Archives of Biological Sciences 2012 Volume 64, Issue 3, Pages: 1197-1206
https://doi.org/10.2298/ABS1203197J
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Protective effect of probiotic bacteria against cadmium-induced genotoxicity in rat hepatocytes in vivo and in vitro
Jama Adel M. (Faculty of Biology, Chair of Comparative Physiology and Ecophysiology, Belgrade)
Mitić-Ćulafić Dragana (Faculty of Biology, Chair of Microbiology, Belgrade)
Kolarević S. (Faculty of Biology, Chair of Microbiology, Belgrade)
Đurašević Siniša F. (Faculty of Biology, Chair of Comparative Physiology and Ecophysiology, Belgrade)
Knežević-Vukčević Jelena (Faculty of Biology, Chair of Microbiology, Belgrade)
The protective effect of probiotic bacteria against cadmium (Cd)-induced
genotoxicity was studied in rat hepatocytes in vivo and in vitro. Male Wistar
rats, Rattus norvegicus, were treated for five weeks with (i) CdCl2 (70 ppm
in the drinking water), (ii) a mixture of lyophilized probiotic bacteria
Lactobacillus rhamnosus, L. acidophilus and Bifido-bacterium longum (5×108
cfu/g of food), or (iii) CdCl2 and probiotic bacteria. In addition, single
cells obtained from the untreated rat liver were exposed to CdCl2 (70 ppm),
probiotic bacteria (1.28 mg/ml), or CdCl2 and probiotic bacteria, for 15 min
at 22°C in the dark. The level of Cd-induced DNA damage in hepatocytes was
determined by the comet assay. The obtained results show that probiotic
bacteria significantly reduced Cd-induced genotoxicity, both in vivo and in
vitro (20% and 48%, respectively). Moreover, the toxicity of Cd to
lactobacilli in the gastrointestinal tracts of rats was significantly
decreased in the probiotic-treated animals. The binding of Cd2+ to probiotic
bacteria was proposed as the most probable protection mechanism.
Keywords: Cadmium, toxicity, lactic acid bacteria, genotoxicity, rat hepatocytes
Acknowledgments. This research was financially supported by the Ministry of
Education and Science of the Government of Serbia, projects No 172058 and
173023