Modulation of neocarzinostatin-mediated DNA double strand damage by activating thiol: deuterium isotope effects.

AUTOR(ES)

McAfee, S E

RESUMO

The neocarzinostatin chromophore causes double-strand damage at AGC sequences on DNA by concomitant 1'-oxidation at C and 5'-oxidation at the T on the complementary strand. The extent of this damage is dependent upon the structure of the thiol used for activation. Deuterium isotope effects suggest that this dependence on thiol structure may be due to internal quenching of one radical site of the activated chromophore by the hydrogen atoms of the thiol sidechain. The 12-mer d[GCAAGCGCTTGC] is treated with the neocarzinostatin chromophore and either sodium thioglycolate or [2-2H2]-thioglycolate, and the distribution of strand breaks is determined by gel electrophoresis. Two isotope effects are noted: an overall sequence-independent effect in which deuterated thioglycolate increases total strand damage by a factor of 2, and a sequence-specific effect by which deuteration increases the proportion of alkali-sensitive strand damage at C6 by an additional factor of 1.5. Methyl thioglycolate shows essentially identical behavior to that of thioglycolate anion, ruling out electrostatic effects as major contributors to the effect of thiol structure on the mode of DNA damage observed. A model for NCSC action consistent with these results is discussed.

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