Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): Recommendations for Describing Comet Assay Procedures and Results

Møller, Peter; Azqueta, Amaya; Boutet-Robinet, Elisa; Koppen, Gudrun; Bonassi, Stefano; Milić, Mirta; Gajski, Goran; Costa, Solange; Teixeira, Joao; Pereira, Cristiana; Dusinska, Maria; Godschalk, Roger; Brunborg, Gunnar; Gützkow, Kristine Bjerve; Giovannelli, Lisa; Cooke, Marcus; Richling, Elke; Laffon, Blanca; Valdiglesias, Vanessa; Başaran, Nurşen; Del Bo’, Cristian; Zegura, Bojana; Novak, Matjaz; Stopper, Helga; Vodička, Pavel; Vodenkova, Sona; Andrade, Vanessa Moraes de; Sramkova, Monika; Gabelova, Alena; Collins, Andrew; Langie, Sabine

Use this link to cite:

http://hdl.handle.net/2183/27040

Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): Recommendations for Describing Comet Assay Procedures and Results

Files

Moller_Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay.pdf (935.35 KB)

Identifiers

URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2183/27040

DOI: 10.1038/s41596-020-0398-1

Publication date

2020

Authors

Møller, Peter

Azqueta, Amaya

Boutet-Robinet, Elisa

Koppen, Gudrun

Bonassi, Stefano

Milić, Mirta

Gajski, Goran

Costa, Solange

Teixeira, Joao

Pereira, Cristiana

Bibliographic citation

Møller, P., Azqueta, A., Boutet-Robinet, E. et al. Minimum Information for Reporting on the Comet Assay (MIRCA): recommendations for describing comet assay procedures and results. Nat Protoc 15, 3817–3826 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41596-020-0398-1

Abstract

[Abstract] The comet assay is a widely used test for the detection of DNA damage and repair activity. However, there are interlaboratory differences in reported levels of baseline and induced damage in the same experimental systems. These differences may be attributed to protocol differences, although it is difficult to identify the relevant conditions because detailed comet assay procedures are not always published. Here, we present a Consensus Statement for the Minimum Information for Reporting Comet Assay (MIRCA) providing recommendations for describing comet assay conditions and results. These recommendations differentiate between ‘desirable’ and ‘essential’ information: ‘essential’ information refers to the precise details that are necessary to assess the quality of the experimental work, whereas ‘desirable’ information relates to technical issues that might be encountered when repeating the experiments. Adherence to MIRCA recommendations should ensure that comet assay results can be easily interpreted and independently verified by other researchers.