Kinetics of formation of O6-ethylguanine in,and its removal from liver DNA of rats receiving diethylnitrosamine |
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Authors: | E. Scherer A.P. Steward P. Emmelot |
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Affiliation: | Division of Chemical Carcinogenesis, Antoni van Leeuwenhoek-Huis, The Netherlands Cancer Institute, 108, Sarphatistraat, Amsterdam The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The ethylation of rat liver DNA by a single dose of diethylnitrosamine and the stability of O6-ethylguanine in vivo were studied. Whereas the dose response relations for 7-ethylguanine, 3-ethyladenine, the pyrimidine oligonucleotide fraction containing ethylphosphotriesters and an as yet unreported Fraction X corresponded with a first-order process of formation, the results suggested a steeper dose-response relation for O6-ethylguanine formation. In the dose range 0.5–10 mg/kg diethylnitrosamine, the O6-ethylguanine/7-ethylguanine ratio increased progressively with the dose, under conditions in which the in vivo stability (removal rate) of O6-ethylguanine was not affected. This led to the hypothesis that the formation of O6-ethylguanine, but not that of the other ethylated products, was facilitated by some dose-dependent process or condition. Support for this view was obtained by the markedly enhanced O6-[14C]ethylguanine content of DNA following pretreatment of the rats with non-radioactive diethylnitrosamine which was allowed to be metabolized completely prior to the administration of a tracer dose of [14C]diethylnitrosamine. Since neither the amounts of the other ethylation products nor the stability of the labelled O6-ethylguanine were affected by the pretreatment, changes in carcinogen metabolism or excision rate could be excluded as causes of the observed increase in O6-ethylguanine content. The half-life of the condition that facilitates O6-ethylguanine formation following pretreatment, may approximate that of O6-ethylguanine itself. The nature of the facilitating process and the possible role of O6-alkylguanine in hepatocarcinogenesis are discussed. |
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Keywords: | DENA diethylnitrosamine 3-Et 3-ethyladenine 7-EtG 7-ethylguanine |
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