title: Characterization of S-[2-(N1-adenyl)ethyl]glutathione as an adduct formed in RNA and DNA from 1,2-dibromoethane.
abstract: The major DNA adduct derived from 1,2-dibromoethane is known to be S-[2-(N7-guanyl)-ethyl]glutathione; minor nucleic acid DNA adducts were characterized in view of the possibility that some might be unusually persistent or biologically active. RNA was modified in vitro by treatment with 1,2-dibromoethane and glutathione in the presence of rat liver cytosol, and bases were released by mild acid hydrolysis, which liberated greater than 99% of the bound radioactivity. One of the minor adducts was identified as S-[2-(N1-adenyl)ethyl]glutathione on the basis of its UV, mass, and NMR spectra. This adduct could be synthesized by reaction of S-(2-chloroethyl)-glutathione with adenosine. The material was desulfurized by treatment with Raney Ni to give N1-ethyladenine in low yield. The Raney Ni reaction was accompanied by considerable formation of the corresponding N6-adenine derivative via Dimroth rearrangement. Another adduct was identified as S-[2-(N7-guanyl)ethyl]cysteinylglycine by its UV, mass, and NMR spectra, but the material was demonstrated to be formed from the major DNA adduct, S-[2-(N7-guanyl)-ethyl]glutathione under conditions of mild acid hydrolysis. The imidazole ring opened derivative of S-[2-(N7-guanyl)ethyl]glutathione was synthesized and found not to be formed in DNA in vitro or in vivo. The two remaining minor adducts account for 1-2% of the total binding, but insufficient quantities were recovered to allow for structure determination; however, neither of these (uncharacterized) minor products are seen after the reaction of S-(2-chloroethyl)glutathione with guanosine or adenosine. S-[2-(N1-Adenyl)ethyl]glutathione was formed in rat liver RNA and DNA.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Department of Biochemistry, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, Tennessee 37232-0146.
authors.forename: D H
authors.initials: DH
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: W G
authors.initials: WG
authors.lastname: Humphreys
authors.forename: F P
authors.initials: FP
authors.lastname: Guengerich
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D015946:Ethylene Dibromide / Q000378:metabolism*; D005978:Glutathione / Q000378:metabolism*; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D051381:Rats
chemical_list: D015946:Ethylene Dibromide; D012313:RNA; D004247:DNA; D005978:Glutathione