ArticleMutagenesis2025
Influence of pH and lysis duration on DNA damage detection: a comparison of neutral and alkaline comet assays.
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The comet assay is a widely used method for measuring DNA damage and DNA repair. When DNA strand breaks happen, the supercoiling of DNA is relaxed, and after alkaline or neutral electrophoresis, depending on the type of performed comet assay, DNA moves toward the anode, forming a comet tail. Thus, with increasing frequency of DNA strand breaks, an increase in the percentage of DNA in the tail is observed. The aim of this study was to compare systematically various steps like lysis, duration of electrophoresis, and pH of the electrophoresis solution and their effect on the comet tail with regard to sensitivity for detection and quantification of DNA damage. We treated human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells with known genotoxic substances with a different mode of action and then performed both standard and modified alkaline and neutral comet assays. The modifications included Fpg- and MspI-modified comet assays. Several aspects of this comparison are investigated for the first time here. The results obtained from these experiments showed a higher %DNA in tail in the alkaline comet assay compared to the neutral comet assay. Additionally, the lysis step was not critical in the alkaline comet assay, whereas it was essential for the neutral comet assay. Results from alkaline Fpg-modified comet assay showed higher sensitivity in detecting single strand breaks and the neutral MspI-modified comet assay was better in detecting DNA double-strand breaks. Overall, our findings provided valuable insight into the differences between alkaline and neutral electrophoresis conditions in the comet assay and indicated that the alkaline comet assay is more sensitive for measuring total DNA damage.
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