Oxidation of thymine to 5-formyluracil in DNA: mechanisms of formation, structural implications, and base excision by human cell free extracts - PubMed (original) (raw)

. 1995 Nov 14;34(45):14758-64.

doi: 10.1021/bi00045a017.

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Oxidation of thymine to 5-formyluracil in DNA: mechanisms of formation, structural implications, and base excision by human cell free extracts

S Bjelland et al. Biochemistry. 1995.

Abstract

Oxidative agents produce several different types of base modifications in DNA, and only a few of these have been properly characterized with respect to mechanisms of formation and biological implications. We have established a procedure using neutral thermal hydrolysis and reverse phase high-performance liquid chromatography to determine the content of the oxidation product 5-formyluracil (5-foU) in DNA. With this method, it is shown that 5-foU residues are formed with high frequency from thymine by quinone-sensitized UV-A photooxidation. Since 5-foU is also induced by ionizing radiation, it appears to be formed under conditions where thymidine radical cations are generated and react with molecular oxygen. It was previously shown that 5-foU is formed directly from [methyl-3H]thymine residues in radioactively labeled DNA by two consecutive transmutations of 3H to 3He. The theoretical basis for the kinetics of such conversion is presented in this paper, and the calculated yields are confirmed experimentally by measuring the content of 5-foU in [methyl-3H]thymine-labeled DNA aged for different time periods. Such DNA contains virtually only 5-(hydroxymethyl)uracil and 5-foU, apart from normal bases, and is therefore very useful for the investigation of repair enzyme activities involved in the repair of 5-foU-containing DNA. Using this substrate, a DNA glycosylase activity was identified in human cell extracts for the removal of 5-foU.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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