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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">Ecological genetics</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">Ecological genetics</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Экологическая генетика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">1811-0932</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2411-9202</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Eco-Vector</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">16239</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.17816/ecogen16239</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>Genetic toxicology</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Генетическая токсикология</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Technical aspects of the electrophoresis stage in the comet assay</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Технические аспекты проведения этапа электрофореза в методе ДНК-комет</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7673-8672</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">6506103462</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7070-0510</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Zhanataev</surname><given-names>Aliy K.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Жанатаев</surname><given-names>Алий Курманович</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Main Researcher, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Mutagenesis</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. биол. наук, ведущий научный сотрудник, лаборатория фармакологии мутагенеза</p></bio><email>zhanataev@academpharm.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Anisina</surname><given-names>Elena A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Анисина</surname><given-names>Елена Александровна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Researcher, Laboratory of Pharmacology and Mutagenesis</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>научный сотрудник, лаборатория фармакологии мутагенеза</p></bio><email>anisinalena@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">7315-5417</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Pligina</surname><given-names>Kira L.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Плигина</surname><given-names>Кира Львовна</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>PhD, Researcher, Laboratory of pharmacology and mutagenesis</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>канд. биол. наук, научный сотрудник, лаборатория фармакологии мутагенеза</p></bio><email>kira-pligina@rambler.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Lisitsyn</surname><given-names>Artem A.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Лисицын</surname><given-names>Артем Андреевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Researcher, Laboratory of pharmacology and mutagenesis</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>лаборант-исследователь, лаборатория фармакологии мутагенеза</p></bio><email>nordikal@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0218-8580</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="scopus">7006060753</contrib-id><contrib-id contrib-id-type="spin">8426-0380</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Durnev</surname><given-names>Andrey D.</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Дурнев</surname><given-names>Андрей Дмитриевич</given-names></name></name-alternatives><address><country country="RU">Russian Federation</country></address><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Doctor of Science, Professor, Corresponding member of Russian Academy of Sciences, Head of Institute</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>д-р мед. наук, профессор, чл.-кор. РАН, директор</p></bio><email>addurnev@mail.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Zakusov Research Institute of Pharmacology</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Федеральное государственное бюджетное научное учреждение «Научно-исследовательский институт фармакологии им. В.В. Закусова»</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="preprint" iso-8601-date="2020-04-14" publication-format="electronic"><day>14</day><month>04</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-07-08" publication-format="electronic"><day>08</day><month>07</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>18</volume><issue>2</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en"/><issue-title xml:lang="ru"/><fpage>203</fpage><lpage>214</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2019-09-24"><day>24</day><month>09</month><year>2019</year></date><date date-type="accepted" iso-8601-date="2020-01-20"><day>20</day><month>01</month><year>2020</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Zhanataev A.K., Anisina E.A., Pligina K.L., Lisitsyn A.A., Durnev A.D.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Жанатаев А.К., Анисина Е.А., Плигина К.Л., Лисицын А.А., Дурнев А.Д.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Zhanataev A.K., Anisina E.A., Pligina K.L., Lisitsyn A.A., Durnev A.D.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Жанатаев А.К., Анисина Е.А., Плигина К.Л., Лисицын А.А., Дурнев А.Д.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" start_date="2021-05-14"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.eco-vector.com/ecolgenet/article/view/16239">https://journals.eco-vector.com/ecolgenet/article/view/16239</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>Inter- and intralaboratory variability of results is still a serious issue in the comet assay. There are several technical conditions of procedure, which may critically affect the results and electrophoresis terms were identified as main. A comparative assessment of the expected and actual electric field strength in five electrophoretic tanks and the contribution of the revealed differences to the variability in DNA damage carried out. Only for one tank, the measured electric field strength coincided with the expected 1 V/cm, while for four it ranged from 0.6 to 2.0 V/cm. The values of DNA damage assessed in the same samples of mouse kidney cells differed between tanks up to 4.7-fold for induced and up to 10-fold for spontaneous DNA damage. High local variations in the electric field strength and solution temperature across the platform as well as in %DNA in the tail of identical cell samples within electrophoresis runs also revealed. These variations were reduced by recirculation of electrophoresis solution. The results show that discrepancy between the estimated and the actual electric field strength can be reason of inter-laboratory variation of the comet assay results. Recirculation of the solution during electrophoresis will be useful to control of intra-laboratory and intra-assay variations.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>Причины меж- и внутрилабораторной вариабельности данных, полученных в исследованиях методом ДНК-комет, на сегодняшний день не до конца ясны. Гель-электрофорез является определяющим этапом при использовании метода анализа поврежденности ДНК единичных клеток. В настоящей работе проведена сравнительная оценка расчетной и фактической напряженности электрического поля в пяти различных электрофоретических камерах и вклада выявляемых различий в вариабельность оцениваемой поврежденности ДНК. Только для одной камеры измеренная напряженность совпала с расчетной — 1 В/см, тогда как для четырех варьировала от 0,6 до 2,0 В/см. Оцененные в одних и тех же образцах клеток почек мышей значения поврежденности ДНК различались между камерами до 4,7 крат для индуцированной и до 10 крат для спонтанной поврежденности ДНК. Выявлена высокая локальная вариация напряженности электрического поля и температуры раствора по площадке камер и вариабельность поврежденности ДНК в идентичных образцах клеток в условиях одного электрофореза. Таким образом, несоответствие при электрофорезе расчетной (теоретической) и фактической напряженности электрического поля может служить причиной межлабораторной вариабельности данных метода ДНК-комет. Рециркуляция раствора в ходе электрофореза позволяет значимо снизить внутриэкспериментальную и внутрилабораторную вариабельность результатов.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>comet assay</kwd><kwd>inter- and intralaboratory variability</kwd><kwd>DNA damage</kwd><kwd>electric field strength</kwd><kwd>voltage</kwd><kwd>electrophoresis tank</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>метод ДНК-комет</kwd><kwd>повреждение ДНК</kwd><kwd>меж- и внутрилабораторная вариабельность</kwd><kwd>электрофоретическая камера</kwd><kwd>напряженность электрического поля</kwd><kwd>напряжение</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><award-group><funding-source><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="ru">Государственное задание ФГБНУ НИИФ</institution></institution-wrap><institution-wrap><institution xml:lang="en">State task FSBI</institution></institution-wrap></funding-source><award-id>Array</award-id></award-group></funding-group></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>Koppen G, Azqueta A, Pourrut B, et al. 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