title: Microsome-mediated transacetylation and binding of N-hydroxy-4-aminobiphenyl to nucleic acids by hepatic and bladder tissues from dog.
abstract: Microsome-mediated metabolism of [3H]4-aminobiphenyl (ABP) and binding of [3H]N-hydroxy-4-aminobiphenyl (N-OH-ABP) to nucleic acids by dog hepatic and bladder microsomes were investigated. HPLC analysis of the ethyl acetate extracts of hepatic microsomal incubates of [3H]ABP in the presence of 4-acetylaminobiphenyl (AABP), N-hydroxy-4-acetylaminobiphenyl (N-OH-AABP), or acetyl coenzyme A (AcCoA) as acetyl donors showed the formation of [3H]AABP, suggesting that microsomes catalyze N-acetylation of ABP involving transacetylation. Dog hepatic microsomes also catalyzed the binding of [3H]N-OH-ABP to RNA in the presence of AABP, N-OH-AABP or AcCoA, and the binding was blocked by paraoxon, an inhibitor of microsomal deacetylases. Binding of [3H]N-OH-ABP to DNA was catalyzed also by dog hepatic microsomes, and the extent of binding was 266, 156 and 135 pmol/mg DNA for AABP, N-OH-AABP and AcCoA as acetyl donors respectively. HPLC analyses of the DNA hydrolysates showed that the major adduct formed was N-(deoxyguanosine-8-yl)-4-aminobiphenyl, based on mobility of the adduct in comparison with the synthetic standard. The acetyl adduct N-(deoxyguanosine-8-yl)-4-acetylaminobiphenyl was not detected in the DNA hydrolysates. Adduct profiles obtained from 32P-postlabeling of DNA samples from the microsome-mediated binding of [3H]N-OH-ABP showed similarities to the profile obtained previously from the chemical interaction of N-OH-ABP with DNA under acidic conditions, suggesting that the microsome-mediated binding of N-OH-ABP may proceed via formation of aryl nitrenium ions as the ultimate electrophilic species. Microsomes from dog bladder also catalyzed the binding of [3H]N-OH-ABP to RNA and DNA in the presence of AABP, N-OH-AABP or AcCoA as acetyl donors, though the levels of binding were less than those observed with hepatic microsomes. The prevalence of these acetyl transferases in the target organs for ABP and AABP carcinogenesis raises the possibility that metabolic activation of the proximate metabolite N-OH-ABP could occur directly in these tissues and these reactions could play a critical role in the initiation of cancers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Human Oncology, University of Wisconsin Comprehensive Cancer Center, Madison 53792.
authors.forename: J F
authors.initials: JF
authors.lastname: Hatcher
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Swaminathan
mesh_terms: D000107:Acetylation; D000611:Aminobiphenyl Compounds / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000378:metabolism; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D004285:Dogs; D008099:Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D008861:Microsomes / Q000378:metabolism*; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism*; D009696:Nucleic Acids / Q000378:metabolism*; D012343:RNA, Transfer / Q000378:metabolism; D001743:Urinary Bladder / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000648:ultrastructure
chemical_list: D000611:Aminobiphenyl Compounds; D002273:Carcinogens; D009696:Nucleic Acids; C006757:4-biphenylamine; C014593:N-hydroxy-4-aminobiphenyl; D004247:DNA; D012343:RNA, Transfer