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  • Title: Carcinogenic 3-nitrobenzanthrone induces oxidative damage to isolated and cellular DNA.
    Author: Murata M, Tezuka T, Ohnishi S, Takamura-Enya T, Hisamatsu Y, Kawanishi S.
    Journal: Free Radic Biol Med; 2006 Apr 01; 40(7):1242-9. PubMed ID: 16545693.
    Abstract:
    3-Nitrobenzanthrone (3-NBA) is an extremely potent mutagen in diesel exhaust. It is a lung carcinogen to rats, and therefore a suspected carcinogen to human. In order to clarify the mechanism of carcinogenicity of 3-NBA, we investigated oxidative DNA damage by N-hydroxy-3-aminobenzanthrone (N-OH-ABA), a metabolite of 3-NBA, using 32P-labeled DNA fragments from the human p53 tumor-suppressor gene. N-OH-ABA caused Cu(II)-mediated DNA damage, and endogenous reductant NADH dramatically enhanced this process. Catalase and a Cu(I)-specific chelator decreased DNA damage, suggesting the involvement of hydrogen peroxide (H2O2) and Cu(I). N-OH-ABA induced DNA damage at cytosine and guanine residues of ACG sequence complementary to codon 273, a well-known hot spot of the p53 gene. N-OH-ABA dose dependently induced 8-oxo-7,8-dihydro-2'-deoxyguanosine (8-oxodG) formation in the presence of Cu(II) and NADH. Treatment with N-OH-ABA increased amounts of 8-oxodG in HL-60 cells compared to the H2O2-resistant clone HP100, supporting the involvement of H2O2. The present study has demonstrated that the N-hydroxy metabolite of 3-NBA induces oxidative DNA damage through H2O2 in both a cell-free system and cultured human cells. We conclude that oxidative DNA damage may play an important role in the carcinogenic process of 3-NBA in addition to previously reported DNA adduct formation.
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