Genotoxic potential of bee venom (Apis Mellifera) on human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro using single cell gel electrophoresis assay (CROSBI ID 145614)
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Podaci o odgovornosti
Gajski, Goran ; Garaj-Vrhovac, Vera
engleski
Genotoxic potential of bee venom (Apis Mellifera) on human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro using single cell gel electrophoresis assay
Bee venom (BV) has been known to have therapeutic applications in traditional medicine to treat variety of diseases. It is also known that bee venom possesses anti-inflammatory and anticancer effects and that it can inhibit proliferation and induces apoptosis in cancer cells, but there is lack of information regarding genotoxicity of whole bee venom on normal human cells. In the present study, peripheral blood human lymphocytes from healthy donor were exposed in vitro to different concentration (5, 10, 25, 50 and 100 micro g/mL) of whole bee venom at different time periods (1, 6 and 24 hours). The single cell gel electrophoresis (SCGE) assay was used to evaluate the genotoxicity towards human cells. Results showed statistically significant increase in DNA damage caused in BV treated human lymphocytes compared to corresponding control cells for the tail length and tail moment. These results show that the extent of DNA damage, determined by the use of single cell gel electrophoresis is time and dose dependent. Based on the results it is clear that whole bee venom induces DNA damage and has genotoxic potential on human peripheral blood lymphocytes in vitro.
bee venom; genotoxicity; peripheral blood human lymphocytes; single cell gel electrophoresis assay
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Podaci o izdanju
43 (11)
2008.
1279-1287
objavljeno
1093-4529
10.1080/10934520802177862