title: Reaction with DNA and mutagenic specificity of syn-benzo[g]chrysene 11,12-dihydrodiol 13,14-epoxide.
abstract: The spectroscopic characterization of purine deoxyribonucleoside adducts derived from the fjord-region syn-benzo[g]chrysene 11,12-dihydrodiol 13,14-epoxide and the mutagenic specificity of the latter compound for the supF gene in the pSP189 shuttle vector are described. This dihydrodiol epoxide preferentially forms adducts with deoxyadenosine residues in DNA and is preferentially opened trans in reactions with DNA or with deoxyribonucleotides. In common with other fjord-region syn-dihydrodiol epoxides, the most frequently observed mutational changes were A-->T and G-->T changes. This hydrocarbon dihydrodiol epoxide is structurally similar to syn-benzo[c]phenanthrene 3,4-dihydrodiol 1,2-epoxide but has an additional benzene ring annelated distant from the reaction center. As anticipated, there were some common features in the chemistry and mutagenicities of these two compounds, but there were also substantive differences which indicate factors of importance in controlling reactions of these kinds of compounds with DNA.
authors.affiliation: Chemistry of Carcinogenesis Laboratory, PRI, DynCorp, Inc., NCI-Frederick Cancer Research and Development Center, Maryland 21701.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Szeliga
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: R G
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Harvey
authors.forename: J E
authors.initials: JE
authors.lastname: Page
authors.forename: H L
authors.initials: HL
authors.lastname: Ross
authors.forename: M N
authors.initials: MN
authors.lastname: Routledge
authors.forename: B D
authors.initials: BD
authors.lastname: Hilton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dipple
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001345:Autoradiography; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D002911:Chrysenes / Q000633:toxicity*; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000187:drug effects*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D009153:Mutagens / Q000633:toxicity*; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
chemical_list: D002911:Chrysenes; D009153:Mutagens; D019384:Nucleic Acid Synthesis Inhibitors; C089231:benzo(g)chrysene-11,12-dihydrodiol-13,14-epoxide; D004247:DNA