Abstract
Guanine (Gua) modification by nitrating and hydroxylating systems was investigated in DNA. In isolated calf thymus DNA, 8-NO 2-Gua and 8-oxo-Gua were dose-dependently formed with peroxynitrite, and 8-NO 2-Gua was released in substantial amounts. Myeloperoxidase (MPO) with H 2O 2 and NO 2 − reacted with calf thymus DNA to form 8-NO 2-Gua dose dependently without release of 8-NO 2-Gua. The frequency of strand breaks was higher than the sum of 8-NO 2-Gua and 8-oxo-Gua, particularly in the MPO-treated DNA, indicating the importance of other types of damage. The activation of human neutrophils and lymphocytes with phorbol ester did not induce 8-NO 2-Gua and 8-oxo-Gua in their nuclear DNA. However, 8-NO 2-Gua was found in calf thymus DNA co-incubated with activated neutrophils in the presence of NO 2 −. No significant formation of 8-NO 2-Gua was found in liver DNA from mice treated with Escherichia coli lipopolysaccharide. The incubation of peroxynitrite or MPO-H 2O 2-NO 2 −-treated DNA with formamidopyrimidine glycosylase (Fpg) released 8-oxo-Gua, but not 8-NO 2-Gua, indicating that 8-NO 2-Gua is not a substrate for Fpg. Although 8-NO 2-Gua was generated in isolated DNA by different nitrating systems, other types of damage were formed in abundance, and the lesion could not be found reliably in nuclear DNA, suggesting that the biological importance is limited.
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