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Genoprotective role of vitamin E and selenium in rabbits anaesthetized with sevoflurane

Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ankara Training and Research Hospital, Ministry of Health, Ankara, Turkey

Ela Kadioglu

Department of Toxicology, Faculty of pharmacy, University of Gazi, Ankara, Turkey

Hulya Basar

Department of Anaesthesiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of K1r1kkale, K1r1kkale, Turkey

Semra Sardas

Department of Toxicology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, 06330 Ankara, Turkey semrasardas{at}superonline.com

In this study, genotoxic effects of repeated sevoflurane anaesthesia were investigated in rabbits with or without antioxidant supplementation. Twenty-one New Zealand male rabbits were included in the study and randomized into three groups as: placebo treated (Group I), vitamin E supplemented (Group II) and selenium supplemented (Group III). Vitamin E and selenium were given intraperitoneally for 15 days before anaesthesia treatment. Anaesthesia was administered using 3% sevoflurane in 4 L/min oxygen for a 3-hour period and continued for 3 days. Blood samples were collected before anaesthesia (Sample 1), after the first, second and third days of sevoflurane administration (Sample 2, Sample 3 and Sample 4 respectively) and the last samples were taken 5 days after the last sevoflurane administration (Sample 5). Genotoxic damage was examined using the comet assay. The degree of damage is assessed by grading the cells into three categories of no migration (NM), low migration (LM) and high migration (HM) depending on the fraction of DNA pulled out into the tail under the influence of the electric field. The number of comets in each sample was calculated (1 x number of comets in category NM + 2 x number of comets in category LM + 3 xnumber of comets in category HM) and expressed as the total comet score (TCS), which summarizes the damage frequencies. In Group I, a significant increase in the mean TCSs was observed for Samples 3 and 4 as compared with Sample 1. However, there were no significant differences between Samples 1, 2 and 5. The mean TCS of Sample 4 was significantly higher than Sample 1, 2 and 3 in Group II. Group III demonstrated no significant mean TCSs for any experimental conditions. Statistical differences were also observed between the groups with significant P values. This experimental study points out the presence of DNA damage with repeated sevoflurane anaesthesia and the genoprotective role of antioxidant supplementation on DNA damage in mononuclear leukocytes of rabbits by highly sensitive comet assay.

Key Words: antioxidants • comet assay • DNA damage • sevoflurane

Human & Experimental Toxicology, Vol. 23, No. 8, 413-419 (2004)
DOI: 10.1191/0960327104ht463oa


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