Abstract
Elevated temperature can cause biological effects in vitro and in vivo. Many studies on effects of hypo- and hyperthermia have been conducted, but only few studies systematically investigated the formation of genomic damage in the micronucleus test in human cells in vitro as a consequence of different temperatures.In the present study, HaCaT human keratinocytes were exposed to different temperatures from 37°C to 42°C for 24h in a regular cell culture incubator.Micronucleus frequency as a marker of genomic damage was elevated in a temperature-dependent and statistically significant manner. Apoptosis occurred at temperatures of 39°C or higher. Cell proliferation was unaffected up to 40°C and decreased at 41°C and 42°C. Expression of the heat shock protein Hsp70 was elevated, particularly at temperatures of 40°C and higher.These findings are in agreement with several in vivo studies and some in vitro studies looking at single, specific temperatures, but a systematically investigated temperature-dependent increase of genomic damage in human keratinocytes in vitro is demonstrated for the first time here.
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