జర్నల్ ఆఫ్ కార్సినోజెనిసిస్ & మ్యూటాజెనిసిస్

నైరూప్య

Assessment of Arsenic Induced DNA Fragmentation by using Comet Assay

Akram Z, Mahjabeen I and Kayani MA

Arsenic is metalloid present in measureable quantity in air, water, and soil through natural and anthropogenic sources. It is neurotoxic, hepatotoxic and genotoxic effects, variety of health problems have been associated to arsenic exposure. This review was designed to investigate the possible association between arsenic exposure and DNA damage in animals and humans using comet assay. Total 28 studies were selected for measuring DNA damage by comet assay. Trend of significance in tail length and tail moment was observed using regression analysis. Due to limited number of studies available the regression analysis was non-significant. Individually each study suggested a significant increase in tail moment and tail length in a dose and time-dependent manner. Overall trend observed in this review is the positive association between arsenic exposure either experimentally or occupationally and DNA damage. This initial effort may provide future guideline for the assessment of DNA fragmentation using comet assay.