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ENVIRONMENTAL AND MOLECULAR MUTAGENESIS
Volume 46, Issue 3, Pages 141-149Publisher
WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/em.20141
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photocarcinogenesis; benzo[a]pyrene; polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon; photosensitization; reactive oxygen species
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Benzo[a]pyrene (B[a]P) is an environmental carcinogenic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH). Mammalian enzymes such as cytochrome P450s and epoxide hydrase convert B[a]P to reactive metabolites that can covalently bind to DNA. However, some carcinogenic compounds that normally require metabolic activation can also be directly photoactivated to mutagens. To examine whether B[a]P is directly mutagenic in the presence of light, we exposed Salmonella typhimurium strains with different DNA repair capacities to B[a]P and white fluorescent light at wavelengths of 370-750 nm. B[c]P plus light significantly enhanced the number of His(+) revertants. Mutagenesis was completely light-dependent and required no exogenous metabolic activation. The order of mutability of strains with different DNA repair capacities was strain YG3001 luvrB, MUtMST) >> strain TA1535 (uvrB) > strain YG3002 (MUtM(ST)) > strain TA1975. The uvrB gene product is involved in the excision repair of bulky DNA adducts, and the MUtMST gene encodes 8-oxoguanine (8-oxoG) DNA glycosylase, which removes 8-oxoG from DNA. Introduction of a plasmid carrying the mOgg1 gene that is the mouse counterpart of MUMST substantially reduced the light-mediated mutagenicity of B[a]P in strain YG3001. B[a]P plus light induced predominantly G:C -> T:A and G:C -> C:G transversions. We propose that B[a]P can directly induce bulky DNA adducts if light is present, and that the DNA adducts induce oxidative DNA damage, such as 8-oxoG, when exposed to light. These findings have implications for the photocarcinogenicity of PAHs.
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