Gossypol mediated DNA degradation

Srivastava, AK and Padmanaban, G (1987) Gossypol mediated DNA degradation. In: Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications, 146 (3). pp. 1515-1522.

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Abstract

Gossypol, a polyphenolic compound isolated from cotton plant was found to degrade pBR322 DNA Image in a reaction which required the presence of a metal ion, a reducing agent (2-mercaptoethanol) and oxygen as revealed after agarose gel electrophoresis. Fe3+ and Co2+ showed maximum degradation whereas addition of Ca2+ and Mg2+ prevented the gossypol mediated DNA damage. Gossypol caused degradation of rat liver DNA incubated Image even in the absence of added metal ions and 2-mercaptoethanol. Incubation of intact rat liver nuclei with gossypol reveled DNA degradation and nuclei isolated from rats treated with gossypol Image showed higher succestibility to DNA fragmentation when incubated with gossypol Image than control nuclei. EcoRl and AIuI digestion of DNA isolated from gossypol treated rats gave clear cut evidence for DNA degradation. These observations indicate that gossypol is genotoxic and considereable care has to be exercised in its use. SDS, sodium dodecayl sulphate; TE buffer, Tris-HCL-EDTA buffer.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Publication:	Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
Publisher:	Elsevier Science
Additional Information:	copy right of this article belongs to Elsevier Science.
Department/Centre:	Division of Biological Sciences > Biochemistry
Date Deposited:	23 Jul 2009 06:24
Last Modified:	19 Sep 2010 05:34
URI:	http://eprints.iisc.ac.in/id/eprint/20820

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