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Effects of basal level of antioxidants on oxidative DNA damage in humans

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Background

Vitamins A, E and C, and uric acid, which can scavenge free radicals should also protect DNA from the damage. It is reasonable to assume that agents that decrease oxidative DNA damage should also decrease subsequent cancer development.

Aim of the study

A relationship between basal level of antioxidants (vitamins A, C and E and uric acid) and oxidative DNA damage was assessed. For the first time, the broad spectrum of oxidative DNA damage biomarkers: urinary excretion of 8-oxodG, 8-oxoGua and 5HMUra as well as the level of oxidative DNA damage in leukocytes was analyzed in healthy subjects (n = 158).

Methods

Using HPLC prepurification/isotope dilution GC/MS methodology, we examined the amount of oxidative DNA damage products excreted into urine and the amount of 8-oxodG in leukocytes’ DNA (with HPLC/EC technique). The level of antioxidant vitamins and uric acid was estimated by HPLC technique with fluorimetric and UV detection.

Results

Analyses of relationship between the most common antioxidants (vitamins A, C, E and uric acid) and oxidative DNA damage products reveal weak, statistically significant negative correlation between retinol and all the measured parameters except 5HMUra. Vitamin C negatively correlates with urinary excretion of 8-oxodG and 8-oxoGua. Uric acid revealed statistically significant negative correlation with 8-oxodG in cellular DNA and urinary excretion of 5HMUra, while α-tocopherol correlates negatively only with 8-oxodG in cellular DNA. Good, significant (P < 0.0001), positive correlation (r = 0.61) was noted between urinary levels of the base, 8-oxoGua and the deoxynucleoside, 8-oxodG.

Conclusion

Our results suggest that oxidative DNA damage shows limited but significant response to antioxidants analyzed in this study and is more affected by many other cellular functions like antioxidant enzymes or DNA repair enzymes as well as genetics.

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Acknowledgements

The authors acknowledge financial support from the State Committee for Scientific Research grant PBZ-KBN-094/P06/2003. The authors of this paper are partners of ECNIS (Environmental Cancer Risk, Nutrition and Individual Susceptibility), a network of excellence operating within the European Union 6th Framework Program, Priority 5: “Food Quality and Safety” (Contract No 513943). R.O. was supported by a Foundation for Polish Science fellowship.

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    Marek Foksinski, Daniel Gackowski, Rafal Rozalski, Agnieszka Siomek, Jolanta Guz, Anna Szpila, Tomasz Dziaman &  Ryszard Olinski

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Foksinski, M., Gackowski, D., Rozalski, R. et al. Effects of basal level of antioxidants on oxidative DNA damage in humans. Eur J Nutr 46, 174–180 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00394-006-0642-7

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