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1 April 1996 Cell damage by UVA radiation of a mercury microscopy lamp probed by autofluorescence modifications, cloning assay, and comet assay
Karsten Koenig, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Eckhard Bauer, Ursula Fiedler, Michael W. Berns, Bruce J. Tromberg, Karl-Otto Greulich
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Journal of Biomedical Optics, Vol. 1, Issue 2, (April 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.233373
Abstract
Cell damage by low-power 365-nm radiation of a 50-W high-pressure mercury microscopy lamp was studied. Exposure of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells to ultraviolet-A (UVA) radiation .10 kJ/m2 resulted in significant modifications of nicotinamide adenine dinucleotide (NADH) attributed autofluorescence and inhibition of cell division. Single-cell gel electrophoresis (comet assay) revealed UVA-induced single-strand DNA breaks. According to these results, UVA excitation radiation in fluorescence microscopy may damage cells. This has to be considered in vital cell microscopy, e.g., in calcium measurements.
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Karsten Koenig, Tatiana B. Krasieva, Eckhard Bauer, Ursula Fiedler, Michael W. Berns, Bruce J. Tromberg, and Karl-Otto Greulich "Cell damage by UVA radiation of a mercury microscopy lamp probed by autofluorescence modifications, cloning assay, and comet assay," Journal of Biomedical Optics 1(2), (1 April 1996). https://doi.org/10.1117/12.233373
Published: 1 April 1996
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Luminescence
Microscopy
Comets
Ultraviolet radiation
Lamps
Mercury
Absorption
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