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The effect of folate and riboflavin on chromosomes 8 and 17 aneuploidy in lymphocytes of breast cancer patients and normal controls

NI Juan1,2,ZOU Tian-ning3,WANG Xu1,2,*   

  1. ( 1. School of Life Sciences, Yunnan Normal University, Kunming 650092; 2. The Engineering Research Center of Sustainable Development and Utilization of Biomass Energy, Ministry of Education, Kunming 650092; 3. The Third Affiliated Hospital of Kunming Medical University, Kunming 650118, Yunnan, China)
  • Received:2012-07-05 Revised:2012-10-31 Online:2013-01-30 Published:2013-01-30
  • Contact: WANG Xu,E-mail:wangxu@fudan.edu.cn

Abstract:

OBJECTIVE: The research was to test the effect of folate (FA) and riboflavin (RF) on chromosome 8 and 17 aneuploidy in lymphocytes of breast cancer patients and normal controls. METHODSLymphocytes were cultured in each of the four media:high (200 nmol/L,HF) and low (20 nmol/L,LF) FA,high (500 nmol/L,HR) and low (1 nmol/L,LR) RF media (LFLR,LFHR,HFLR,HFHR). Chromosomes 8 and 17 aneuploidy was measured in mononucleated (MONO) and cytokinesis-blocked binucleated (BN) cells using dual-color ?uorescence in situ hybridization (FISH). RESULTS:In lymphocytes of breast cancer subjects and controls,LF media (LFLR or LFHR) induced significant and similar increases in frequencies of aneuploidy of chromosomes 8 and 17 relative to culture in HF media (HFLR or HFHR) (P<0.01). The frequency of 8 and 17 aneuploidy in breast cancer subjects was significantly higher than those of normal controls (P<0.01). FA and breast cancer status had significant impact on the frequency of aneuploidy (P<0.01),while effect of FA was stronger deficiency. RF deficiency partially affected chromosome segregation,but not significantly (P>0.05). CONCLUSION:FA deficiency is a possible cause of chromosome 8 and 17 aneuploidy. FA is the dominant factor that affects chromosome segregation in our experimental system.

Key words: folate, riboflavin, aneuploidy, FISH