title: Products formed from the in vitro reaction of metabolites of 3-aminochrysene with calf thymus DNA.
abstract: 3-Aminochrysene, a mutagenic geometric isomer of the mutagenic and carcinogenic aromatic amine 6-aminochrysene, has been synthesized and its metabolic activation studied by characterization of the products formed from the reaction of metabolites with calf thymus DNA. DNA adducts produced by 3-aminochrysene via N-oxidation were examined by preparing 3-nitrosochrysene and incubating the nitroso derivative with calf thymus DNA in the presence of ascorbic acid (to generate the N-hydroxy derivative) at pH 5. The major adduct, as determined by 1H-NMR and thermospray-mass spectrometry of the modified nucleoside obtained after enzymatic hydrolysis of the modified DNA, was N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-3-aminochrysene. Thus, the reaction of N-hydroxy-3-aminochrysene with DNA differs from that of N-hydroxy-6-aminochrysene, which had previously been shown to generate N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-6-aminochrysene, 5-(deoxyguanosin-N2-yl)-6-aminochrysene and N-(deoxyinosin-8-yl)-6- aminochrysene as major adducts. 32P-Postlabeling analysis of DNA treated with 3-aminochrysene in the presence of liver microsomes from rats pretreated with phenobarbital indicated an adduct pattern identical to that seen with DNA that had been treated with 3-nitrosochrysene and ascorbic acid. However, DNA treated with 3-aminochrysene (3-AC) in the presence of liver microsomes from rats pretreated with 3-methylcholanthrene contained a major adduct that was chromatographically distinct from N-(deoxyguanosin-8-yl)-3-aminochrysene.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Toxicological Research, Jefferson, AR 72079.
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Herreno-Saenz
authors.forename: F E
authors.initials: FE
authors.lastname: Evans
authors.forename: C C
authors.initials: CC
authors.lastname: Lai
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Abian
authors.forename: P P
authors.initials: PP
authors.lastname: Fu
authors.forename: K B
authors.initials: KB
authors.lastname: Delclos
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D001205:Ascorbic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D001711:Biotransformation; D002417:Cattle; D002911:Chrysenes / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism*; D006863:Hydrogen-Ion Concentration; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008297:Male; D013058:Mass Spectrometry; D008862:Microsomes, Liver / Q000378:metabolism; D009152:Mutagenicity Tests; D009153:Mutagens / Q000378:metabolism*; D009603:Nitroso Compounds / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D017207:Rats, Sprague-Dawley; D013950:Thymus Gland / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D002911:Chrysenes; D009153:Mutagens; D009603:Nitroso Compounds; C079697:3-nitrosochrysene; C079696:3-aminochrysene; D004247:DNA; D001205:Ascorbic Acid