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http://dx.doi.org/10.3746/jkfn.2002.31.4.594

Changes of DNA Fragmentation by Irradiation Doses and Storage in Gamma-Irradiated Fruits  

Kim, Sang-Mi (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Hannam University)
Park, Eun-Ju (Division of Life Sciences, Kyungnam University)
Yang, Jae-Seung (Laboratory for Detection of Irradiated Foods, Korea Atomic Energy Research Institute)
Kang, Myung-Hee (Dept. of Food and Nutrition, Hannam University)
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Journal of the Korean Society of Food Science and Nutrition / v.31, no.4, 2002 , pp. 594-598 More about this Journal
Abstract
The changes in DNA damage were investigated during storage after irradiation. Kiwi, orange and pear were irradiated at 0.1, 0.3, 0.5, 0.7 and 1.0 kGy and stored for 3 months at 4$^{\circ}C$. The comet assay was applied to the sample seeds alt the beginning of irradiation and at the end of storage. Seeds were isolated and crushed, and the suspended cells were embedded in an agarose layer. After lysis of the cells, they were electrophoresed for 2 min and then stained. DNA fragmentation in seeds caused by irradiation was quantified as tail length and tail moment (tail length $\times$ % DNA in tail) by comet image analyzing system. Immediately after irradiation, the differences in tail length between unirradiated and irradiated fruit seeds were significant (p<0.05) in kiwi, orange and pear seeds. With in-creasing the irradiation doses, statistically significant longer extension of the DNA from the nucleus toward anode was observed. The results represented as tail moment showed similar tendency to those of tail length, but tile latter parameter was more sensitive than the former. Similarly even 3 months after irradiation, all the irradiated fruit seeds significantly showed longer tail length than the unirradiated controls. These results indicate that the comet assay could be one of the simple methods of detecting irradiated fruit seeds. Moreover, the method could detect DNA damage even after 3 months after irradiation.
Keywords
fruits; irradiation detection; storage; comet assay; DNA damage;
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