title: Nitrite-stimulated DNA-binding of carcinogenic diol epoxides from benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol in human polymorphonuclear leukocytes.
abstract: Human polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMNs) previously treated with 12-O-tetradecanoyl phorbolmyristate-13-acetate (PMA) to initiate the oxidative burst activate (-)-trans-7,8-dihydroxy-7,8- dihydrobenzo[a]pyrene [(-)-BP-7,8-diol)] to DNA-binding intermediates. The 32P-postlabelling technique and HPLC-analysis of enzyme-digested DNA were employed for identification of DNA-adducts following incubation of (-)-BP-7,8-diol in PMNs. The results are consistent with the formation of (+)-anti-BPDE, the ultimate carcinogen of BP, bound via trans-addition of the C-10 position in the diol epoxide molecule to the exocyclic nitrogen of deoxyguanosine (BPDE-N2-dG adduct). Addition of nitrite, the major aqueous dissolution product of NO2, stimulated the formation of (+)-anti-BPDE and subsequent binding to both nuclear DNA in PMNs (about twofold) and to DNA present outside the cells (two- to fourfold). Preliminary experiments suggest that nitrite stimulates the metabolism of (-)-BP-7,8-diol by direct interaction with myeloperoxidase and hydrogen peroxide. Consistent with previous work by us and others, the covalent binding of (+)-anti-BDPE to extracellular targets demonstrate that these reactive products, expected to be formed intracellularly, can be released from the leukocytes. Measurement of hydroxyl radical-induced DNA damage by estimating the formation of 8-hydroxydeoxyguanosine (8-OH-dG) in resting PMNs revealed low amounts of adducts (1 adduct/10(6) dG-1 adduct/10(5) dG). Pretreating the cells with PMA or PMA in conjunction with nitrite had no significant effect on 8-OH-dG adduct formation.
authors.affiliation: Institute of Environmental Medicine, Division of Toxicology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Mehrotra
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Constantin
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Wallin
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Moldéus
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Jernström
mesh_terms: D001711:Biotransformation; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry*; D004249:DNA Damage; D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006801:Humans; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009504:Neutrophils / Q000737:chemistry*; D009573:Nitrites / Q000494:pharmacology*
chemical_list: D004101:Dihydroxydihydrobenzopyrenes; D009573:Nitrites; C017228:benzo(a)pyrene 7,8-dihydrodiol; D004247:DNA