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Treatment of wistar rats with a renal carcinogen, ferric nitrilotriacetate, causes dna‐protein cross‐linking between thymine and tyrosine in their renal chromatin
Author(s) -
Toyokuni Shinya,
Mori Toshiaki,
Hiai Hiroshi,
Dizdaroglu Miral
Publication year - 1995
Publication title -
international journal of cancer
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.475
H-Index - 234
eISSN - 1097-0215
pISSN - 0020-7136
DOI - 10.1002/ijc.2910620313
Subject(s) - tyrosine , chemistry , carcinogenesis , oxidative stress , carcinogen , chromatin , kidney , lipid peroxidation , thymine , dna , dna damage , biochemistry , microbiology and biotechnology , endocrinology , medicine , biology , gene
Ferric nitrilotriacetate (Fe‐NTA) induces renal proximal tubular damage associated with lipid peroxidation and oxidative DNA base modifications that finally leads to a high incidence of renal adenocarcinoma in rodents. In the present study, we report on the in vivo formation of DNA‐protein cross‐links (DPCs) involving thymine and tyrosine in the renal chromatin of Wistar rats treated with single or repeated i.p. administration of Fe‐NTA. Analyses of chromatin samples by gas chromatography/mass spectrometry revealed a significant increase in the amount of 3‐[(1, 3‐dihydro‐2, 4‐dioxopyrimidin‐5‐yl)‐methyl]‐L‐tyrosine (Thy‐Tyr cross‐link) 24 and 48 hr after the administration of Fe‐NTA. At 19th day of Fe‐NTA treatment, the amount of Thy‐Tyr cross‐link decreased to the control level, indicating the presence of cellular repair activity. Thy‐Tyr cross‐link may play a role in the genetic alteration of this renal carcinogenesis model, since mitoses for regeneration of renal proximal tubules were closely associated with the increase in DPCs. © 1995 Wiley‐Liss Inc.