title: Formation of abasic sites in DNA by t-butyl peroxyl radicals: implication for potent genotoxicity of lipid peroxyl radicals.
abstract: We investigated abasic site formation in calf thymus DNA after exposure to a model compound of lipid-derived peroxyl radical that was generated by the reaction of tert-butyl hydroperoxide (t-BuOOH) with hemoglobin. Abasic site density in DNA was quantified by use of an enzyme-linked immunosorvent assay-like assay. In the presence of 10 mM t-BuOOH and 12.5 or 25 microM hemoglobin, 0.6-1.0 abasic sites/10(4) nucleotides were formed. However, abasic sites were not detected after replacing hemoglobin with nonheme iron, e.g. EDTA/Fe(2+), which initiates the production of alkyl and alkoxyl radicals. Therefore, the present results suggest that lipid peroxyl radicals may have a genotoxic potential through unique reactions, including depurination and depyrimidination, which lead to DNA strand breakage.
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Education, Kumamoto University, Kurokami 2-40-1, 860-8555, Kumamoto, Japan.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Kanazawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Sawa
authors.forename: T
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Akaik
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Maeda
mesh_terms: D004247:DNA / Q000378:metabolism*; D006454:Hemoglobins / Q000378:metabolism; D008054:Lipid Peroxides / Q000378:metabolism*; D009154:Mutation; D010545:Peroxides / Q000633:toxicity*; D020122:tert-Butylhydroperoxide / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D006454:Hemoglobins; D008054:Lipid Peroxides; D010545:Peroxides; C049375:perhydroxyl radical; D004247:DNA; D020122:tert-Butylhydroperoxide