Chronic or acute administration of various dialkylnitrosamines enhances the removal of O6-methylguanine from rat liver DNA in vivo |
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Authors: | G P Margison |
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Institution: | Paterson Laboratories, Christie Hospital and Holt Radium Institute, Manchester M20 9BX United Kingdom |
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Abstract: | The effect of pretreatment of rats with various symmetrical dialkylnitrosamines on the repair of O6-methylguanine produced in liver DNA by a low dose of 14C]dimethylnitrosamine (DMN) has been examined. DMN, diethylnitrosamine (DEN), dipropylnitrosamine (DPN) or dibutylnitrosamine (DBN) were administered to rats for 14 consecutive weekdays at a daily dose of 5% of the LD50. Animals were given 14C]DMN 24 h after the last dose and were killed 6 h later. DNA was extracted from the liver and analysed for methylpurine content after mild acid hydrolysis and Sephadex G-10 chromatography. While the amounts of 3-methyladenine and 7-methylguanine were only slightly different from controls, the amounts of O6-methylguanine in the DNA of the dialkylnitrosamine pretreated rats were about 30% of those in control rats, indicating a considerable increase in the capacity to repair this base. Liver ribosomal RNA from control and dialkylnitrosamine pretreated rats contained closely similar amounts of O6-methylguanine suggesting that the induced enzyme system does not act on this base in ribosomal RNA in vivo. Pretreatment with these dialkylnitrosamines also enhanced the repair of O6-methylguanine in liver DNA when they were given as a single dose (50% of the LD50) either 3 or 7 days before the 14C]DMN. In addition, single low doses of DMN or DEN (5% of the LD50) given either 1 or 6 days before 14C]DMN increased O6-methylguanine repair and the magnitude of the effect after DEN was similar to that produced by the other pretreatment schedules. The possible mechanism(s) of the induction of O6-methylguanine repair and its relation to hepatotoxicity, DNA alkylation, carcinogenesis and the adaptive response in Escherichia coli are discussed. |
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Keywords: | DBN dibutylnitrosamine DEN diethylnitrosamine DMN dimethylnitrosamine DPN dipropylnitrosamine MNNG MNU |
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