title: Dependence of conformations of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA adducts derived from stereoisomers of different tumorigenicities on base sequence.
abstract: The conformations of covalent adducts derived from the binding of the highly tumorigenic stereoisomer (+)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-anti-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyren e [(+)-anti-BPDE] and its nontumorigenic (-)-anti-BPDE isomer with poly[(dG).(dC)], poly[(dG-dC).(dG-dC)], poly[(dT-dC).(dG-dA)], and poly[(dA-dC).(dG-dT)] were investigated by employing UV absorbance and linear dichroism methods. The degrees of orientation of the BPDE residues (bound covalently to N2 of deoxyguanosine), relative to the DNA bases, are most pronounced in the alternating and nonalternating (dG).(dC) polymers and decrease in polymers with neighboring dA.dT base pairs. The tumorigenic (+)-anti-BPDE isomer gives rise predominantly to external (solvent-exposed) site II adducts, while the (-)-enantiomer gives rise predominantly to site I adducts with significant carcinogen-nucleoside interactions. In the mixed (dA-dC).(dG-dT) and (dT-dC).(dG-dA) copolymers, the (+)-anti-BPDE isomer also binds predominantly to N2 of deoxyguanosine, but the adducts are weakly oriented with respect to the DNA bases. The incidence of site II adducts is considerably reduced as compared to the (dG).(dC) and (dG-dC).(dG-dC) polymers, and there is a greater proportion of site I adducts; the presence of a significant proportion of unordered adduct forms is also suggested from the diffuseness and broadness of the absorption spectra in the dA.dT base pair containing polymers. The preference of formation of site II adducts in dG-rich sequences in the case of the biologically highly active (+)-anti-BPDE isomer is discussed in terms of the known binding and mutation spectra.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, New York University, New York 10003.
authors.forename: C J
authors.initials: CJ
authors.lastname: Roche
authors.forename: A M
authors.initials: AM
authors.lastname: Jeffrey
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Mao
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Alfano
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: V
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Ibanez
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Geacintov
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D018736:DNA Adducts; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides / Q000737:chemistry*; D013057:Spectrum Analysis / Q000379:methods; D013237:Stereoisomerism
chemical_list: D018736:DNA Adducts; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides; C071143:benz(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide poly((dT-dC).(dG-dA)) adduct; C071144:benzo(a)pyrene 7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide poly((dA-dC).(dG-dT)) adduct; C043931:benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide-DNA; C064904:poly(dG-dC)-benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; D004247:DNA