A Spectrum Response Study on Single Strand DNA Breaks, Sister Chromatid Exchanges, and Lethality Induced by Phototherapy Lights
作者:
E. SIDERIS,
G. PAPAGEORGIOU,
SYLVA CHARALAMPOUS,
EVA VITSA,
期刊:
Pediatric Research
(OVID Available online 1981)
卷期:
Volume 15,
issue 7
页码: 1019-1023
ISSN:0031-3998
年代: 1981
出版商: OVID
关键词: chromatid exchanges;light, visible;DNA breaks;phototherapy;hyperbilirubinemia;wavelength
数据来源: OVID
摘要:
SummaryLittle information is available on the effect of visible light from commercial fluorescence lamps, commonly used in the treatment of neonatal hyperbilirubinemia, on parameters related to genetic damage in eucaryotic cells. The present study was undertaken to determine whether or not visible light of different wavelengths had any differential effects on the frequency of DNA breaks (frank breaks plus alkaline labile lesions), DNA replication, frequency of sister chromatid exchanges, and survival in cultured Chinese hamster cells.The results revealed that the “blue” spectral band (420 to 500 nm) is mainly responsible for DNA breaks, sister chromatid exchanges, and lethality induced by fluorescent light. This band is precisely that which bilirubin heavily absorbs and, hence, is the most efficient for the decomposition of this metabolite.These results were obtained with the use of light doses of 5 to 30 X 104J/m3versusthe light doses of the order of 100 X 104J/m2being received by infants undergoing phototherapy treatment.
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