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CHEMICAL RESEARCH IN TOXICOLOGY
Volume 15, Issue 3, Pages 445-454Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/tx0155909
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Exposure of aerated aqueous solutions of dinucleoside monophosphates bearing both a pyrimidine base and a guanine residue to ionizing radiation leads to the formation of 8-oxo7,8-dihydroguanine/formamido tandem lesions (8-oxodG/dF). Recent evidence for the formation of the latter damage within isolated DNA emphasized the possible biological relevance of this class of lesions. Therefore, an extensive mechanistic study of the formation of 8-oxodG/dF was carried out with thymine and guanine containing dinucleoside monophosphates (dGpdT and dTpdG). First, the peroxyl radical-induced degradation of guanine within dGpdT and dTpdG was studied in order to assess the possibility of intramolecular electron transfer between guanine and thymine peroxyl radicals. Then, the formation of a series of tandem lesions involving a formamido residue, thymine glycols, 8-oxodG, and oxazolone was monitored within aerated aqueous solutions of dTpdG and dGpdT exposed to gamma-radiation. The absence of formation of tandem lesions other than 8-oxodG/dF in significant yield led to us propose a new mechanism involving addition of the thymine peroxyl radical to the guanine moiety. This received support from O-18 labeling experiments.
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