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Influence of Mercury on the Repair of Ionizing Radiation-induced DNA Damage in Coelomocytes of Eisenia fetida  

Ryu, Tae-Ho (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute)
Nili, Mohammad (Dawnesh Radiation Research Institute)
An, Kwang-Guk (College of Bioscience and Biotechnology, Chungnam National University)
Kim, Jin-Kyu (Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute, Advanced Radiation Technology Institute)
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Korean Journal of Environmental Biology / v.29, no.3, 2011 , pp. 236-240 More about this Journal
Abstract
Mercury known as quicksilver, is the most common cause of heavy metal toxicity. Toxicity caused by excessive mercury exposure is now being recognized as a widespread environmental problem and is continuing to attract a great deal of public concerns. The mercury genotoxicity could be its effect on DNA repair mechanisms, which constitute the defense system designated to protect genome integrity. The objective of this study is to confirm that mercuric chloride inhibits the repair of gamma ray-induced DNA damage. The earthworm of Eisenia fetida was chosen for this study because it is an internationally accepted model species for toxicity testing with a cosmopolitan distribution. Experiments were done to identify the levels of DNA damage and the repair kinetics in the coelomocytes of E. fetida irradiated with 20 Gy gamma rays alone or with gamma rays after 40 mg $kg^{-1}$ $HgCl_2$ treatment by means of the single cell gel electrophoresis assay. The Olive tail moments were measured during 0~96 hours after irradiation. The repair time in the animals treated with the combination of $HgCl_2$ and ionizing radiation was nearly five times longer than that in the animals treated with ionizing radiation alone. Also, E. fetida exposed to mercury showed a statistically lower repair efficiency of gamma ray-induced DNA damage. The results suggest that the mercury could even have deleterious effects on the DNA repair system. Influence of mercury on the DNA repair mechanisms has been confirmed by this study.
Keywords
mercury; DNA repair competence; radiation; SCGE assay; coelomocytes; Eisenia fetida;
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