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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2016

DNA Damage in Euonymus japonicus Leaf Cells Caused by Roadside Pollution in Beijing.

Tianxin Li, Minjie Zhang, Ke Gu, Uwizeyimana Herman, John Crittenden, Zhongming Lu

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2016. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Tianxin LiSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. tianxinli@ustb.edu.cn.
Minjie ZhangSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. 15201451547@163.com.
Ke GuSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. cyrllguke@163.com.
Uwizeyimana HermanSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China. uwiherman05@yahoo.fr.
John CrittendenSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. john.crittenden@ce.gatech.edu.
Zhongming LuSchool of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA 30332, USA. Zhongming.Lu@gatech.edu.
Georgia Institute of Technology · USUniversity of Science and Technology Beijing · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The inhalable particles from vehicle exhaust can cause DNA damage to exposed organisms. Research on DNA damage is primarily focused on the influence of specific pollutants on certain species or the effect of environmental pollution on human beings. To date, little research has quantitatively studied the relationship between roadside pollution and DNA damage. Based on an investigation of the roadside pollution in Beijing, Euonymus japonicus leaves of differing ages grown in heavily-polluted sections were chosen as biomonitors to detect DNA damage using the comet assay technique. The percentage of DNA in the tail and tail moment was chosen as the analysis index based on SPSS data analysis. The roadside samples showed significantly higher levels of DNA damage than non-roadside samples, which increased in older leaves, and the DNA damage to Euonymus japonicus leaf cells was positively correlated with haze-aggravated roadside pollution. The correlation between damage and the Air Quality Index (AQI) are 0.921 (one-year-old leaves), 0.894 (two-year-old leaves), and 0.878 (three-year-old leaves). Over time, the connection between DNA damage and AQI weakened, with the sensitivity coefficient for δyear 1 being larger than δyear 2 and δyear 3. These findings support the suitability and sensitivity of the comet assay for surveying plants for an estimation of DNA damage induced by environmental genotoxic agents. This study might be applied as a preliminary quantitative method for Chinese urban air pollution damage assessment caused by environmental stress.

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DNA DamageVehicle EmissionsAir PollutionBeijingComet AssayDNA, PlantEnvironmental MonitoringEuonymusPlant LeavesDNA, PlantVehicle Emissionsair pollutioncomet assaypercentage of DNA in the tailtail moment

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PMID27455298
PMCPMC4962283
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