In vivo benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide-induced alkali-labile sites are not apurinic sites

Add time:08/13/2019    Source:sciencedirect.com

We have used endonuclease IV from Escherichia coli as a probe for apurinic sites in the DNA of HeLa cells following treatment with an activated diol epoxide derivative of benzo[a]pyrene. DNA strand breaks and alkali-labile sites were observed that were repaired following exposure to the carcinogenic alkylating agent. The alkali-labile sites were not substrates for the apurinic site-specific endonuclease IV. We conclude that the alkali-labile sites formed in vivo by benzo[a]pyrene derivatives are not apurinic sites and probably arise as a consequence of rearrangement of the abundant N2-guanine adducts. This finding questions the involvement of apurinic sites in the mutagenic activity of benzo[a]pyrene.

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