title: Synthesis of anti-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydro-11-methylbenzo[a]pyrene and its reaction with DNA.
abstract: Substitution of a methyl group in the bay region can enhance the tumorigenicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons such as chrysene, benz[a]anthracene, and others. This phenomenon has been related to facile DNA adduct formation of bay region diol epoxides with a methyl group and epoxide ring in the same bay. While anti-7, 8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene and its DNA adduct formation have been studied extensively, it is not known whether a methyl substituent in the bay region alters the reactivity of DNA in this system. This is of interest because 11-methylbenzo[a]pyrene, which has a bay region methyl group, is more tumorigenic than benzo[a]pyrene. To examine the question, we have devised and employed an efficient synthesis based on photochemical cyclization, and prepared anti-7,8-dihydroxy-9, 10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydro-11-methylbenzo[a]pyrene, the likely ultimate carcinogen of 11-methylbenzo[a]pyrene. We have then reacted anti-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydro-11-methylbenzo[a]pyrene with calf thymus DNA and found that it gives three major adducts. These were identified as having resulted from cis- and trans-ring opening of the (S,R,R, S)-enantiomer and from trans-ring opening of the (R,S,S, R)-enantiomer. The standard deoxyguanosine adduct markers were prepared, and their structures were tentatively assigned on the basis of their CD and 1H NMR spectra. The adduct distribution of anti-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydro-11-methylbenzo[a]pyrene is quite different from that observed in the reaction of DNA with the corresponding diol epoxides of benzo[a]pyrene or with 5-methylchrysene. The heterogeneity of adducts obtained with anti-7,8-dihydroxy-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9, 10-tetrahydro-11-methylbenzo[a]pyrene thus may be related to the enhanced tumorigenicity of 11-methylbenzo[a]pyrene.
authors: Organic Synthesis Facility, Naylor Dana Institute for Disease Prevention, American Health Foundation, Valhalla, New York 10595, USA.
authors: J M
authors: JM
authors: Lin
authors: D
authors: D
authors: Desai
authors: L
authors: L
authors: Chung
authors: S S
authors: SS
authors: Hecht
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Amin
mesh_terms: D001578:Benzopyrans / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D001580:Benzopyrenes / Q000378:metabolism*; D002273:Carcinogens / Q000378:metabolism*; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000378:metabolism*; D004852:Epoxy Compounds / Q000138:chemical synthesis / Q000378:metabolism*; D013237:Stereoisomerism; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: C118699:11-MeBPDE; D001578:Benzopyrans; D001580:Benzopyrenes; D002273:Carcinogens; D018736:DNA Adducts; D004852:Epoxy Compounds; C023671:methylbenzo(a)pyrene