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http://dx.doi.org/10.13103/JFHS.2016.31.1.1

Protective Effect of Green Tea Extract and EGCG on Ethanol-induced Cytotoxicity and DNA Damage in NIH/3T3 and HepG2 Cells  

Kim, Nam Yee (College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University)
Kim, Hyun Pyo (College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University)
Heo, Moon Young (College of Pharmacy, Kangwon National University)
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Journal of Food Hygiene and Safety / v.31, no.1, 2016 , pp. 1-7 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the present study, our aim was to determine whether green tea extract (GTE) and its major constituent, epigallocatechin-3-gallate (EGCG) have a protective effect on ethanol-induced cytotoxicity and DNA damage in NIH/3T3 and HepG2 cells. The cell viability and DNA single strand breaks were examined by MTT assay and alkaline single cell gel electrophoresis (Comet assay), respectively. Ethanol decreased the cell viability and also increased DNA single strand breaks in a concentration-dependent manner. On the other hand, GTE showed the protective effect of cytotoxicity and DNA damage induced by ethanol in both cell lines. GTE and EGCG, were found to possess the anti-oxidative and anti-genotoxic activities by evaluation with DPPH test, LDL oxidation assay, oxidative DNA damage assay and 8OH-2'dG generation test. These results were also verified by the experimental results demonstrating the lower cytotoxicity and genotoxicity of commercial green tea liqueur compared to pure ethanol in same concentration. Thus it is concluded that the supplementation of GTE or EGCG may mitigate the ethanol-induced cytotoxicity and DNA damage.
Keywords
Ethanol; Green tea extract; EGCG; cytotoxicity; DNA damage; chemoprevention;
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