DNA damage in a solution containing copper(II) ions and ascorbic acid

Effect of the presence of sulfite

Authors

  • Thais Boscolo Requeijo Faculdade de Medicina da Fundação do ABC - CEPES (Centro de Estudos, Pesquisa, Prevenção e Tratamento em Saúde) – Brazil
  • Silvia Helena Pires Serrano Instituto de Química, Universidade de São Paulo - Brazil
  • Horacio Dorigan Moya Faculdade de Medicina da Fundação do ABC - CEPES (Centro de Estudos, Pesquisa, Prevenção e Tratamento em Saúde) – Brazil https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0888-291X

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/s2175-979020200004181084

Keywords:

Gel electrophoresis. DNA damage. copper. ascorbic acid. sulfite.

Abstract

Some antioxidant compounds have a pro-oxidant effect in the presence of transition metal ions, due to the reduction of Mn+ to M(n-1)+ with simultaneous formation of free radicals, which then promote DNA damage. In the present study, we evaluated the pUC19 DNA damage in a solution containing Cu(II) and ascorbic acid (AA) or S(IV) saturated with air by agarose gel electrophoresis. Our results showed that this damage decreases if AA and S(IV) are simultaneously added. This study also illustrates the importance of Cu(II) in this process, as no DNA damage was observed when AA or S(IV) were present in the absence of this metallic ion. Our data showed that DNA preservation depends on the concentration of AA and S(IV) and occurs when the [S(IV)]:[AA] ratio ranges from 1:1 to 20:1. Absorbance measurements and thermodynamic data show that no reaction occurs between AA and S(IV) when this mixture (pH 5.5) is added to pUC-19 DNA. The presence of dissolved oxygen may be the cause of AA consumption in the mixture of these two antioxidants, which subsequently decreases DNA damage.

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DNA damage in a solution containing copper(II) ions and ascorbic acid: Effect of the presence of sulfite. (2022). Brazilian Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences, 57. https://doi.org/10.1590/s2175-979020200004181084