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  • Title: Induction of specific frameshift and base substitution events by benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide in excision-repair-deficient Escherichia coli.
    Author: Bernelot-Moens C, Glickman BW, Gordon AJ.
    Journal: Carcinogenesis; 1990 May; 11(5):781-5. PubMed ID: 2110513.
    Abstract:
    We have determined the DNA alterations recovered after treatment with (+-)-r-7,t-8-dihydroxy-t-9,10-epoxy-7,8,9,10-tetrahydrobenzo[a]pyrene [(+-)-anti-BPDE] in the lacI gene of excision-repair-deficient (Uvr-) Escherichia coli. The high induction of -(G:C) frameshifts, G:C----T:A and A:T----T:A transversions, and the presence of complex mutations of a particular motif, distinguish the mutational distribution recovered in the Uvr- strain, although other mutational classes, including -(A:T) frameshifts and duplications, were also moderately induced. The great majority of -(G:C) frameshifts, the predominant mutation recovered, occurred in runs of G residues. The G:C----T:A transversion was found to occur more frequently (10/12 occurrences) at 5'-Y-G-3' sites, sequences at which the labile BPDE:N7G adduct has been predicted to occur. Moreover, the relative proportions of G:C----T:A, A:T----T:A and G:C----A:T mutations correlate well with the expected proportions of alkali-labile lesions at G, A and C residues. These results support the model that (+-)-anti-BPDE-induced base substitution mutagenesis in E.coli proceeds through abasic intermediates across from which adenine is preferentially incorporated during replication.
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