PMID:12093286
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Song, JM, Milligan, JR and Sutherland, BM (2002) Bistranded oxidized purine damage clusters: induced in DNA by long-wavelength ultraviolet (290-400 nm) radiation? Biochemistry 41:8683-8 |
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| Abstract |
Bistranded clustered DNA damages involving oxidized bases, abasic sites, and strand breaks are produced by ionizing radiation and radiomimetic drugs, but it was not known whether they can be formed by other agents, e.g., nonionizing radiation. UV radiation produces clusters of cyclobutyl pyrimidine dimers, photoproducts that occur individually in high yield. Since long-wavelength UV (290-400 nm) radiation induces oxidized bases, abasic sites, and strand breaks at low yields, we tested whether it also produces clusters containing these lesions. We exposed supercoiled pUC18 DNA to UV radiation with wavelengths of >290 nm (UVB plus UVA radiation), and assessed the induction of bistranded clustered oxidized purine and abasic clusters, as recognized by Escherichia coli Fpg protein and E. coli Nfo protein (endonuclease IV), respectively, as well as double-strand breaks. These three classes of bistranded clusters were detected, albeit at very low yields (37 Fpg-OxyPurine clusters Gbp(-1) kJ(-1) m(2), 8.1 double-strand breaks Gbp(-1) kJ(-1) m(2), and 3.4 Nfo-abasic clusters Gbp(-1) kJ(-1) m(2)). Thus, these bistranded OxyPurine clusters, abasic clusters, and double-strand breaks are not uniquely induced by ionizing radiation and radiomimetic drugs, but their level of production by UVB and UVA radiation is negligible compared to the levels of frequent photoproducts such as pyrimidine dimers. |
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Base Sequence; Carbon-Oxygen Lyases/metabolism; DNA/radiation effects; DNA Damage/radiation effects; DNA-(Apurinic or Apyrimidinic Site) Lyase; DNA-Formamidopyrimidine Glycosylase; Deoxyribonuclease IV (Phage T4-Induced); Escherichia coli Proteins; Kinetics; N-Glycosyl Hydrolases/metabolism; Oxidation-Reduction; Plasmids/radiation effects; Purines/radiation effects; Ultraviolet Rays |
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