title: DNA replication fidelity with 8-oxodeoxyguanosine triphosphate.
abstract: Oxidative metabolism is known to generate mutagenic compounds within cells, among which is 8-oxodeoxyguanosine. Here the mutagenic potential of the triphosphate form of this base analog (8-O-dGTP) is investigated during replication in vitro of the lacZ alpha-complementation sequence in M13mp2 DNA. Adding 8-O-dGTP at equimolar concentration with the normal dNTPs to polymerization reactions decreases the fidelity of DNA synthesis by exonuclease-deficient Klenow, T4, and Thermus thermophilus DNA polymerases. Sequence analysis of mutants suggests that 8-O-dGMP is misincorporated opposite template adenines, yielding A-->C transversions. The degree of polymerase selectivity against this error is enzyme-dependent, with rates varying by > 25-fold. To determine if the A.8-O-dGMP mispair is proofread, a direct comparison of the fidelity of proofreading-proficient and proofreading-deficient Klenow and T4 DNA polymerases was made. Although the exonuclease activity of Klenow polymerase did not substantially reduce overall misincorporation of 8-O-dGMP, misincorporation was lower for the proofreading-proficient T4 enzyme as compared to its proofreading-deficient derivative. These data suggest that the A.8-O-dGMP mispair can be proofread. The mutagenic potential of 8-O-dGTP with eukaryotic systems was also examined. Misincorporation of 8-O-dGTP opposite adenine was observed during SV40 origin-dependent replication of double-stranded DNA in HeLa cell extracts. When present during replication at a concentration equal to the four normal dNTPs, 8-O-dGTP was at least 13-fold more mutagenic for A.T-->C.G transversions than was a 100-fold excess of normal dGTP.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Molecular Genetics, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 27709.
authors.forename: Y I
authors.initials: YI
authors.lastname: Pavlov
authors.forename: D T
authors.initials: DT
authors.lastname: Minnick
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Izuta
authors.forename: T A
authors.initials: TA
authors.lastname: Kunkel
mesh_terms: D017122:Bacteriophage T4 / Q000201:enzymology; D001482:Base Composition; D004247:DNA / Q000096:biosynthesis*; D004256:DNA Polymerase I; D004261:DNA Replication; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase / Q000378:metabolism; D003848:Deoxyguanine Nucleotides / Q000378:metabolism*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000235:genetics; D006031:Glycosylation; D016296:Mutagenesis; D016963:Thermus thermophilus / Q000201:enzymology; D014162:Transfection
chemical_list: D003848:Deoxyguanine Nucleotides; C078206:8-oxodeoxyguanosine triphosphate; D004247:DNA; D004256:DNA Polymerase I; D004259:DNA-Directed DNA Polymerase