title: UVB-Induced formation of intrastrand cross-link products of DNA in MCF-7 cells treated with 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine.
abstract: Nucleoside 5-bromo-2'-deoxyuridine (BrdU), after being incorporated into cellular DNA, is well-known to sensitize cells to ionizing radiation and UV irradiation. We reported here, for the first time, the sequence-dependent formation of intrastrand cross-link products from the UVB irradiation of BrdU-treated MCF-7 human breast cancer cells. Our results showed that BrdU replaced more than 30% dT in genomic DNA after the cells were treated with 10 microM BrdU for 48 h. LC-MS/MS data revealed that more than 50% of the incorporated BrdU was consumed during UVB irradiation, of which more than half was dehalogenated to yield dU. Low-dose (5.0 kJ/m2) UVB irradiation of BrdU-treated cells yielded four intrastrand cross-link products, where the C5 of uracil is covalently bonded to the C8 of its neighboring 5' or 3' guanine to give G[8-5]U and U[5-8]G, respectively, and the C5 of uracil could couple with the C2 or C8 of its vicinal 5' adenine to give A[2-5]U and A[8-5]U, respectively. All the above cross-link products except A[2-5]U could also be induced in BrdU-treated cells upon UVB irradiation at a dose of 39 kJ/m2. We further demonstrated, by using LC-MS/MS, that the yield of G[8-5]U was much greater than the total yields of A[2-5]U and A[8-5]U. In addition, our results revealed that BrdU treatment stimulated considerably the UVB-induced formation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxo-dG) in vivo. The formation of these intrastrand cross-link products and 8-oxo-dG in vivo underscores the importance of these products in the photosensitizing effect of BrdU.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry-027, University of California, Riverside, California 92521-0403, USA.
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Zeng
authors.forename: Yinsheng
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine / Q000494:pharmacology*; D045744:Cell Line, Tumor; D002851:Chromatography, High Pressure Liquid; D004273:DNA, Neoplasm / Q000187:drug effects*; D006801:Humans; D018384:Oxidative Stress; D053719:Tandem Mass Spectrometry; D014466:Ultraviolet Rays
chemical_list: D004273:DNA, Neoplasm; D001973:Bromodeoxyuridine