阿弗拉托克素B诱导的伊米达环开放的瓜添加物:具有很高的致变性潜力,受到序列上下文的影响最小
Irina G Minko1, Andrew H Kellum2, Michael P Stone2
1Oregon Institute of Occupational Health Sciences, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, Oregon, USA.
Environmental and molecular mutagenesis
|June 12, 2023
概括
暴露于阿弗拉托克素B1 (AFB1) 会导致肝癌. 主要的DNA损伤,AFB1-FapyGua,在所有测试的DNA序列中具有高度突变性,导致G>T突变.
科学领域:
- 毒理学 毒理学 毒理学
- 分子生物学分子生物学
- 遗传学 遗传学 是一个
背景情况:
- 饮食中的亚弗拉托克辛B1 (AFB1) 是已知的肝细胞癌的风险因素.
- AFB1的突变特征包括在特定的三核酸序列中频繁的G>T转换.
- 8,9-dihydro-8-(2,6-diamino-4-oxo-3,4-dihydropyrimid-5-yl-formamido) -9-hydroxyaflatoxin B1 (AFB1-FapyGua) 是关键的DNA损伤,负责AFB1诱导的突变.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估AFB1-FapyGuaDNA损伤的突变性潜力.
- 评估AFB1-FapyGua在不同DNA序列环境中的变异性,包括已知的突变热点和冷点.
主要方法:
- 在复制载体中引入了特定地点的AFB1-FapyGua病变.
- 这些载体在灵长类动物细胞中被复制.
- 复制产品被分离和测序以确定突变频率和类型.
主要成果:
- 在所有四个评估的序列环境中,AFB1-FapyGua都表现出高突变性.
- G>T转换和其他基基替代发生的频率大约在80%到90%之间.
- 变异性在热点和冷点序列中是一致的.
结论:
- AFB1-FapyGua病变是一种强大的突变原体,不管周围的DNA序列背景如何.
- 观察到的AFB1-FapyGua的高突变性表明,依赖序列的复制忠实性不能解释AFB1的独特突变特征.
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