Editor-in-Chief
Hatice Kübra Elçioğlu
Vice Editors
Levent Kabasakal
Esra Tatar
Online ISSN
2630-6344
Publisher
Marmara University
Frequency
Bimonthly (Six issues / year)
Abbreviation
J.Res.Pharm.
Former Name
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
Marmara Pharmaceutical Journal
2017 , Vol 21 , Issue 3
Evaluation of Relationship Between Lymphocyte DNA Damages and Blood Arsenic Levels in Silver Mining Workers using Alkaline Comet Assay
1Pendik Institute of Veterinary Control, Istanbul, Turkey2Ankara University, Institute of Forensic Sciences, Ankara, Turkey
3Bozok University, Department of Public Health, Yozgat, Turkey DOI : 10.12991/marupj.311818 The purpose of this study is to investigate the association between DNA damage and blood arsenic levels in individuals occupationally exposed to arsenic (As). A hundred-twenty exposed individuals from silver mining plate workers were monitored in the way of DNA damage in blood lymphocytes using comet assay (single cell gel electrophoresis, SSGE). The DNA damage levels were measured by BAB Bs Comet Assay system and As levels were analyzed by the atomic absorption spectrometer (AAS) system. The mean blood arsenic level was 17.03±10.85 μg/L. A statistically significant positive correlations were found between the arsenic levels and comet parameters (tail intensity, comet length and tail length) (r=0.360, r=0.334, r=0.259, respectively, p<0.01). Our results showed that exposure to arsenic may cause DNA damage in peripheral lymphocytes of Turkish silver mining plate workers. Keywords : DNA damage; blood arsenic levels; Turkish workers; comet assay