Protection against chloroethylnitrosourea cytotoxicity by eukaryotic 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase.
AUTOR(ES)
Matijasevic, Z
RESUMO
A eukaryotic 3-methyladenine DNA glycosylase gene, the Saccharomyces cerevisiae MAG gene, was shown to prevent N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea toxicity. Disruption of the MAG gene by insertion of the URA3 gene increased the sensitivity of S. cerevisiae cells to N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea, and the expression of MAG in glycosylase-deficient Escherichia coli cells protected against the cytotoxic effects of N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea. Extracts of E. coli cells that contain and express the MAG gene released 7-hydroxyethylguanine and 7-chloroethylguanine from N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea-modified DNA in a protein- and time-dependent manner. The ability of a eukaryotic glycosylase to protect cells from the cytotoxic effects of a haloethylnitrosourea and to release N-(2-chloroethyl)-N-nitrosourea-induced DNA modifications suggests that mammalian glycosylases may play a role in the resistance of tumor cells to the antitumor effects of the haloethylnitrosoureas.
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