Sequence-dependent formation of intrastrand crosslink products from the UVB irradiation of duplex DNA containing a 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine or 5-bromo-2′-deoxycytidine
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- 27 November 2006
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Nucleic Acids Research
- Vol. 34 (22), 6521-6529
- https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkl892
Abstract
The replacement of thymidine with 5-bromo-2′-deoxyuridine (BrdU) is well-known to sensitize cells to ionizing radiation and photoirradiation. We reported here the sequence-dependent formation of intrastrand crosslink products from the UVB irradiation of duplex oligodeoxynucleotides harboring a BrdU or its closely related 5-bromo-2′-deoxycytidine (BrdC). Our results showed that two types of crosslink products could be induced from d(BrCG), d(BrUG), d(GBrU), or d(ABrU); the C(5) of cytosine or uracil could be covalently bonded to the N(2) or C(8) of its neighboring guanine, and the C(5) of uracil could couple with the C(2) or C(8) of its neighboring adenine. By using those crosslink product-bearing dinucleoside monophosphates as standards, we demonstrated, by using liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry/mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS), that all the crosslink products described above except d(G[N(2)-5]U) and d(G[N(2)-5]C) could form in duplex DNA. In addition, LC-MS/MS quantification results revealed that both the nature of the halogenated pyrimidine base and its 5′ flanking nucleoside affected markedly the generation of intrastrand crosslink products. The yields of crosslink products were much higher while the 5′ neighboring nucleoside was a dG than while it was a dA, and BrdC induced the formation of crosslink products much more efficiently than BrdU. The formation of intrastrand crosslink products from these halopyrimidines in duplex DNA may account for the photosensitizing effects of these nucleosides.Keywords
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