title: p53-dependent global genomic repair of benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide adducts in human cells.
abstract: The global genomic repair of DNA adducts formed by the human carcinogen (+/-)-anti-benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-diol-9,10-epoxide (BPDE) has been studied by 32P-postlabeling in human fibroblasts in which p53 expression can be regulated. At low BPDE adduct levels (10-50 adducts/10(8) nucleotides), repair was rapid and essentially complete within 24 h in p53+ cells, whereas no repair was detected within 72 h in similarly treated p53- cells. At 10-fold higher BPDE adduct levels, repair under both conditions was rapid up to 8 h, after which a low level of adducts persisted only in p53- cells. These results demonstrate a dependence on p53 for the efficient repair of BPDE adducts at levels that are relevant to human environmental exposure and, thus, have significant implications for human carcinogenesis.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biological Sciences, Stanford University, California 94305-5020, USA.
authors.forename: D R
authors.initials: DR
authors.lastname: Lloyd
authors.forename: P C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Hanawalt
mesh_terms: D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide / Q000032:analysis*; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D018736:DNA Adducts / Q000032:analysis*; D004260:DNA Repair; D006801:Humans; D013752:Tetracycline / Q000494:pharmacology; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53 / Q000032:analysis / Q000502:physiology*
chemical_list: D018736:DNA Adducts; D016159:Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; C043931:benzo(a)pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide-DNA; D015123:7,8-Dihydro-7,8-dihydroxybenzo(a)pyrene 9,10-oxide; D013752:Tetracycline