Study of micronuclei frequency in human lymphocyte of local samples in Eshtar village and Al-Tameem region surrounding at  Al-Tuwaitha site

Shatha K. K.   ,  Amel J. Muttar  , Abdullsahib K. Ali  ,   Nayama H. Z.   , Adil, H.E.  , Yasser A.H.

Shatha K. K. , Amel J. Muttar , Abdullsahib K. Ali , Nayama H. Z. , Adil, H.E. , Yasser A.H.

Abstract

The present study aimed to use the biological techniques in a genotoxicity assessment of DNA damage in peripheral lymphocytes due to ionizing radiation which include micronuclus assy in peripheral lymphocytes of local samples in Esther Village and Al-Tameem region surrounding at Al-Tuwaitha site. This technique of the most important cellular genetic indicators that depend on the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) for radiation dose assessment. This number included thirty samples from Eshtar village, aged (18 - 55 years), and thirty samples from Al-Tameem region, aged (18 - 50 years), also the control group, which included twenty samples aged (16 - 58 years) from other regions of Baghdad was studied. The results of the average of micronuclei showed no significant differences (p < 0.05) in peripheral blood lymphocytes of local samples in Eshtar Village and Al-Tameem region surrounding at Al-Tuwaitha site as compared with the control group. In conclusion, the recorded results revealed no significant differences in the rate of MN for population living in the Eshtar village, Al-Tameem region compared with the control groups. Also, the level of micronuclei in binucleated lymphocyte cells of the samples within was normal value according the technical report series No.405, IAEA in 2001.