2011
DOI: 10.2478/10004-1254-62-2011-2090
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Assessment of Tryptophol Genotoxicity in Four Cell Lines In Vitro: A Pilot Study with Alkaline Comet Assay

Abstract: Tryptophol is an aromatic alcohol and secondary metabolite of the opportunistic fungus Candida albicans. Although its toxicity profi le at cell level has been poorly investigated, recent data point to cytotoxic, cytostatic, and genotoxic effects in lymphocytes and the induction of apoptosis in leukaemic blood monocytes. In this pilot study we evaluated the genotoxicity of tryptophol in vitro on four permanent cell lines of animal and human origin: ovary cells, alveolar epithelium, liver cells, and blood monocy… Show more

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“…Similar results were recently obtained using another porcine intestinal cell line, IPEC-J2, and a different readout, cellular protein content [20]. Interestingly, at a much higher concentration (2 mM), TRPT induced DNA damage in HepG2, A549 and THP-1 cells [41]. AFN and EMO were identified as moderately toxic compounds at relative IC 50 values of 19.1 µM and 19 µM, respectively.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…Similar results were recently obtained using another porcine intestinal cell line, IPEC-J2, and a different readout, cellular protein content [20]. Interestingly, at a much higher concentration (2 mM), TRPT induced DNA damage in HepG2, A549 and THP-1 cells [41]. AFN and EMO were identified as moderately toxic compounds at relative IC 50 values of 19.1 µM and 19 µM, respectively.…”
Section: Discussionsupporting
confidence: 81%
“…Tryptophol is thought to be involved in the development of sleeping sickness caused by Trypanosma brucei rhodesiense (Odiit et al, 1997). It is also known to be produced by strains of C. albicans and its toxicity has been established (Kosalec et al, 2008(Kosalec et al, , 2011. This study confirms that C. albicans produces TOL, as 10 out of the 17 isolates produced this compound (Table 1).…”
Section: Metabolite Afc2supporting
confidence: 77%
“…Finally, although being non-cytotoxic in our experimental approach, cyclo-(L-Pro-L-Tyr) was found to be the most frequently detected compound in our survey program with 87.6% positive samples. Only a few publications described its antibacterial activity against two gram-negative bacteria, as well as its cytotoxic and genotoxic effects in lymphocytes and various cell lines to date [67,68,69]. However, due to its high occurrence, along with its high concentration, further studies are needed.…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%