title: Site-specific adducts derived from the binding of anti-5-methylchrysene diol epoxide enantiomers to DNA: synthesis and characteristics.
abstract: The direct synthesis and characterization of site-specific adducts derived from the binding of (+)-1R,2S-dihydroxy-3S,4R-epoxide-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5-methylchrysene and the (-)-1S,2R,3R,4S-enantiomer [(+)- and (-)-5-MeCDE, respectively], to the N2-guanine residues in the oligonucleotide d(CCATCGCTACC) are described. The spectroscopic characteristics of the 5-MeCDE-modified oligonucleotides are discussed, and it is shown that their CD characteristics can be used to distinguish between the trans-addition products of the binding of the (+)- and (-)-enantiomers of 5-MeCDE (C4 position). The 11-mer duplexes with the normal complementary strands are destabilized by the site-specific, covalently bound 5-MeCDE residues: the melting points, Tm, are 5-10 degrees lower than in the case of the unmodified duplex. Stereoselective exonuclease enzyme digestion patterns of the single-stranded (+)- and (-)-trans-5-MeCDE-modified oligonucleotides (Mao et al, 1993, Biochemistry, 32, 11785-11793) were used to probe the orientations of the covalently bound 5-MeCDE residues relative to the modified guanine and the 5'-3' strand polarity; the aromatic residues are positioned either on the 5'-side [(+)-5-MeCDE], or the 3'-side [(-)-5-MeCDE adduct] of the modified guanine residues. The electrophoretic mobilities of the (+)-5-MeCDE-modified 11-mer duplexes in native polyacrylamide gels are slower than those of unmodified and modified duplexes containing the stereoisomeric (-)-5-MeCDE-N2-dG lesions. This indicates that the lesions derived from the tumorigenic (+)-5-MeCDE induce greater degrees of bending or local flexibility than the non-tumorigenic (-)-5- MeCDE enantiomer. These differences in the orientational and structural characteristics are similar to those observed with analogous DNA adducts derived from the tumorigenic (+)-7R,8S-dihydroxy-9S,10R-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene and the non-tumorigenic 7S,8R,9R,10S-enantiomer, respectively. The adducts derived from BPDE and 5-MeCDE enantiomers thus display similar characteristics that depend primarily on the PAH diol epoxide enantiomer stereochemistry. This direct synthesis approach can be used to generate milligram quantities of site-specific 5-MeCDE-modified oligonucleotides that are suitable for NMR studies (Cosman, et al., 1995, Biochemistry, 34, 6247-6260).
authors.affiliation: Chemistry Department, New York University, New York 10003, USA.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Dwarakanath
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Cosman
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Amin
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Geacintov
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D001665:Binding Sites; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry*; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D002911:Chrysenes / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism; D002942:Circular Dichroism; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000378:metabolism*; D018736:DNA Adducts; D015394:Molecular Structure; D009691:Nucleic Acid Denaturation; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; D013056:Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D002273:Carcinogens; D002911:Chrysenes; D018736:DNA Adducts; D009838:Oligodeoxyribonucleotides; C037783:1,2-dihydroxy-epoxy-1,2,3,4-tetrahydro-5-methylchrysene; D004247:DNA