Characterization of antibodies to dihydrothymine, a radiolysis product of DNA.
Characterization of antibodies to dihydrothymine, a radiolysis product of DNA.
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二氢胸腺嘧啶(DNA 的放射分解产物)抗体的表征。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00436a039
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发表时间:
1989
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Wallace,SS
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作者:
Hubbard,K;Ide,H;Erlanger,BF;Wallace,SS
Karen Hubbard, 1, 8 Hiroshi Ide, 1, 11 Bernard F. Erlanger, 1 and Susan S. Wallace**-1, 11 Department of Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, New York 10595, andDepartment of Microbiology, Columbia UniversityCollege of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, New York 10032 Received November 17, 1988; Revised Manuscript Received January 27, 1989 abstract: Antibodies to dihydrothymine were elicited by immunizing rabbits with dihydrothymidine monophosphate conjugated by carbodiimide to BSA. By use of an ELISA assay, the antibodies produced were found to be specific for dihydrothymine. Hapten inhibition studies showed that dihydrothymidine monophosphate was 3 orders of magnitude more effective as an inhibitor than thymidine monophosphate and 4 orders of magnitude more effective than thymidine glycol monophosphate. With DNA containing dihydrothymine, antibody reactivity was observed at 20 fmol of dihydrothymine, which is approximately 0.1 dihydrothymine per 10000 bases. Thus, the assay is very sensitive. The antibody reacted with denatured DNA containing dihydrothymine but not with native DNA containing this lesion. The antibody was used for measurement of in vivo incorporation of dihydrothymidine in wild-type Escherichia coli or mutants defective in their ability to remove dihydrothymine from DNA or in the de novo synthesis of thymidylate. Lastly, antibodiesto dihydrothymine were used to quantitate the formation of dihydrothymine in DNA X-irradiated under N2. Production of dihydrothymine in irradiated DNA correlated with the level of reducing species produced by X-rays, and dihydrothymine was produced preferentially in irradiated single-stranded or denatured DNA as compared to irradiated duplex DNA.