Metabolic activation of carcinogenic ethylbenzene leads to oxidative DNA damage
Metabolic activation of carcinogenic ethylbenzene leads to oxidative DNA damage
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DOI:
10.1016/j.cbi.2004.09.020
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发表时间:
2004-12-07
影响因子:
5.1
通讯作者:
Kojima, N
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作者:
Midorikawa, K;Uchida, T;Kojima, N
Ethylbenzene is carcinogenic to rats and mice, while it has no mutagenic activity. We have investigated whether ethylbenzene undergoes metabolic activation, leading to DNA damage. Ethylbenzene was metabolized to 1-phenylethanol, acetophenone. 2-ethylphenol and 4-ethylphenol by rat liver microsomes. Furthermore, 2-ethylphenol and 4-ethylphenol were metabolically transformed to ring-dihydroxylated metabolites such as ethylhydroquinone and 4-ethylcatechol, respectively. Experiment with 32 P-labeled DNA fragment revealed that both ethylhydroquinone and 4-ethylcatechol caused DNA damage in the presence of Cu(II). These dihydroxylated compounds also induced the formation of 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine in calf thymus DNA in the presence of Cu(II). Catalase, methional and Cu(I)-specific chelator, bathocuproine, significantly (P