title: Identification of tamoxifen-DNA adducts formed by alpha-sulfate tamoxifen and alpha-acetoxytamoxifen.
abstract: alpha-Sulfate trans-tamoxifen and alpha-sulfate cis-tamoxifen were synthesized as proposed active metabolites of tamoxifen that react with DNA. alpha-Acetoxytamoxifen was prepared as a model-activated form to produce a reactive carbocation. Calf thymus DNA was reacted with alpha-hydroxytamoxifen or the activated forms of tamoxifen, and tamoxifen-DNA adducts were analyzed by a 32P-postlabeling method. The reactivity of alpha-sulfate trans-tamoxifen to DNA was much higher than that of alpha-hydroxytamoxifen. The formation of tamoxifen-DNA adducts induced by alpha-acetoxytamoxifen and alpha-sulfate cis-tamoxifen was 1100- and 1600-fold, respectively, higher than that of alpha-hydroxytamoxifen. Both alpha-sulfate tamoxifens and alpha-acetoxytamoxifen were highly reactive to 2'-deoxyguanosine. Four reaction products of dG-tamoxifen were isolated by HPLC and characterized by mass- and proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy. Fractions 1 and 2 that eluted first were identified as the epimers of trans form of dG-N2-tamoxifen. Fractions 3 and 4 were identified as the epimers of cis form of dG-N2-tamoxifen. When DNA was reacted with alpha-acetoxytamoxifen in vitro, three isomers of dG-N2-tamoxifen were detected: fraction 2 was the major adduct while fractions 1 and 3 were minor adducts.
authors.affiliation: Department of Pharmacological Sciences, State University of New York at Stony Brook 11794-8651.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Dasaradhi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Shibutani
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000138:chemical synthesis* / Q000737:chemistry; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000737:chemistry; D013629:Tamoxifen / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000737:chemistry* / Q000302:isolation & purification
chemical_list: D018736:DNA Adducts; C105080:alpha-acetoxytamoxifen; C105595:alpha-sulfate tamoxifen; D013629:Tamoxifen; D004247:DNA; D003849:Deoxyguanosine