Evaluation of weak genotoxicity of hydroxychloroquine in human TK6 cells

Published by Elsevier B.V..

Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ), a derivative of chloroquine (CQ), is an antimalarial and antirheumatic drug. Since there is limited data available on the genotoxicity of HCQ, in the current study, we used a battery of in vitro assays to systematically examine the genotoxicity of HCQ in human lymphoblastoid TK6 cells. We first showed that HCQ is not mutagenic in TK6 cells up to 80 μM with or without exogenous metabolic activation. Subsequently, we found that short-term (3-4 h) HCQ treatment did not cause DNA strand breakage as measured by the comet assay and the phosphorylation of histone H2A.X (γH2A.X), and did not induce chromosomal damage as determined by the micronucleus (MN) assay. However, after 24-h treatment, both CQ and HCQ induced comparable and weak DNA damage and MN formation in TK6 cells; upregulated p53 and p53-mediated DNA damage responsive genes; and triggered apoptosis and mitochondrial damage that may partially contribute to the observed MN formation. Using a benchmark dose (BMD) modeling analysis, the lower 95% confidence limit of BMD50 values (BMDL50) for MN induction in TK6 cells were about 19.7 μM for CQ and 16.3 μM for HCQ. These results provide additional information for quantitative genotoxic risk assessment of these drugs.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:393

Enthalten in:

Toxicology letters - 393(2024) vom: 15. März, Seite 84-95

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Li, Xilin [VerfasserIn]
Le, Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Li, Yuxi [VerfasserIn]
Chen, Si [VerfasserIn]
Guo, Lei [VerfasserIn]
Fu, Xin [VerfasserIn]
Manjanatha, Mugimane G [VerfasserIn]
Mei, Nan [VerfasserIn]

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Apoptosis
Chloroquine
Chromosomal damage
DNA damage
Hydroxychloroquine
Journal Article
TK6 cells
Tumor Suppressor Protein p53

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Date Completed 13.03.2024

Date Revised 13.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.toxlet.2024.01.012

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM36819101X