31077-24-4Relevant articles and documents
Selective one-electron oxidation of duplex DNA oligomers: Reaction at thymines
Ghosh, Avik,Joy, Abraham,Schuster, Gary B.,Douki, Thierry,Cadet, Jean
, p. 916 - 928 (2008)
The one-electron oxidation of duplex DNA generates a nucleobase radical cation (electron hole ) that migrates long distances by a hopping mechanism. The radical cation reacts irreversibly with H2O or O 2 to form oxidation products (damaged bases). In normal DNA (containing the four common DNA bases), reaction occurs most frequently at guanine. However, in DNA duplexes that do not contain guanine (i.e., those comprised exclusively of A/T base pairs), we discovered that reaction occurs primarily at thymine and gives products resulting from oxidation of the T-C5 methyl group and from addition to its C5-C6 double bond. This surprising result shows that it is the relative reactivity, not the stability, of a nucleobase radical cation that determines the nature of the products formed from oxidation of DNA. A mechanism for reaction is proposed whereby a thymine radical cation may either lose a proton from its methyl group or H2O/O2 may add across its double bond. In the latter case, addition may initiate a tandem reaction that converts both thymines of a TT step to oxidation products. The Royal Society of Chemistry.
Radiation-induced formation of purine 5′,8-cyclonucleosides in isolated and cellular DNA: High stereospecificity and modulating effect of oxygen
Belmadoui, Nourreddine,Boussicault, Fabien,Guerra, Maurizio,Ravanat, Jean-Luc,Chatgilialoglu, Chryssostomos,Cadet, Jean
experimental part, p. 3211 - 3219 (2010/08/21)
The present work is aimed at gaining conclusive mechanistic insights into the radiation-induced formation of the 5′R and 5′S diastereomers of both adenine and guanine 5′,8-cyclo-2′-deoxyribonucleosides, with emphasis on the delineation of the inhibitory effect of O2 in isolated and cellular DNA. The levels of purine 5′,8-cyclo-2′- deoxyribonucleosides as assessed by HPLC-MS/MS were found to decrease steadily with the increase of O2 concentration, the 5′,8-cyclo-2′- deoxyguanosine being produced more efficiently than the 5′,8-cyclo- 2′-deoxyadenosine for low O2 concentrations. A high stereoselectivity was observed in the intramolecular addition of the C5′ radical to the C8 of the purine leading, after the creation of the C5′-C8 bond and a subsequent oxidation step, to the predominant formation of the 5′R diastereomer for both purine 5′,8-cyclonucleosides. The reduced formation yield of the 4 tandem lesions in the presence of O2 explains, at least partly, the low efficiency of radiation-induced yields of the purine 5′,8-cyclo-2′-deoxyribonucleosides in cellular DNA, which are about two orders of magnitude lower than the previously reported data obtained from HPLC-MS analysis. The Royal Society of Chemistry 2010.
Convenient synthesis of 8-amino-2′-deoxyadenosine
Frieden, Miriam,Avino, Anna,Eritja, Ramon
, p. 193 - 202 (2007/10/03)
We studied the behaviour of 8-azido-2′-deoxyadenosine and 8-bromo-2′-deoxyadenosine in aqueous solutions of ammonia and primary and secondary amines. Unexpectedly, 8-Azido-2′-deoxyadenosine is converted to 8-amino-2′-deoxyadenosine in excellent yields. The use of this reaction for the preparation of 8-aminoadenine derivatives needed for the preparation of oligonucleotides carrying 8-aminoadenine is discussed.
