DNA damage and repair proteins in cellular response to sulfur mustard in Iranian veterans more than two decades after exposure

Khateri, Shahriar, Balali-Mood, Mahdi, Blain, Peter, Williams, Faith, Jowsey, Paul, Soroush, Mohammad Reza, Behravan, Effat and Sadeghi, Mahmood (2018) DNA damage and repair proteins in cellular response to sulfur mustard in Iranian veterans more than two decades after exposure. Toxicology Letters, 293. pp. 67-72. ISSN 0378-4274

[img]
Preview
Text
0F58F475-9EF5-4F9D-B9E7-48B8A866AC44.pdf - Accepted Version
Available under License Creative Commons Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives 4.0.

Download (604kB) | Preview
Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.toxlet.2017.12.001

Abstract

Delayed effects of sulfur mustard (SM) exposure on the levels of five important damage/repair proteins were investigated in 40 SM-exposed veterans of Iran-Iraq war and 35 unexposed controls. A major DNA damage biomarker protein – phosphorylated H2AX – along with four DNA repair proteins in cell response to the genome damage MRE11, NBS1, RAD51, and XPA were evaluated in blood lymphocytes from the veterans and controls using western blotting. Mean levels of XPA, MRE11, RAD51 and NBS1 were lower in SM-exposed patients and the decrease in NBS1 was significant. Even though the raised level of phosphor-H2AX in SM-poisoned group compared to the controls was not significant it was consistent with DNA damage findings confirming the severity of damage to the DNA after exposure to SM. There were correlations between the values of RAD51 and NBS1 proteins as well as XPA and MRE11 proteins. More than two decades after exposure to SM, there is still evidences of DNA damage as well as impaired repair mechanisms in cells of exposed individuals. Such disorders in cellular level may contribute to long term health problems of the SM veterans.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: Sulfur mustard, Veterans, Damage/repair proteins, DNA damage, Western blotting
Subjects: C400 Genetics
C500 Microbiology
C900 Others in Biological Sciences
Department: Faculties > Health and Life Sciences > Applied Sciences
Depositing User: Rachel Branson
Date Deposited: 19 May 2020 15:18
Last Modified: 31 Jul 2021 17:51
URI: http://nrl.northumbria.ac.uk/id/eprint/43204

Actions (login required)

View Item View Item

Downloads

Downloads per month over past year

View more statistics