title: Detecting DNA repair capacity of peripheral lymphocytes from cancer patients with UVC challenge test and bleomycin challenge test.
abstract: The objective of this study was to evaluate DNA repair capacity of cancer patients with the bleomycin (BLM) challenge test and the UVC challenge test. The human peripheral lymphocytes were collected from 33 patients with different kinds of cancers and 33 controls in the same hospital. The lymphocytes of each subject were divided into two groups: (1) In the BLM challenge test, the lymphocytes were treated with BLM (20 microgml(-1)) for 30 min, and repaired for 15 min. The DNA damage before and after BLM exposure was detected with comet assay to assess DNA repair capacity. (2) In the UVC challenge test, the lymphocytes were exposed to UVC (254 nm) at the dose of 1.5 Jm(-2). DNA damage of lymphocytes was measured before UVC exposure and at 90 and 240 min after UVC exposure using comet assay, then DNA repair percentage (DRP) was calculated. The results of this study indicate that the average DRPs of cancer patients were 75.63 +/- 3.11 and 68.98 +/- 4.19% calculated with tail length (TL) and tail moment (TM), respectively, in the BLM challenge test, which were significantly lower than those (91.11 +/- 1.09 and 88.19 +/- 1.71%) of controls (P < 0.01). Also, the mean DRPs of cancer patients were 49.19 +/- 3.47 and 58.27 +/- 3.64% calculated with TL and TM, respectively, in the UVC test, which were significantly lower than those (77.52 +/- 2.06 and 83.12 +/- 2.36%) of controls (P < 0.01). The correlation between the DRPs (%) drawn with TL and TM in the BLM test or between the DRPs (%) drawn with mean TL and mean TM in the UVC challenge test were significant (P < 0.05). The DNA repair capacity measured with the BLM and UVC challenge tests in 33 cancer patients was significantly lower than that in controls.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Occupational and Environmental Institute, Medical College, Zhejiang University, 353 Yan An road, Hangzhou 310006, Zhejiang, People's Republic of China.
authors.forename: Zheng
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Wei
authors.forename: Jin
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Lifen
authors.forename: He
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Jiliang
authors.forename: Lou
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Jianlin
authors.forename: Wang
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Baohong
authors.forename: Deng
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Hongping
mesh_terms: D000328:Adult; D000368:Aged; D001761:Bleomycin / Q000633:toxicity; D016022:Case-Control Studies; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004260:DNA Repair / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008214:Lymphocytes / Q000187:drug effects / Q000502:physiology* / Q000528:radiation effects; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D009369:Neoplasms / Q000097:blood / Q000235:genetics*; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays / Q000009:adverse effects
chemical_list: D001761:Bleomycin