title: Excimer fluorescence of (+)-anti-benzo (a)pyrene diol epoxide covalently bound to poly(dG-dC): structural implications.
abstract: Fluorescence of (+)-anti-benzo(a)pyrene diol epoxide [(+)-anti-BPDE] covalently bound to poly(dG-dC) has been studied with steady-state and time-resolved techniques. Extensive formation of excimers is found, even at small (0.008) BPDE/nucleotide ratios. This indicates favored covalent binding to bases close to already modified guanines. Both fluorescence excitation spectra and lifetime measurements reveal two populations of (+)-anti-BPDE adducts: one that can form excimers and one that cannot. Three excimer lifetimes (4.5, 29, and 83 ns) are observed. Differently shifted monomer and excimer excitation spectra are discussed in terms of pyrene-pyrene exciton interactions, consistent with a distance shorter than 7 A between the excimer-forming BPDE chromophores.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Eriksson
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Nordén
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jernström
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Gräslund
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000378:metabolism; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes; D005453:Fluorescence; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D010710:Phosphates / Q000378:metabolism; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides / Q000378:metabolism; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes; D010710:Phosphates; D011089:Polydeoxyribonucleotides; C064904:poly(dG-dC)-benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide; C019530:poly(dC-dG); D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide