Use of short DNA oligonucleotides for determination of DNA sequence modifications induced by benzo[a]pyrene diol epoxide.

AUTOR(ES)

Wei, S J

RESUMO

Various organic agents that alkylate DNA are known to induce mutations in bacterial and animal cells. The precise nature and location of modified DNA sequences in such mutants are often difficult to ascertain. In this report, a 10-base-pair oligomer (BamHI linker) is treated with (+/-)-trans-benzo[a]pyrene-7,8-dihydrodiol-9,10-epoxide and inserted into replicative form DNA of phage M13 by ligation at a specific restriction site. Escherichia coli are transfected with the recombinant DNA containing the alkylated target, progeny viral plaques are selected, and their DNAs are subjected to DNA sequence analysis at the region of oligomer insertion. For the alkylated inserts used in this study, the DNA sequence analysis of progeny viral DNA showed that nucleotide deletions were present in every clone examined. These deletions occurred primarily, but not exclusively, at G-C cluster regions, varied from 1 to 24 base pairs in length, and included both target and nontarget nucleotides. A second type of repair, which restores most of the original nucleotide bases in the alkylated insert, is also implied by the DNA sequence data obtained.

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