NONRANDOM BINDING OF THE CARCINOGEN N-HYDROXY-2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE TO REPETITIVE SEQUENCES OF RAT-LIVER DNA INVIVO
NONRANDOM BINDING OF THE CARCINOGEN N-HYDROXY-2-ACETYLAMINOFLUORENE TO REPETITIVE SEQUENCES OF RAT-LIVER DNA INVIVO
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10.1073/pnas.81.22.6943
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1984-01-01
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GUPTA, RC
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GUPTA, RC
The distribution of individual adducts in repetitive DNA sequences of rat liver was examined in vivo after a single dose of the carcinogen N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene. Repetitive fragments [82, 125, 179, 225 and 370 base pairs (bp)] were isolated by digestion of hepatic DNA with HindIII restriction endonuclease (EC 3.1.23.21) and gel electrophoresis. As assayed by 32P postlabeling, no qualitative differences were observed between the DNA-bound metabolities in repetitive sequences and total DNA, but preferential binding to these sequences occurred. After 1 day of treatment, the amounts of N-hydroxy-2-acetylaminofluorene-induced adducts were 13.8, 2.0 and 3.0 times higher in 179, 225 and 370 bp repeats, respectively, than in total DNA, while 82 and 125 bp repeats showed no differences. The relative distribution of individual adducts varied among the various sequences. After 9 days, all 5 sequences showed 1.3-1.7 times higher binding as compared to total DNA. In contrast, a random binding was observed when DNA reacted in vitro with an active metabolite, N-acetoxy-2-acetylaminofluorene. These results suggest that the enrichment and differential excision of adducts in the repetitive DNA sequences may be a function of the nuclear organization of DNA. This application of the 32P assay constitutes a means to study the DNA damage and excision repair in vivo in chromatin structural components, including transcribed and nontranscribed multiple-copy genes in a much more sensitive and precise way than has been hitherto possible.