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AU - Sastre, Miguel P.
AU - Collado, Enixy
AU - Collazo, Gretchen
AU - Lebrón, Sandra
AU - Mena, Lourdes
AU - Morales, Shirley
AU - Muller, Rafael
AU - Pérez, Leida
AU - Rivera, Paloma
AU - Vélez, Yanilka
TI - Dna damage in the Caribbean mussel Brachiodontes exustus: a comet assay evaluation
JO - Bulletin of Marine Science
PY - 2005-07-01T00:00:00///
VL - 77
IS - 1
SP - 73
EP - 82
N2 - The mussel Brachiodontes exustus (Linné) (Mollusca: Mytilidae) lives in the intertidal zone of the Caribbean and is often observed attached to rocks, mangrove roots, and pilings. Although much smaller, this species can be considered an ecological equivalent of Mytilus
spp., often used in bioaccumulation studies, but not found in the Caribbean. The objective of this study was to evaluate the comet alkaline assay for measuring levels of DNA single strand breaks in mantle cells of B. exustus. A preliminary experiment was performed exposing mantle cells
for 15 min to 0, 10, 25, 50, and 100 μM hydrogen peroxide concentrations in order to test the sensitivity of the comet assay in isolated single cells. As expected, DNA damage increased along with hydrogen peroxide concentration. Another experiment was performed exposing organisms in aquaria
to 0, 20, 100, and 200 ppb copper concentrations (as copper chloride) for 24 and 96 hrs. DNA damage levels increased with copper chloride concentrations at both 24 and 96 hrs. Ambient levels of DNA damage were assessed in organisms taken from three different sites in San Juan Bay, one site
on the western side of Isla de Cabras, San Juan, and one at Seven Seas, Fajardo, Puerto Rico. Significant differences in levels of DNA damage were detected among study sites. Results of this study indicate that the comet assay can be used effectively in B. exustus mantle cells to assess
DNA damage both in laboratory conditions and in the field.
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