Comparison Between New Wild Plant Trifolium repens and Vicia faba on their Sensitivity in Detecting the Genotoxic Potential of Heavy Metal Solutions and Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils

Manier, Nicolas; Deram, Annabelle; Le Curieux, Frank; Marzin, Daniel

Comparison Between New Wild Plant Trifolium repens and Vicia faba on their Sensitivity in Detecting the Genotoxic Potential of Heavy Metal Solutions and Heavy Metal-Contaminated Soils

2009

Manier, Nicolas | Deram, Annabelle | Le Curieux, Frank | Marzin, Daniel

The DNA damage and cytotoxicity induced by CdCl₂ solutions and soils anthropogenically contaminated with heavy metals were studied using the micronucleus (MN) test. Vicia faba, a plant model widely used in liquid exposure assays, was adapted for direct exposure to a solid phase. In addition, the MN assay was adapted to a new wild plant system, the white clover (Trifolium repens). The results obtained after exposure to CdCl₂ solutions confirmed that V. faba root cells were a sensitive model and revealed that T. repens root cells were not appropriate for the detection of micronuclei (although they were highly sensitive to the cytotoxic effect of CdCl₂). Concerning the results observed after direct exposure to contaminated soils (solid-phase exposure), the MN frequency scores in V. faba root cells were increased in a statistically significant and dose-related manner compared to the control plants. Regarding T. repens root cells, this solid phase exposure confirmed that this model is not appropriate for use in the micronucleus assay.

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