title: The metabolic activation of benz[a]anthracene in hamster embryo cells: evidence that diol-epoxides react with guanosine, deoxyguanosine and adenosine in nucleic acids.
abstract: The principal nucleoside-hydrocarbon adducts present in hydrolysates of RNA and DNA isolated from hamster embryo cells treated with benz[a]anthracene (BA) were examined by chromatography on Sephadex LH 20 and by high pressure liquid chromatography (HPLC) on Spherisorb 5 ODS. The results extend the previous finding that a non-'bay-region' diol-epoxide, anti-BA-8,9-diol 10,11-oxide (r-8,t-9-dihydroxy-t-10,11-oxy-8,9,10,11-tetrahydrobenz[a] anthracene) is involved in the binding of BA to cellular nucleic acids and show that this diol-epoxide most probably reacts with guanosine and adenosine in RNA and with deoxyguanosine in DNA. The results also show that a 'bay-region' diol-epoxide anti-BA-3,4-diol 1,2-oxide (t-3,-4-dihydroxy-t-1,2-oxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenz[a]anthracene, which is thought to be involved in the binding of benz[a]anthracene, which is thought to be involved in the binding of benz[a]anthracene to DNA in some situations, reacts mainly with deoxyguanosine.
mesh_terms: D000241:Adenosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001551:Benz(a)Anthracenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D001711:Biotransformation; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D055598:Chemical Phenomena; D002621:Chemistry; D006224:Cricetinae; D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D006151:Guanosine / Q000378:metabolism*; D008647:Mesocricetus; D012313:RNA / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D001551:Benz(a)Anthracenes; D006151:Guanosine; C026622:8,9-dihydro-8,9-dihydroxybenzanthracene 10,11-oxide; D012313:RNA; C026832:3,4-dihydroxy-1,2-epoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydrobenz(a)anthracene; D004247:DNA; D003849:Deoxyguanosine; D000241:Adenosine