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Alpha-nitrosaminoaldehydes: highly reactive metabolites.

R N Loeppky1, W Tomasik, G Eisenbrand

  • 1Department of Chemistry, University of Missouri, Columbia 65211.

IARC Scientific Publications
|January 1, 1987
PubMed
Summary

Alpha-nitrosamino aldehydes are direct mutagens. Beta-nitrosaminoethanols oxidize to these aldehydes, revealing a new nitrosamine carcinogenic pathway independent of alpha-oxidation.

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Area of Science:

  • Chemical carcinogenesis
  • Toxicology
  • Biochemistry

Background:

  • Alpha-nitrosamino aldehydes are reactive, directly-acting mutagens.
  • They can transfer nitroso groups to amines, causing deamination.
  • A known pathway for nitrosamine carcinogenicity involves alpha-oxidation.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the bioactivation of nitrosamines through an alternative pathway.
  • To explore the mutagenicity and reactivity of alpha-nitrosamino aldehydes.
  • To determine if beta-nitrosaminoethanols can be bioactivated to carcinogenic aldehydes.

Main Methods:

  • Studied the decomposition of N-Nitrosobutyl(2-oxoethyl)amine (NBOEA) in buffer.
  • Investigated the reaction of NBOEA with guanosine.

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  • Examined the oxidation of beta-nitrosaminoethanols by liver alcohol dehydrogenase.

    • Main Results:

    • NBOEA spontaneously decomposes to glyoxal and butyl diazonium ion precursors.
    • NBOEA reacts with guanosine to form xanthosine, 7-butylguanosine, and a glyoxal adduct.
    • Beta-nitrosaminoethanols are oxidized to mutagenic aldehydes by liver alcohol dehydrogenase.

    Conclusions:

    • Beta-nitrosaminoethanols can be bioactivated to directly-acting mutagenic aldehydes.
    • This pathway provides an alternative route for nitrosamine carcinogenicity, bypassing alpha-oxidation.
    • The findings highlight a novel mechanism in nitrosamine-induced cancer.