- Formation of 2-chloroinosine from guanosine by treatment of HNO2 in the presence of NaCl
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We investigated the reaction of Guo with nitrous acid in the presence of NaCl. When 1 mM Guo was incubated with 100 mM NaNO2 and 2 M NaCl in sodium acetate buffer at pH 3.2 and 37°C, 2-chloroinosine (2-Cl-Ino) was produced in addition to oxanosine (Oxo) and xanthosine (Xao). The yield of 2-Cl-Ino was 0.033 mM at an incubation time of 2 h. Under the same reaction conditions, GMP and dGuo gave rise to the corresponding 2-chloro derivatives with comparable yields. All the 2-chloro derivatives were fairly stable (t1/2>360 h) at physiological pH and temperature. To elucidate the reaction mechanism of the chlorination, the diazoate derivative of Guo, a reaction intermediate of the Guo-HNO2 system, was employed as a starting compound. When the diazoate was incubated with 2 M NaCl in a neutral solution, 2-Cl-Ino was produced in addition to Oxo and Xao. These results suggest that the 2-chloro derivatives can be produced from foodstuffs in the human stomach and may have potential importance as a carcinogen causing gastric cancer.
- Suzuki, Toshinori,Ide, Hiroshi,Yamada, Masaki,Morii, Takashi,Makino, Keisuke
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p. 2937 - 2941
(2007/10/03)
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- N2-amination of guanine to 2-hydrazinohypoxanthine, a novel in vivo nucleic acid modification produced by the hepatocarcinogen 2-nitropropane
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2-Nitropropane, an industrial chemical and a hepatocarcinogen in rats, induces aryl sulfotransferase-mediated liver DNA and RNA base modifications [Sodum, R. S., Sohn, O. S., Nie, G., and Fiala, E. S. (1994) Chem. Res. Toxicol. 7, 344-351]. Two of these modifications were previously identified as 8-aminoguanine and 8-oxoguanine. We now report that the base moiety of the so far unidentified third nucleic acid modification, namely RX1 in RNA and DX1 in DNA, is 2-hydrazinohypoxanthine (N2-aminoguanine). 2-Hydrazinoinosine and 2-hydrazinodeoxyinosine, synthesized by adapting published procedures, cochromatographed with RX1 and DX1 of liver RNA and DNA, respectively, from 2-nitropropane-treated rats. 2-Hydrazinoinosine and 2-hydrazinodeoxyinosine are unstable in solution like the in vivo products RX1 and DX1. At neutral pH, hypoxanthine nucleoside is the major product of decomposition, while at pH 10 or above, xanthine nucleoside is also formed. RX1 and DX1 could be generated in the anaerobic reactions of hydroxylamine-O-sulfonic acid, an intermediate in the proposed activation pathway of 2-nitropropane, with guanine nucleosides. These results provide further evidence for the activation of 2-nitropropane and other carcinogenic secondary nitroalkanes to a reactive species capable of aminating nucleic acids and proteins.
- Sodum, Rama S.,Fiala, Emerich S.
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p. 1453 - 1459
(2007/10/03)
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