Abstract
Contamination of arsenic in drinking water is associated with several human diseases including cancer. It has been reported that oxidative stress plays a vital role in arsenic-induced biochemical and molecular alterations. The aim of the present study was to improve the understanding of arsenic-induced oxidative damage to proteins and to DNA and the role of antioxidants such as ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol in alleviating arsenic-induced damages in experimental rats. A significant increase in the levels of protein oxidation, DNA strand breaks, and DNA-protein cross-links was observed in blood, liver, and kidney of rats exposed to arsenic (100 ppm in drinking water) for 30 days. Co-administration of ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol to arsenic-exposed rats showed a substantial reduction in the levels of arsenic-induced oxidative products of protein and DNA. The results of this study support that free radical-mediated toxic manifestations of arsenic and also suggest that ascorbic acid and α-tocopherol supplementation can improve the arsenic-induced molecular alterations.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 939-946 |
| Number of pages | 8 |
| Journal | Human and Experimental Toxicology |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue number | 12 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - 2007 |
Keywords
- DNA damage
- antioxidants
- arsenic
- oxidative stress
- protein oxidation
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Toxicology
- Health, Toxicology and Mutagenesis