Association between XRCC1 exon 10 (Arg399Gln) gene polymorphism and micronucleus as a predictor of DNA damage among radiation workers
Surniyantoro HNE, Lusiyanti Y, Rahardjo T, Nurhayati S, Tetriana D. 2018. Association between XRCC1 exon 10(Arg399Gln) gene polymorphism and micronucleus as a predictor of DNA damage among radiation workers. Biodiversitas 19: 1676-1682. This study was aimed to examine the association between XRCC1 exon 10 gene polymorphism and micronucleus frequencies inradiation workers and their relation to the confounding factors. This study involved 37 radiation workers and 37 controls from severalhospitals in Indonesia. Genotyping of X-ray cross-complementing group 1 (XRCC1) exon 10 gene polymorphism and micronucleusassay were performed using Polymerase Chain Reaction-Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism (PCR-RFLP) and Cytokinesis-Block Micronucleus assay (CBMN assay), respectively. The results indicated that MN frequencies were not significantly higher in theexposed workers than in controls (20.46±6.42 versus 16.89 ±9.72; P=0.07). The micronucleus frequencies of radiation workers withmutant genotype showed not significantly higher than controls in the same genotypes (22±6.64 versus 11.75 ± 8.13; P=0.11). Theconfounding factors, like age, years of employment and equivalent doses were significantly associated with micronucleus frequencies(P<0.05). The equivalent dose has a significantly positive correlation with micronucleus frequencies among radiation workers,increasing the MN frequencies by 16.3 per 1 mSv of equivalent dose (P=0.001). The genetic polymorphism of XRCC1 gene exon 10demonstrated no association with the extent of DNA damage in the hospital radiation workers. The MN frequencies were stronglyassociated with age, equivalent dose and years of employment.