Direct measurement of pyrimidine C6-hydrate stability
摘要:
Pyrimidine C6-hydrates are produced via UV-irradiation and undergo dehydration upon standing. The stability of these compounds has a direct bearing on their genotoxicity. The rate constants for elimination from 5 ' -benzyoylated derivatives of 5,6-dihydro-5-hydroxythymidine (6) and 5,6-dihydro-5-hydroxy-2 ' -deoxyuridine (9) were measured directly via HPLC. The rate constants for dehydration increase from pH 6.0 to 8.0. The half-lives for 6 and 9 at pH 7.4 and 37 degreesC are 46.5 and 24.4 h, respectively. Deglycosylation is not observed, even upon heating at 90 degreesC. These observations reinforce proposals that pyrimidine hydrates are sufficiently long-lived that they can exert significant effects on biological systems. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.
Independent Generation and Study of 5,6-Dihydro-2‘-deoxyuridin-6-yl, a Member of the Major Family of Reactive Intermediates Formed in DNA from the Effects of γ-Radiolysis
摘要:
Nucleobase radicals are the major family of reactive intermediates formed when nucleic acids are exposed to gamma-radiolysis. Elucidation of their reactivity is complicated by the formation of multiple species randomly throughout the biopolymers. 5,6-Dihydro-2'-deoxyuridin-6-yl (1) was generated upon photolysis (350 nm) of the respective tert-butyl ketone (2). The radical abstracts hydrogen atoms from beta-mercaptoethanol (k = 8.8 +/- 0.5 x 10(6) M-1 s(-1)) and 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran (k = 31 +/- 2.5 M-1 s(-1)). The latter was used as a model for the 2-deoxyribose component of DNA. The major product formed in the presence of O-2 was 6-hydroxy-5,6-dihydro-2'-deoxyuridine (11), which is believed to be formed directly from the peroxy precursor and not via elimination of superoxide. Small amounts of 2-deoxyribonolactone (13) were also formed under aerobic conditions. This product is believed to result from intramolecular hydrogen atom abstraction by the C6-peroxyl radical (14) and suggests that gamma-radiolysis may indirectly result in oxidation of the Cl'-position of nucleotides, despite the inaccessibility of this hydrogen in duplex DNA.
Independent Generation and Study of 5,6-Dihydro-2‘-deoxyuridin-6-yl, a Member of the Major Family of Reactive Intermediates Formed in DNA from the Effects of γ-Radiolysis
作者:K. Nolan Carter、Marc M. Greenberg
DOI:10.1021/jo034038g
日期:2003.5.1
Nucleobase radicals are the major family of reactive intermediates formed when nucleic acids are exposed to gamma-radiolysis. Elucidation of their reactivity is complicated by the formation of multiple species randomly throughout the biopolymers. 5,6-Dihydro-2'-deoxyuridin-6-yl (1) was generated upon photolysis (350 nm) of the respective tert-butyl ketone (2). The radical abstracts hydrogen atoms from beta-mercaptoethanol (k = 8.8 +/- 0.5 x 10(6) M-1 s(-1)) and 2,5-dimethyltetrahydrofuran (k = 31 +/- 2.5 M-1 s(-1)). The latter was used as a model for the 2-deoxyribose component of DNA. The major product formed in the presence of O-2 was 6-hydroxy-5,6-dihydro-2'-deoxyuridine (11), which is believed to be formed directly from the peroxy precursor and not via elimination of superoxide. Small amounts of 2-deoxyribonolactone (13) were also formed under aerobic conditions. This product is believed to result from intramolecular hydrogen atom abstraction by the C6-peroxyl radical (14) and suggests that gamma-radiolysis may indirectly result in oxidation of the Cl'-position of nucleotides, despite the inaccessibility of this hydrogen in duplex DNA.
Direct measurement of pyrimidine C6-hydrate stability
作者:K Nolan Carter
DOI:10.1016/s0968-0896(01)00137-7
日期:2001.9
Pyrimidine C6-hydrates are produced via UV-irradiation and undergo dehydration upon standing. The stability of these compounds has a direct bearing on their genotoxicity. The rate constants for elimination from 5 ' -benzyoylated derivatives of 5,6-dihydro-5-hydroxythymidine (6) and 5,6-dihydro-5-hydroxy-2 ' -deoxyuridine (9) were measured directly via HPLC. The rate constants for dehydration increase from pH 6.0 to 8.0. The half-lives for 6 and 9 at pH 7.4 and 37 degreesC are 46.5 and 24.4 h, respectively. Deglycosylation is not observed, even upon heating at 90 degreesC. These observations reinforce proposals that pyrimidine hydrates are sufficiently long-lived that they can exert significant effects on biological systems. (C) 2001 Elsevier Science Ltd. All rights reserved.