title: Protective effects of vitamins and selenium compounds in yeast.
abstract: Antimutagens and anticarcinogens are known to play an important role in decreasing damages induced by oxidants. In this study, we investigated the genotoxic and antimutagenic potential of two selenium compounds (sodium selenite: Na(2)SeO(3); seleno-DL-methionine: C(5)H(11)NO(2)Se) and Vitamins A and E in yeast cells of Saccharomyces cerevisiae. An oxidative mutagen (hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)), HP) was chosen as positive control. We determined the enzymatic activities involved in the protection against oxidative damages (catalase: CAT; superoxide dismutase: SOD; glutathione peroxidase: GPx) in the cytosolic extract of yeast cells. The results demonstrated that selenium compounds exerted both mutagenic and antimutagenic effect at different concentrations. Antimutagenesis was evident both in stationary and in logarithmic phase cells. Catalase, SOD, and GPx were significantly increased in the presence of all the compounds assayed. Vitamins A (retinol) and E (alpha-tocopherol) did not have toxic or mutagenic action.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Mutagenesis and Differentiation, CNR Research Area, Via Moruzzi, 56124, Pisa, Italy. g.bronzetti@imd.pi.cnr.it
authors.forename: G
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Bronzetti
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cini
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Andreoli
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Caltavuturo
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Panunzio
authors.forename: C D
authors.initials: CD
authors.lastname: Croce
mesh_terms: D016587:Antimutagenic Agents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D002374:Catalase / Q000378:metabolism; D003600:Cytosol / Q000201:enzymology; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase / Q000378:metabolism; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000633:toxicity; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D012441:Saccharomyces cerevisiae / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000201:enzymology / Q000254:growth & development; D018036:Selenium Compounds / Q000494:pharmacology*; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase / Q000378:metabolism; D014801:Vitamin A / Q000494:pharmacology*; D014810:Vitamin E / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D016587:Antimutagenic Agents; D018036:Selenium Compounds; D014801:Vitamin A; D014810:Vitamin E; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D002374:Catalase; D005979:Glutathione Peroxidase; D013482:Superoxide Dismutase