title: Identification of conformationally different binding sites in benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide--DNA adducts by low-temperature fluorescence spectroscopy.
abstract: It is known that the covalent binding of the two enantiomers of trans-7,8-diol-anti-9,10-epoxy-benzo[a]pyrene (BPDE) to native double-stranded DNA gives rise to two distinct classes of adducts. Type I adducts involve significant interactions of the pyrenyl residues with the DNA bases and are similar but not identical to intercalation complexes. Type II adducts involve external solvent-exposed binding sites and their predominance in adducts derived from the covalent reaction of (+)-BPDE with DNA has been associated with the higher tumorigenicity and mutagenic activity of (+)-BPDE in mammalian cells. These two distinct binding sites in covalent BPDE-DNA adducts can be readily resolved by synchronous scanning fluorescence methods at low temperatures (77 K) using commercially available fluorescence spectrophotometers. The site I adducts are particularly unstable in the presence of UV light, and this method can be used to follow their selective photodegradation.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, New York University, NY 10003.
authors.forename: S K
authors.initials: SK
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Geacintov
authors.forename: H C
authors.initials: HC
authors.lastname: Brenner
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Harvey
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000528:radiation effects; D004247:DNA / Q000528:radiation effects / Q000648:ultrastructure*; D018736:DNA Adducts; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes / Q000528:radiation effects; D009690:Nucleic Acid Conformation; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D018736:DNA Adducts; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes; C043931:benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide-DNA; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; D004247:DNA