Abstract
This paper summarizes our recent studies on adducts produced in the reactions of the carcinogens crotonaldehyde (2-butenal) and acetaldehyde with deoxyguanosine (dG) and DNA. Human exposure to these carcinogens can be considerable, from both exogenous and endogenous sources. Crotonaldehyde reacts with DNA to form Michael addition products, a pathway that has been well described. We describe a second major pathway, in which 3-hydroxybutanal, formed by addition of H2O to crotonaldehyde, reacts with DNA to produce the Schiff base N2-(3-hydroxybut-1-ylidene)dG as well as several diastereomers of N2-paraldol-dG. Acetaldehyde reacts with DNA and dG giving a major Schiff base adduct, N2-ethylidene-dG. A cross-linked adduct of acetaldehyde has been characterized for the first time, and other adducts resulting from the reaction of two and three molecules of acetaldehyde with dG have been observed. The results of these studies demonstrate that some structurally unique adducts are formed from these carcinogenic aldehydes and suggest some new directions for research on the potential role of aldehydes in human cancer.
| Original language | English (US) |
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| Pages (from-to) | 31-36 |
| Number of pages | 6 |
| Journal | Toxicology |
| Volume | 166 |
| Issue number | 1-2 |
| DOIs | |
| State | Published - Sep 14 2001 |
Bibliographical note
Funding Information:The authors thank John Weisburger for his enthusiastic and constant support of our research goals. This research was supported by grant number CA-85702 from the National Cancer Institute. They also thank Guang Cheng, Yongli Shi, and Peter W. Villalta for their contributions to this research.
Keywords
- Acetaldehyde
- Aldoxane
- Crotonaldehyde
- DNA adducts
- Paraldol
