DNA Damage after Acute and Chronic Treatment with Malathion in Rats

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• 作者：Gislaine Z. Ré ; us ; Samira S. Valvassori ; Hellen Nuernberg ; Clarissa M. Comim ; Roberto Buss Stringari ; Peterson Teodoro Padilha ; Daniela D. Leffa ; Priscila Tavares ; Gracilene Dagostim ; Marcos M. S
• 刊名：Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry
• 出版年：2008
• 出版时间：August 27, 2008
• 年：2008
• 卷：56
• 期：16
• 页码：7560-7565
• 全文大小：253K
• 年卷期：v.56,no.16(August 27, 2008)
• ISSN：1520-5118

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Malathion is an insecticide widely used in agriculture and in public health programs that when used indiscriminately in large amounts can cause environmental pollution and risk to human health. However, it is possible that during the metabolism of malathion, reactive oxygen species can be generated, and malathion may produce oxidative stress in intoxicated rats that can be responsible for alterations in DNA molecules related in some studies. As a result, the present study aimed to investigate the DNA damage of cerebral tissue and peripheral blood in rats after acute and chronic malathion exposure. We used single cell gel electrophoresis (Comet assay) to measure early damage in hippocampus and peripheral blood and the Micronucleus test in total erythrocytes samples. Malathion was administered intraperitoneally once a day for one day (acute) or for 28 days (chronic) protocols (in both protocols, malathion was administered at 25, 50, 100, and 150 mg/kg). Our results showed that malathion (100 and 150 mg/kg) increased the DNA damage index in the peripheral blood and in the hippocampus after both chronic and acute treatment. Malathion increased the frequency of micronuclei only in chronic treatment at 150 mg/kg dose, and induced a cytotoxic dose-dependent decrease in the frequency of polychromatic erytrocytes in the peripheral blood of rats. In conclusion, since malathion increased both the peripheral blood and hippocampus DNA damage index using the Comet assay and increased the frequency of micronuclei in the total peripheral blood, it can be regarded as a potential mutagen/carcinogenic agent.