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Mechanism of protection against radiation-induced DNA damage in plasmid pBR322 by caffeine.

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PURPOSE:Caffeine (1,3,7-trimethyl xanthine), a dietary component, has been shown to have widely varying effects on DNA damage induced by UV and ionizing radiation, depending upon pre- or post-irradiation administration and its concentration. Caffeine administered post-UV irradiation is known to inhibit enzymatic repair of DNA lesions, leading to potentiation of damage, whereas its presence before or during irradiation elicits protection in a wide range of test systems: bacteria, cultured human cells, plant seeds and mouse. The purpose of this study is to test whether caffeine present during gamma-irradiation of plasmid DNA, a system devoid of replication and repair, could elicit protection by scavenging free radicals. MATERIALS AND METHODS:Plasmid pBR322 DNA was exposed to gamma-radiation in the presence or absence of caffeine at a dose-rate of 1.20 Gy min(-1) and damage measured as single-strand breaks. To understand the mechanisms of the observed protection, especially under oxic conditions, reaction of caffeine with superoxide radical (O(2)(-)), hydrogen peroxide (H(2)O(2)) and the deoxyribose peroxyl radical (ROO(*)) were studied. RESULTS:Irradiation of pBR322 was observed to induce a dose-dependent increase in single-strand breaks. Caffeine itself did not induce strand breaks but reduced radiation-induced strand breaks at micromolar to millimolar concentrations. Caffeine has been shown to react with the radiation-derived oxidants. The reaction rate constants observed were 7.5x10(1) M(-1) s(-1) with O(2)(-) 1.05x10(8) M(-1) s(-1) with ROO(*) and 8.8x10(1) M(-1) s(-1) with H(2)O(2). CONCLUSIONS:Caffeine effectively protects DNA against ionizing radiation in a system devoid of repair and replication machinery. Thus, DNA protection shown by caffeine is possibly due to the scavenging of radiation-derived primary as well as secondary reactive oxygen species, and this physicochemical protective pathway possibly pre-empts any subsequent inhibitory effect of caffeine on the enzymatic repair of DNA.

journal_name

Int J Radiat Biol

journal_title

International journal of radiation biology

authors

Kumar SS,Devasagayam TP,Jayashree B,Kesavan PC

doi

10.1080/09553000110034649

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Has Abstract

pub_date

2001-05-01 00:00:00

pages

617-23

issue

eissn

0955-3002

issn

1362-3095

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Mechanism of protection against radiation-induced DNA damage in plasmid pBR322 by caffeine.