The role of steric effects in the direct mutagenicity of N-acyloxy-N-alkoxyamides
作者:Luke E. Andrews、Antonio M. Bonin、Linda E. Fransson、Ashley-Mae E. Gillson、Stephen A. Glover
DOI:10.1016/j.mrgentox.2006.02.003
日期:2006.6
Electrophilic N-acyloxy-N-alkoxyamides are mutagenic in Salmonella typhimurium TA100 without the need for S9 metabolic activation and they react with DNA at guanine-N7 at physiological pH. Since these are direct-acting mutagens, structural factors influence binding and reactivity with DNA. Mutagenicity in TA100 can be predicted by a QSAR incorporating hydrophobicity (log P), stability to substitution reactions at nitrogen (pK(a) of the leaving acid) and steric effects of para-aryl substituents (E-s). A number of mutagens exhibit activities that deviate markedly from the predicted values and they fall into two classes: di-tert-butylated N-benzoyloxy-N-benzyloxybenzamides, which - because of their size - are most probably excluded from the major groove or are unable to achieve a transition state for reaction with DNA, and N-benzoyloxy-N-butoxyalkylamides with branching a-to the amide carbonyl, which are resistant to S(N)2 reactions at the amide nitrogen. (c) 2006 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.