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Formation of Covalent DNA Adducts by Enzymatically Activated Carcinogens and Drugs In Vitro and Their Determination by 32P-postlabeling
Published on: March 20, 2018
Molecular Structure of Binary Chromium(III)-DNA Adducts
Silas Brown1, Molly M Lockart1, C Sumner Thomas1
1The University of Alabama, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Box 870336, 250 Hackberry Lane, Tuscaloosa, AL, 43587-0336, USA.
Abstract:
Chromium(VI) is a carcinogen and mutagen, and its mechanisms of action are proposed to involve binding of its reduction product, chromium(III), to DNA. The manner in which chromium(III) binds DNA has not been established, particularly at a molecular level. Analysis of oligonucleotide duplex DNAs by NMR, EPR, and IR spectroscopies in the presence of chromium(III) allows the elucidation of the Cr binding site. The metal centers were found to interact exclusively with guanine N7 positions. No evidence of chromium interactions with other bases or backbone phosphates nor of Cr forming intra-strand crosslinks between neighboring guanine residues was observed.
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