Carcinogenesis, Vol 18, 1993-1998, Copyright © 1997 by Oxford University Press
RR Selzer and AA Elfarra
Four products were characterized from the reaction of thymidine with
butadiene monoxide (BM), a known human mutagen and possible human
carcinogen. These products were purified by HPLC and characterized as
diastereomeric pairs of N-3-(1-hydroxy-3-buten-2-yl)thymidine and N-3-
(2-hydroxy-3-buten-1-yl)thymidine based upon their UV spectra, 1H NMR and
fast atom bombardment mass spectra. Incubation of thymidine with an excess
of BM at pH 7.4 and 37 degrees C allowed calculation of the
pseudo-first-order kinetic rate constants for the adduct formation, but
when these rate constants were compared with the rates we previously
determined with guanosine, adenosine and deoxycytidine, the results
suggested a lower reactivity with thymidine in comparison with the other
nucleosides. When incubations were carried out at lower BM concentrations,
the formation of adducts appeared to be linearly dependent on BM
concentration. The four thymidine adducts were completely stable for 1 week
when incubated at 37 degrees C in pH 7.4 phosphate buffer. These results
suggest that the interactions of BM with thymidine may play a role in the
molecular mechanisms of mutagenesis and carcinogenesis of BM.
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Characterization of four N-3-thymidine adducts formed in vitro by the reaction of thymidine and butadiene monoxide
Department of Comparative Biosciences and Environmental Toxicology Center, University of Wisconsin, Madison 53706, USA.
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