Caffeic acid protects human peripheral blood lymphocytes against gamma radiation-induced cellular damage |
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Authors: | Devipriya Nagarajan Sudheer Adluri Ram Menon Venugopal P |
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Institution: | Department of Biochemistry and Biotechnology, Faculty of Science, Annamalai University, Annamalainagar 608002, Tamil Nadu, India. |
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Abstract: | In the present study, we investigated in vitro radioprotective potential of caffeic acid (CA), a naturally occurring catecholic acid against gamma radiation-induced cellular changes. Different concentrations of CA (5.5, 11, 22, 44, 66, and 88 microM) were incubated with lymphocytes for 30 min prior to gamma-irradiation, and micronuclei (MN) scoring and comet assay were performed to fix the effective concentration of CA against gamma-irradiation. Among all concentrations, 66 microM of CA showed the optimum protection by effectively decreasing the MN frequencies and comet attributes. From the above-mentioned results, 66 microM of CA was selected as the effective concentration and was further used to investigate its radioprotective efficacy. For that purpose, a separate experiment was carried out on the lymphocytes in which lymphocytes were preincubated with CA (66 microM) and were exposed to different doses of radiation (1, 2, 3, and 4 Gy). Genetic damage (MN, dicentric aberration, and comet attributes) and biochemical changes were measured. Gamma-irradiated lymphocytes showed a dose-dependent increase in the genetic damage and thiobarbituric acid reactive substances, accompanied by the significant decrease in the antioxidant status, whereas CA pretreatment positively modulated all the radiation-induced changes through its antioxidant potential. The current study demonstrates that CA is effective in protecting lymphocytes against radiation-induced toxicity and encourages further in vivo study to evaluate radioprotective efficacy of CA. |
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Keywords: | Caffeic Acid Comet Assay Dicentric Aberration Lymphocytes Micronuclei Radiation |
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