title: Formation of 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine following treatment of 2'-deoxyguanosine or DNA by hydrogen peroxide or glutathione.
abstract: We have demonstrated that free radicals generated by hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), in the presence of divalent iron (Fe2+) and a chelator (EDTA), oxidize 2'-deoxyguanosine (dG) to 8-hydroxy-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-OHdG). The 8-OHdG formed by this reaction was isolated and quantitated using reverse-phase HPLC with UV and electrochemical detection. A 1-h incubation of dG with H2O2 caused a 50% increase in 8-OHdG over background, which increased to 100% after 2 h. However, when an H2O2-generating system [glutathione (GSH), Fe2+, EDTA] was used, there was no increase in 8-OHdG yield after the 1-h incubation, but up to a 50% increase over background was observed with GSH after 2-h incubation. Attempts to detect increased levels of 8-OHdG after H2O2- or GSH-treatment of purified calf thymus or rat DNA, or purified Salmonella typhimurium DNA were not successful. This may have been because the treatment procedures used generated 8-OHdG in the control samples at sufficiently high levels to mask any H2O2-induced responses that may have been present. This artifactual production of 8-OHdG has presented a problem in all in vitro studies to date. In contrast, treatment of Salmonella cells (strain TA104) with increasing concentrations of H2O2, caused a doubling in the 8-OHdG yield. GSH-treatment of strain TA104 cells under the same conditions did not result in an increase of 8-OHdG. The study presented here shows that the ubiquitous molecule H2O2 can play a major role in DNA oxidation, mutation, and damage.
authors.affiliation: Environmental Toxicology Program, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, Research Triangle Park, NC 27709, USA. abushak@wpo.nccu.edu
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Abu-Shakra
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Zeiger
mesh_terms: D000080242:8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine; D000818:Animals; D000931:Antidotes / Q000494:pharmacology; D002417:Cattle; D004247:DNA / Q000187:drug effects* / Q000302:isolation & purification / Q000378:metabolism; D004249:DNA Damage; D003849:Deoxyguanosine / Q000031:analogs & derivatives* / Q000737:chemistry / Q000378:metabolism; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I / Q000378:metabolism; D004305:Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; D004492:Edetic Acid / Q000737:chemistry; D005609:Free Radicals / Q000378:metabolism; D005978:Glutathione / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide / Q000494:pharmacology*; D006868:Hydrolysis; D007501:Iron / Q000737:chemistry; D016877:Oxidants / Q000494:pharmacology; D051381:Rats; D012475:Salmonella / Q000187:drug effects / Q000235:genetics*; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D000931:Antidotes; D005609:Free Radicals; D016877:Oxidants; D000080242:8-Hydroxy-2'-Deoxyguanosine; D004247:DNA; D004492:Edetic Acid; D006861:Hydrogen Peroxide; D007501:Iron; D003850:Deoxyribonuclease I; D003849:Deoxyguanosine; D005978:Glutathione