独立して生成された2'-デオキシチジン-N4-イル基による反応性とDNA損傷
Haihui Peng1, Jialong Jie2, Ifor P Mortimer1
1Department of Chemistry, Johns Hopkins University, 3400 N. Charles Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21218, United States.
Journal of the American Chemical Society
|September 1, 2021
まとめ
2'-デオキシチジン-N4-イル基 (dC·) はDNA塩基を酸化し,タンデム病変と穴移転を引き起こす. このDNAの根源は
科学分野:
- 化学について
- 分子生物学
- 生物化学
背景:
- 酸化ストレスはピリミジン核塩基を含むDNAラジカルを生成する.
- 窒素中心の2 -デオキシチジン-N4-イル基 (dC·) は,1電子の酸化物質によるDNA損傷に関与している.
- dCの正確な反応性は,まだ十分に理解されていないため,さらなる調査が必要である.
研究 の 目的:
- 2 -デオキシチジン-N4-イル基 (dC·) の反応性とDNA損傷メカニズムを解明する.
- DNA内のdC·の配列依存の酸化と穴移転能力を調査する.
- dC·によって誘発されるタンデムDNAの損傷の形成を特徴付ける.
主な方法:
- ニトロフェニルオキシム核酸化物の前駆体からDCの光化学生成.
- レーザーフラッシュ光分解 (LFP) 経常紫外線吸収スペクトロスコーピーのラジカル形成を検出する.
- dC・誘発のDNA損傷と酸化を評価するための二重DNA分裂実験.
主要な成果:
- LFPは,dCの形成とグアニン (dG) の酸化を確認し,dGの根幹カチオン (dG+) を形成した.
- dG+• から対極のグアニンへの穴移転は,配列に依存して観察された (dGGG配列で好ましい).
- dCはチミンメチル水素抽出を誘導し,その後の過酸化根子の反応によってタンデム病変を引き起こす.
結論:
- 2 -デオキシチジン-N4-イル基 (dC·) は,DNA塩基を酸化できる反応性がある種である.
- シーケンスコンテキストは,dC媒介の穴移転に大きく影響し,プロトン移転と競合する.
- dC·は,タンデム病変形成と塩基酸化を通じてDNA損傷に貢献し,酸化ストレスにおけるその役割を強調する.
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