Radiation-induced binding of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1,4-piperidone-<i>N</i>-oxyl to thymidine in oxygen-free aqueous solutions. Isolation and characterization of the adducts
作者:Maurice Berger、Jean Cadet、Jacques Ulrich
DOI:10.1139/v85-002
日期:1985.1.1
Steady-state γ-radiolysis of deaerated aqueoussolutions of thymidine has been carried out in the presence of 2,2,6,6-tetramethyl-1,4-piperidone-N-oxyl (TAN), a well-known radiosensitizing agent. The eight main radiation-induced TAN addition products to thymidine have been isolated and characterized by 1H and 13C nmr, cd, and fast-atom bombardment mass spectrometry measurements.
Bromohydrins (1), (3), (4), and (5), damaged products of thymine derivatives, were repaired smoothly to regenerate the original thymine derivatives when exposed to ascorbicacid in the presence of a catalytic amount of Cu2+ in water at room temperature.
Bromohydrins (2, 3, 4, and 5), oxidatively damaged products of thymine bases, were repaired on exposure to sunlight, heat, and/or some reagents to regenerate the thymine bases. A radical mechanism is proposed for the repair reaction with sunlight and heat. A hypothesis concerning the biological significance of thymidine in deoxyribonucleic acid is presented.
Shaw, Anthony A.; Voituriez, Lucienne; Cadet, Jean, Journal of the Chemical Society. Perkin transactions II, 1988, p. 1303 - 1308
作者:Shaw, Anthony A.、Voituriez, Lucienne、Cadet, Jean、Gregoli, Silvano、Symons, Martyn C.
DOI:——
日期:——
Conformational and Electronic Properties of the Two <i>Cis </i>(5<i>S</i>,6<i>R</i>) and (5<i>R</i>,6<i>S</i>) Diastereoisomers of 5,6-Dihydroxy-5,6-dihydrothymidine: X-ray and Theoretical Studies
The structure of(+)-cis-(5S,6R)-5,6-dihydroxy-5,6-dihydrothymidine was obtained using X-ray crystallography [space group P2(1) with a = 10.130(3) Angstrom, b = 6.434(9) Angstrom, c = 11.02(5) Angstrom, and beta = 112.646(2)degrees]. The comparison of the two cis diastereoisomers of thymidine glycol (I,II) showed several structural and conformational differences. The solid state structures appear to be in agreement with the results of H-1 NMR studies which were carried out in aqueous solution. Conformational and electronic properties of the ground state of the molecules I and II were obtained using ab initio LSD-DFT theory. Only slight differences between the crystal structure and the optimized geometry are observed for each of the two oxidized nucleosides. On the other hand, molecules I and II exhibit significant differences in their electronic properties. In particular, the dipole moment of (5S,6R)-thymidine glycol (I) is twice smaller than that of the (5R,6S) diastereoisomer (II). It is noteworthy that these differences in the electronic properties between the two compounds may be related to changes in the rotameric population around the C4'-C5' bond. The repartition of the electrostatic potential is different in the two compounds. These observations lead to a better understanding of the structural changes when the above lesions are induced within a DNA molecule.