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The carcinogenic air pollutant 3-nitrobenzanthrone induces GC to TA transversion mutations in human p53 sequences

vom Brocke, Jochen ; Krais, Annette LU orcid ; Whibley, Catherine ; Hollstein, Monica C and Schmeiser, Heinz H. (2009) In Mutagenesis 24(1). p.17-23
Abstract

3-Nitrobenzanthrone (3-NBA) is a potent mutagen and a suspected human carcinogen present in particulate matter of diesel exhaust and ambient air pollution. Employing an assay with human p53 knock-in (Hupki) murine embryonic fibroblasts (HUFs), we examined p53 mutations induced by 3-NBA and its active metabolite, N-hydroxy-3-aminobenzanthrone (N-OH-3-ABA). Twenty-nine immortalized cultures (cell lines) from 89 HUF primary cultures exposed at passage 1 for 5 days to 2 microM 3-NBA harboured 22 different mutations in the human DNA-binding domain sequence of the Hupki p53 tumour suppressor gene. The most frequently observed mutation was GC to TA transversion (46%), corroborating previous mutation studies with 3-NBA, and consistent with the... (More)

3-Nitrobenzanthrone (3-NBA) is a potent mutagen and a suspected human carcinogen present in particulate matter of diesel exhaust and ambient air pollution. Employing an assay with human p53 knock-in (Hupki) murine embryonic fibroblasts (HUFs), we examined p53 mutations induced by 3-NBA and its active metabolite, N-hydroxy-3-aminobenzanthrone (N-OH-3-ABA). Twenty-nine immortalized cultures (cell lines) from 89 HUF primary cultures exposed at passage 1 for 5 days to 2 microM 3-NBA harboured 22 different mutations in the human DNA-binding domain sequence of the Hupki p53 tumour suppressor gene. The most frequently observed mutation was GC to TA transversion (46%), corroborating previous mutation studies with 3-NBA, and consistent with the presence of persistent 3-NBA-guanosine adducts found in DNA of exposed rodents. Six of the transversions found solely in 3-NBA-treated HUFs have not been detected thus far in untreated HUFs, but have been found repeatedly in human lung tumours. (32)P-post-labelling adduct analysis of DNA from HUF cells treated with 2 microM 3-NBA for 5 days showed a pattern similar to that found in vivo, indicating the metabolic competence of HUF cells to metabolize 3-NBA to electrophilic intermediates. Total DNA binding was 160 +/- 56 per 10(7) normal nucleotides with N(2)-guanosine being the major adduct. In contrast, identical treatment with N-OH-3-ABA resulted in a 100-fold lower level of specific DNA adducts and no carcinogen-specific mutation pattern in the Hupki assay. This indicates that the level of DNA adduct formation by the mutagen is critical to obtain specific mutation spectra in the assay. Our results are consistent with previous experiments in Muta Mouse and are compatible with the possibility that diesel exhaust exposure contributes to mutation load in humans and to lung cancer risk.

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Adenine, Air Pollutants, Animals, Benz(a)Anthracenes, Carcinogens, Environmental, Cell Line, Cytosine, DNA Adducts, Guanine, Humans, Mice, Mutagenesis, Mutagens, Mutation, Thymine, Tumor Suppressor Protein p53, Vehicle Emissions, Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
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Mutagenesis
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Oxford University Press
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0267-8357
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10.1093/mutage/gen049
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  author       = {{vom Brocke, Jochen and Krais, Annette and Whibley, Catherine and Hollstein, Monica C and Schmeiser, Heinz H.}},
  issn         = {{0267-8357}},
  keywords     = {{Adenine; Air Pollutants; Animals; Benz(a)Anthracenes; Carcinogens, Environmental; Cell Line; Cytosine; DNA Adducts; Guanine; Humans; Mice; Mutagenesis; Mutagens; Mutation; Thymine; Tumor Suppressor Protein p53; Vehicle Emissions; Journal Article; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{1}},
  pages        = {{17--23}},
  publisher    = {{Oxford University Press}},
  series       = {{Mutagenesis}},
  title        = {{The carcinogenic air pollutant 3-nitrobenzanthrone induces GC to TA transversion mutations in human p53 sequences}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/mutage/gen049}},
  doi          = {{10.1093/mutage/gen049}},
  volume       = {{24}},
  year         = {{2009}},
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