Site-specific carcinogen binding to DNA.
AUTOR(ES)
Boles, T C
RESUMO
Benzo[alpha]pyrene diol epoxide (BPDE) is a well-studied environmental carcinogen that binds covalently to DNA. Here we describe a photochemical technique that allows us to map BPDE-binding sites within cloned gene sequences. The technique is based upon our observation that, when irradiated with laser light at 355 nm, one single-strand DNA cut is produced at each BPDE binding site. In initial experiments we have studied the distribution of such cuts in cloned DNA from the chicken adult beta-globin gene. We find that BPDE binding in this gene sequence is distinctly nonrandom. While several prominent BPDE-binding sites are evident, a 300-base-pair sequence immediately 5' to the RNA cap site is most strongly attacked by the carcinogen. This region is believed to contain important transcriptional control sequences. We discuss the possibility that sequence-specific binding to such regulatory elements may be an important feature of the mechanism of the carcinogen.
ACESSO AO ARTIGO
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