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Nickel Toxicity and Carcinogenicity  

Park Hyoung-Sook (한서대학교 환경공학과)
Park Kwangsik (동덕여자대학교 약학대학)
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Environmental Analysis Health and Toxicology / v.19, no.2, 2004 , pp. 119-134 More about this Journal
Abstract
Human exposure to highly nickel-polluted environments, such as those associated with nickel refining, electroplating, and welding, has the potential to produce a variety of pathologic effects. Among them are skin allergies, lung fibrosis, and cancer of the respiratory tract. The exact mechanisms of nickel-induced carcinogenesis are not known and have been the subject of numerous epidemiologic and experimental investigations. This review provides the evidence of the current state for the genotoxic and mutagenic activity of Ni (II) particularly at high doses. Such doses are best delivered into the cells by phagocytosis of sparingly soluble nickel-containing dust particles. Ni (II) genotoxicity may be aggravated through the generation of DNA-damaging reactive oxygen species (ROS) and the inhibition of DNA repair by this metal. The epigenetic effects of nickel includes alteration in gene expression resulting from DNA hypermethylation and histone hypoacetylation, as well as activation some signaling pathways and subsequent transcrziption factors.
Keywords
nickel (II); carcinogenesis; ROS; genotoxicity; epigenetic effects;
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