DNA and 2'-deoxyguanosine damage in the horseradish-peroxidase-catalyzed autoxidation of aldehydes: the search for the oxidizing species |
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Authors: | Adam W Kurz A Saha-Möller C R |
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Institution: | Institute of Organic Chemistry, University of Würzburg, Germany. adam@chemie.uni-wuerzburg.de |
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Abstract: | The horseradish-peroxidase(HRP)-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of aldehydes, in particular isobutanal, was used for the oxidative damage of DNA. In isolated calf-thymus DNA, the enzymatic oxidation of isobutanal led to 7,8-dihydro-8-oxoguanine (8-oxoGua) in up to 1.3% yield and appreciable single-strand breaks in supercoiled pBR 322 DNA. For the nucleoside dG, significant amounts of the guanidine-releasing products oxazolone and oxoimidazolidine have been detected, but 7,8-dihydro-8-oxo-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) was not obtained. Only enolizable aldehydes are effective, molecular oxygen is essential, and radical scavengers inhibit efficiently the oxidation. Comparative experiments with 3,3,4,4-tetramethyl-1,2-dioxetane (TMD) revealed that triplet-excited acetone does not play a significant role in this enzymatic DNA oxidation. 2-Hydroperoxy-2-methylpropanal, an intermediate in the HRP-catalyzed aerobic oxidation of isobutanal, does not contribute directly in the observed dG conversion. However, the peroxyl radical derived from the 2-hydroperoxy-2-methylpropanal appears to be active as oxidant because model studies with a structurally related peroxyl radical, produced by HRP-catalyzed one-electron oxidation of 3-hydroperoxy-3-methyl-2-butanone, causes both dG conversion and DNA strand breaks, but to a moderate extent. The active oxidant, as established by control experiments, is the peroxyisobutyric acid, that is efficiently formed through the HRP-catalyzed autoxidation of isobutanal. Still more effective is the acylperoxyl radical, conveniently generated from the peracid by one-electron oxidation by HRP. |
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