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Protective Effects of Vitamin C against Genomic DNA Damage Caused by Genotoxicants

유전독성물질의 유전체 손상 작용에 대한 Vitamin C의 방호효과

  • 유경진 (경성대학교 이과대학 생물학과) ;
  • 이천복 (경성대학교 이과대학 생물학과)
  • Received : 2013.04.10
  • Accepted : 2013.07.14
  • Published : 2013.08.30
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Abstract

Although it is popularly believed that vitamin C protects cells from various genotoxicants, the degrees and mechanisms of itsprotective actions are not fully understood. In this study, vitamin C's protective effects against various genotoxicants were quantified, together with subsequent analyses on the mechanisms of these protective effects. Comet assay was employed to measure the degree of DNA damage in Chinese hamster ovary cells (CHO-K1) exposed to five genotoxicants, $H_2O_2$, $HgCl_2$, N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO), and UV-irradiation. In cases cells were treated with $H_2O_2$, $HgCl_2$, and 4NQO together with vitamin C, the damage to DNA decreased to the level of the control group. In cases of UV-irradiation, the protective effect of vitamin C appeared, but did not reach the control levels. Interestingly, vitamin C did not have protective effects against the genotoxicity of MNNG. The degrees of DNA damage of cells treated with vitamin C prior to exposure togenotoxicants were 28~49% lower than those of cells treated with vitamin C after being exposed to genotoxicants. In conclusion, vitamin C had strong antioxidanteffects against genotoxicants by being a primary antioxidant blocking genotoxicity reaching the cells, rather than being a secondary antioxidant acting on post-exposure DNA repair processes. However, vitamin C's protective effects appearto be limited, as there are genotoxicants, such as MNNG, whosegenotoxicityis not affected by vitamin C. Therefore, the results of this study warrant furtherstudies on toxic mechanisms of genotoxicants and their interactions with protective mechanisms of vitamin C.

비타민 C는 다양한 유전독성에 대하여 방호작용을 할 수 있는 것으로 알려져 있지만, 구체적 방호기작과 방호작용의 정도는 충분히 이해되어 있지 않다. 본 연구는 독성물질 및 환경의 조작에 의해 세포의 유전체가 손상되는 조건에서 비타민 C가 발휘하는 유전독성 방호효과를 정량하고, 그 방호기작을 분석하였다. Chinese hamster ovary 세포(CHO-K1)를 사용한 Comet assay를 수행하여, $H_2O_2$, $HgCl_2$, N-methyl-N-nitro-N-nitrosoguanidine (MNNG), 4-nitroquinoline-1-oxide (4NQO)와 자외선에 노출된 세포의 DNA 손상 정도를 측정하였다. 비타민 C 방호효과를 측정한 결과, $H_2O_2$, $HgCl_2$, 4NQO를 비타민 C와 함께 처리한 경우, DNA 손상이 대조군 수준으로 감소하였다. 자외선의 경우 비타민 C의 방호효과가 나타났으나 대조군 수준까지 미치지 못하였으며, MNNG의 경우 비타민 C가 전혀 방호하지 못하는 것으로 나타났다. 또한, 비타민 C를 유전독성노출 이전에 처리한 세포들의 DNA 손상 정도가 독성노출 이후에 처리된 경우보다 28~49% 낮은 것으로 측정되었다. 이는 독성노출 이전 시점에 도입된 비타민 C가 세포외액과 세포질에 존재하여, 이후에 도입되는 유전독성물질과 직접적으로 작용하며, 강력한 항산화제로써 1차적인 항산화작용을 담당함을 시사한다. 그러나 MNNG의 경우처럼 비타민 C가 방호효과를 보이지 않는 유전독성물질이 존재하므로, 유전독성물질의 독성기작에 따라 비타민 C의 방호효과는 제한되는 것으로 나타났다. 따라서, 각 유전독성물질의 독성기작과 비타민 C의 방호기작과의 상호작용에 대한 연구가 필요하며, 비타민 C의 항산화 방어 기작(antioxidant defense mechanism)의 다양성에 대한 규명이 이루어져야 할 것으로 사료된다.

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