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9860491

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
12
pubmed:dateCreated
1999-2-23
pubmed:abstractText
The sequence-specific alkylation of DNA by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea (MNU) has been demonstrated for the minor groove N3-methyladenine (N3-MeAde) adduct using neutral thermal hydrolysis and polyacrylamide sequencing gels. The ratio of relative yields of N7- and N3-MeAde and N7-methylguanine (N7-MeGua) is approximately 0.03:0. 15:1.00, respectively, on the basis of the gel data, and these values are comparable to relative yields determined by bulk digestion of MNU-methylated DNA when HPLC was used to analyze the individual adducts. In contrast to the methylation at N7-guanine (N7-Gua) by MNU, alkylation at Ade shows minimal sequence selectivity. Similar to the methylation at N7-Gua, formation of N3-MeAde by MNU is inhibited by 50-200 mM concentrations of NaCl and DNA binding cations, including distamycin and spermine. However, N3-MeAde formation at Ade residues within methidiumpropyl-EDTA-Fe(II) footprinted distamycin DNA affinity binding regions is selectively inhibited at low concentrations of distamycin relative to Ade sites outside of ligand binding regions, and N7-Gua within or outside the distamycin binding regions. HPLC analysis shows that distamycin also quantitatively inhibits the production of N3-methylguanine when calf thymus DNA is treated with MNU or methyl methanesulfonate. The specific inhibitory effect of distamycin, which binds in the minor groove at Ade/Thy-rich sequences, provides additional evidence that the predominant DNA lesion detected at Ade by sequencing gel analysis involves minor groove N3-MeAde modifications.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Dec
pubmed:issn
0893-228X
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
11
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
1481-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1998
pubmed:articleTitle
Quantitative and qualitative analysis of DNA methylation at N3-adenine by N-methyl-N-nitrosourea.
pubmed:affiliation
Eppley Institute for Research in Cancer and Allied Diseases and Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, Nebraska 68105, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't