and MN showed a significant increase at concentrations from 5 times 10(-5) M to 1 times 10(-3) M. [alpha]-Endosulfan failed to show significant effects in both the SCE and MN assays. After treating HepG2 cells with [alpha]- or ss-endosulfan for 1 hr, DNA strand breaks were significantly induced by [alpha]-endosulfan at concentrations from 2 times 10(-4) M to 1 times 10(-3) M, and by ss-endosulfan at 1 times 10(-3) M. The results of this study suggest that both [alpha]- and ss-endosulfan are genotoxic to HepG2 cells and that the genotoxicity of ss-endosulfan seems stronger than that of [alpha]-endosulfan.
authors.affiliation: Department of Social and Environmental Medicine, Osaka University Graduate School of Medicine, Suita, Osaka, Japan.
authors.forename: Y
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Lu
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Morimoto
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeshita
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Takeuchi
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Saito
mesh_terms: D015415:Biomarkers / Q000032:analysis; D004249:DNA Damage; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004726:Endosulfan / Q000633:toxicity*; D006801:Humans; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides / Q000633:toxicity*; D015162:Micronucleus Tests; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D012854:Sister Chromatid Exchange; D014407:Tumor Cells, Cultured
chemical_list: D015415:Biomarkers; D006843:Hydrocarbons, Chlorinated; D007306:Insecticides; D004726:Endosulfan