Editorial
Copyright ©2009 The WJG Press and Baishideng.
World J Gastroenterol. Jul 21, 2009; 15(27): 3329-3340
Published online Jul 21, 2009. doi: 10.3748/wjg.15.3329
Table 4 Bile acids induce DNA damage in colon cells
Cells/tissuesBile acid(s)Assay for DNA damageRef.
Isolated mouse colon crypt cellsLCANucleoid sedimentation for strand breaks[122]
Isolated human and rat colon cells LCALCAComet assay for strand breaks[123]
Isolated rat colon cellsDCAImmunostaining for poly (ADP-ribose) an indicator of DNA damage[124]
Freshly isolated normal human colonocytesDCA, CDCAComet assay for strand breaks[125]
Cultured human adenocarcinoma cells (HT-29)DCA, CDCAComet assay for strand breaks and modified comet assay for oxidative DNA damage
Cultured human adenocarcinoma cells (HT-29)DCA, LCAComet assay for strand breaks[112126]
Cultured human adenocarcinoma cells (CACO-2)DCA, LCAComet assay for oxidative DNA damage[111]
Cultured human colon adenocarcinoma cells (HCT-116 & HCT-15)DCAComet assay for strand breaks[127]
Cultured human colon adenocarcinoma cells (HCT-116 & HT-29)DCAComet assay for strand breaks[128]
Cultured human colon adenocarcinoma cells (HCT-116)DCAInduction of the DNA repair protein BRCA-1[129]
Induction of DNA damage inducible gene GADD153[130]
Comet assay[116]
Cultured human colon adenocarcinoma cells (HCT-116 and HCT-15)DCAInduction of DNA damage inducible genes GADD34, GADD45, GADD153[131]
Colon samples from mouse dietary colitis modelDCAOxidative DNA damage: 8-OHdG assayed by immunohistochemistry[119]