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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
1985-4-3
pubmed:abstractText
The interaction of O,O,S-trimethyl phosphorothioate and O,S,S-trimethyl phosphorodithioate, the impurities found in malathion, with DNA at pH 8.0, was investigated. Supercoiled PM2 DNA was incubated with these compounds at pH 8.0 at 37 degrees C and then the superhelicity of the modified DNA was determined by gel electrophoresis. Both compounds caused unwinding of supercoiled DNA in dose- and incubation time-dependent manner. O,S,S-trimethyl phosphorodithioate was a more potent agent than O,O,S-trimethyl phosphorothioate. At 37 degrees C following 2.0 hours incubation, 100 mM O,S,S-trimethyl phosphorodithioate produced fully unwound DNA, whereas at 200 mM O,O,S-trimethyl phosphorothioate produced 80% unwound DNA following 12 hours' incubation. At the same condition, 5 mM methyl methanesulfonate, a potent alkylating mutagen, produced fully unwound DNA following 1 hour incubation at 5 mM. These results indicated that there were chemical interactions between these agents and DNA. The possibility of the interaction of OOS-TMP being as a covalent intercalation as well as strand nicking was discussed.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Feb
pubmed:issn
0006-291X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
126
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1251-8
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1985
pubmed:articleTitle
Interaction of O,O,S-trimethyl phosphorothioate and O,S,S-trimethyl phosphorodithioate, the impurities of malathion with supercoiled PM2 DNA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, In Vitro, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.