title: Sequence dependence of benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-DNA adduct conformer distribution: a study by laser-induced fluorescence/polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis.
abstract: Low-temperature laser-induced fluorescence techniques in combination with polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (LIF/PAGE) were used to study the binding of (-)-anti- and (+)-anti-benzo[a]pyrene 7,8-dihydrodiol 9,10-epoxide (anti-BPDE) to several sequence-defined duplex oligomers. Two of the oligomers contain central 5'-RAGGAR-3' sequences (R = purine) which appear to be frequently mutated by racemic (+/-)-anti-BPDE in endogenous genes of cells cultured in vitro. Two contain a central 5'-CCGG-3' or 5'-TGGT-3' sequence which are strongly preferred for covalent binding but appear to be not so frequently mutated. Binding of the two enantiomers to the latter two sequences yielded a distribution of BPDE-N2-dG adduct conformations similar to those from binding to highly polymerized, random sequence DNA in vitro which, for (+/-)-anti-BPDE, means that the helix-external conformation of the N2-dG adduct is dominant. Binding of (-)-anti-BPDE to the 5'-RAGGAR-3' sequences yielded more partially base-stacked and less base-stacked (quasi-intercalated) conformer than observed for random sequence DNA. Importantly, the (+)-anti-BPDE in binding to the more mutagenically inclined 5'-RAGGAR-3' sequences yielded little external-type adduct in comparison to the other two sequences and random sequence DNA. Moreover, an unusually high proportion of the (+)-anti-BPDE adducts formed with the 5'-RAGGAR-3' sequences result from cis stereoaddition, which yields a partially base-stacked configuration. Since the (+)-anti-BPDE appears to be the more mutagenic, this result suggests a possible role of internal adduct conformations in mutagenesis.
authors.affiliation: Ames Laboratory--USDOE, Iowa.
authors.forename: G A
authors.initials: GA
authors.lastname: Marsch
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jankowiak
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Suh
authors.forename: G J
authors.initials: GJ
authors.lastname: Small
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D001483:Base Sequence; D002417:Cattle; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism*; D004591:Electrophoresis, Polyacrylamide Gel / Q000379:methods; D007834:Lasers; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; D004247:DNA